My 3-year old son Phoenix is into all thinks with wheels! When I asked him what he wanted to be this year for Halloween his reply was “Hmm…mama…let’s hab a diggah…no no…backhoe! Hmm, oh mama, I mean a mudd truck!, Yes, a mudd truck.” So here I am thinking, I need boxes, paint, tape and … Read more
Every year, at the end of September, our medical school do an annual pub-crawl where every fresher has to attend in PJs. However, it is a free-for-all for everyone else with fancy dress. Our previous highlight, and inspiration, had occurred when we were freshers. There was a group of Lego Minifigures, with cardboard heads, arms, … Read more
Forget the “ghost with the most!” Civil servants are the REAL spooks in town, and none so popular as former 1939 beauty queen and Netherworld receptionist supreme, the MISS ARGENTINA Halloween costume! Oh you don’t know what I’m talking about? *sigh* You probably haven’t even read through the manual completely yet…. Attention K-Mart shoppers! Without … Read more
Up until this year, I had been making my son a Transformer costume in much the same way, but this year, it was going to be the Minions, and not just for my son, but for my daughter as well. I created the Minion costumes from corrugated cardboard. I measured my children (Ashley, 8; and … Read more
My 9 year old son, Jet, recently developed a love for Lego, and we were trying to come up with a costume that reflects his current interest (a goal every year). He was considering between Iron Man (but he didn’t want to look like everyone else, and I didn’t want to spend $40.00), Nerf guy … Read more
After exams last year, my friends (Paul and Benny) and I had enough of studying and we decided that we wanted to do something fun and challenging. We came up with the idea of creating a cardboard tank and taking it to some drive-thrus to order food. Building the tank was a very interesting experience. … Read more
We always went back and forth for Halloween and this year I thought the best thing would be to compromise. So I told Laura, this is your year and whatever it is you want to do we will do it. But I told her back in June we would need to start now and put … Read more
Mr. Teddy’s story I design and construct local mazes for a public park and during one of my late evening sketches I came up with Mr Teddy. A demonic teddy bear, a creation from a demented toy maker. He was going to be the final attraction. In the maze and the toy maker was going … Read more
This Energizer bunny costume was a pain in the cotton tailed butt!! But it was totally worth it! The hardest part was the drum. I had my fiance get some cardboard boxes from work. I cut out two large circles and a long rectangle. The rectangle I had to press and bend every cm just … Read more
Incredible Couple Illusion Costumes.Nearly Headless Vic & Prom Date in a Box Illusion Costumes. Our friends throw an amazing Halloween party every year. They rent out a spooky children’s camp on a lake. They spend four days decorating the main building to scare and entertain their 150 guests. Our goal is always to create creative, … Read more
This cool tractor farmer cardboard box costume was pretty simple to make. I took a cardboard box and covered it with green poster board. Cut the wheels out of various plate sizes using black cardboard, and yellow poster board. Then added some finishing touches like the exhaust pipe, grill, lights and caution sign on the back. … Read more
I have an 7 yr old son and an 8 yr old daughter and they have never seen the movie “Beetlejuce” until the Halloween movies aired on ABC family 13 days of Halloween. They loved the movie and the part where Adam and Barbara made themselves scary and that’s when I knew that our Halloween … Read more