I saw the costume for the nike high top and since my favorite thing is shoes… I figured we could do it!! We started out with construction paper. We used it to cut out parts and make templates since it is cheaper to use and mistakes were definetely made!! WE found a place that sells … Read more
I was the talk of the party! Purple is my favorite color! What way to celebrate Halloween with my favorite characters (The minions) but the evil purple minion! A perfect match for me. My coworkers know I love my minions so I came up with an idea for our employee Halloween party/costume contest. My coworkers … Read more
Leave it to my son to choose the 3rd or 4th main character in the Disney Cars movie. The sequel, no less. My four year old Jonathan wanted to be Francesco Bernoulli, the indy type race car from Cars 2, so away we went. We started with some sketches, some cardboard, some masking tape, some … Read more
My son absolutely loves anything LEGO so when I asked him what he wanted to dress up as for Halloween he said a LEGO. A LEGO I thought no problem but then he was specific he wanted to be the Ninjago Sensa Wu (White Ninja Master). I quickly started looking online to see what was … Read more
I was tired of the same old costumes, so i decided to make mine, I had a costume party coming up and it happend to fall on Día de Muertos, The band that was going to be playing was a classic rock / grateful dead tribute band! I figured everyone would be a sugar skull or … Read more
I got this idea when spotting a couple of boxes lying in the shop here at our Napa Autocare Center; visualized them as Thomas the Train..My friend’s little 3 year old is in love with Thomas; his whole bedroom is filled with comforters, blankets, toys, toyboxes, train cars, plates, cups, clear down to a knife, … Read more
My son Beau is indeed a sushi freak. He eats it every chance he can, and he especially loves the salmon roe on the outside. The kids at school call him roe boy. Well, when he told me he wanted to be his favorite food, (a sushi roll), for halloween I thought he’d lost his … Read more
Meet Dalek Caan. Dalek Caan is an elite Dalek and the last of the cult of Skaro. Instead of following the collective mind like the rest of the Daleks, he was made to imagine; think slightly different, creatively even. This is highly unusual Dalek behavior. He is especially important because, Dalek Caan ends up helping … Read more
The idea hit me while I was at the dinner table. I quickly sketched it out on a yellow post it note. (I still have that sketch somewhere.) For the past few years, i have been making my costumes out of cardboard boxes. most of them I found searching behind grocery stores, alleys, furniture stores, you … Read more
We’ve just moved to the USA so this was our first ‘real’ Halloween and my 4 year old son was VERY excited to be able to choose his own costume. He started out wanting a Police outfit, then he wanted to be a Fireman, then a spaceman and finally he settled on being a pilot. … Read more
1. HOW MINECRAFT STEVE WAS MADE This first step in making this costume was to get the measurements of my sons torso. The body should have only enough room to slide the costume on with your arms outstretched straight above your head. The arm holes should be large enough to easily slide on. Before trying … Read more
1. HOW THE BEAUTIFUL BALLERINA IN A JEWELRY BOX WAS MADE I started out with recycled furniture boxes. Measurements were taken for the height, width and thickness according to what I thought would be a good size for my daughter. Next I cut out the base of jewelry box in one long piece and scored … Read more