Conception of the Millennium Flyer Halloween Costume “Yes, it’s definitely twins,” said Dr. Anderson, expertly dialing in the ultrasound to zoom in on the two well defined, perfect egg sacks. My wife, Amber, and I were in a bit of shock. We knew that putting two embryos in could lead to getting two babies out, … Read more
This is a contest winning costume all hand built by myself and is an obscure character from a movie not many people know of. As soon as I saw this character, I knew I had to build it. Starting with the head, I gathered scraps of surfboard foam and bonded them together to build a … Read more
I normally brainstorm a little before I choose my Halloween costume but this year was different. I had seen others in the past do an Optimus Prime costume, but I wanted to make it better and I was up for the challenge. It took me about two months to build it almost entirely out of … Read more
I love Doctor Who, and my daughter and I have made a ritual out of watching it together on the nights her father works late. When Halloween came around this year I asked if I could try to make her a Doctor Who costume she would actually want to wear. Perhaps thinking that her mom … Read more
I’ve recently gotten into the television show ‘Doctor Who’ and as a result, so have my husband and kids. It’s become commonplace in my house for us to gather around the television to watch an episode, new or old, and spend time together. We’ve fallen in love with the characters, both good and bad. We … Read more
One fine day at the end of September, my 10 year old daughter Lauren finally decided what she’d like to dress up as this Halloween – “Mom, I’d love to be one of the ‘Weeping Angels’ from Doctor Who – please, please, please – can I be that?” “Well”, I said (as I scanned my … Read more
My sister and I were at a thrift store in February when I saw a blue and yellow gumball machine and inspiration struck. “That looks just like Tom Servo’s head,” I said, and from that, a costume idea was born. My friend Lindsay and I used to watch Mystery Science Theater: 3000 when we were … Read more
For this year’s Halloween costume, I wanted to do something inside a box, but wanted a costume idea that was “outside the box.” After scouring the internet for ideas, I discovered a few decent concepts for a porta-potty construction, but thought I could do a little improving as well as add an original twist to … Read more
My nine year old son, Brodie Henry, decided he wanted to be a Dalek from Doctor Who for Halloween. We worked with a family friend to build his costume from a drawing of a Dalek, with much direction from Brodie. Scrap wood is the main item used in building the costume. The only thing new … Read more
Our six year old started asking in mid September for a Ghostbusters costume. We thought that was pretty surprising, as he has never seen the movie and scares pretty easily. He was insistent though, and we got to work on building it. We live in a small town, and it proved impossible to find anything, … Read more
There were many things I thought about being, I jumped from skeleton to circus freak to finally an alien because well I wanted to do something that was out of this world, and painting myself green seemed like a fantastic idea. I started planning what I was going to do 2 days before Halloween. I … Read more
To create this Elliot and ET costume, I wore my husband’s red hoodie with one of my red shirts over it to cover up the logo. Then I grabbed a crate I had at home and a belt to secure it around my waist (I looped it through the crate). I grabbed an image of … Read more