This year was my 10 year old son and I first zombie walk. After showing him examples throughout pictures of zombies for his makeup, he decided that he did not wanted to be a grotesque or gruesome zombie. So we came up with the idea of making him into a “cute” zombie from Plant vs. … Read more
This was my wife’s idea for a costume for a contest that was going to happen at work. after the idea was planted I then had to design the outfit to do and look like the real toy. I had played with the toy and analyzed how each of the different pieces came together. the toy … Read more
It all started with an old feather jacket that i had made long ago which was hidden in my closet. I though for a long time (10 minutes or so) what i could use it for? TA-DA, i can be a bird, seconds later i thought boring. During that night i looked in my craft … Read more
My son Jareds favorite game and character, has been for a few years now, problem was and still is, since Halo is rated MA for mature adults no one makes a child size costume for him, the helmet/mask is available for kids, but no costume or accessories. So enters super dad, lol, I bought a … Read more
I work at a small local bookstore, where (among other things) I create all of our window displays. Since I work during a lot of slow night shifts, I sometimes get a little carried away – as happened with this year’s Halloween display. Two months before Halloween, my boss surprised me with a five-foot tall … Read more
These costumes were basically set to be made after watching Despicable Me 2 with the family, the two youngest ones were hooked. I did however start this project a little late, it was the weekend before Halloween. After I completed the shells for the body I went to bed early on Monday, Tuesday I woke … Read more
My grandson Justin came to me and said he was tired of the same old halloween costumes and wanted something really different for his last year in elementary school for their Halloween parade. We sat down and did some brainstorming and came up with the idea of a bag of groceries. .we took brown paper … Read more
This year I started my costume before I was outta time! One night I was the Delorean with Marty and Doc, then Marty McFly and the Delorean for the work party (I won best costume this year!). The Delorean is made from a Home Depot moving box, spray painted silver with black detailing using paint … Read more
Back (Left to Right): Ariel, Cinderella, Tinkerbelle & Rapunzel Front (Left to Right): Belle, Snow White, Megara & Pocahontas Not wanting to buy costumes we as a group of friends decided to go the cheaper route & buy all of our clothes from thrift stores! We each picked our characters who we thought each girl … Read more
When my son said he needed a scorpion costume to go with his school animal report on scorpions, I thought OMG, why couldn’t he have chosen something easy, like owls. But his report was almost done, and it was too late to turn back. So I turned to Google Images; I thought surely someone has made a scorpion costume … Read more
My son Danial loves transformers. I’m mean really loves transformers! Especially Optimus prime. So this year I decided to make his costume. I found a homemade Optimus Prime costume on Pinterest but it looked complicated. It took this guy 3 months to make. Don’t get me wrong, it looked amazing but just too complicated for … Read more
Hello…my name is Margaret and I love to create the most unique costumes that my mind can handle! I got the ideal when I was going to sell Mia’s Castle house (that folds up and down) *picture 1. Then it was on, I bought all my stuff from the dollar store, Goodwill or Salvation Army.(not … Read more