I was invited to a 1980’s themed Halloween party this year. As I am a Bald by choice man, and the 80’s were all about the hair, I was frazzled. Until I remembered one of my favorite 80’s characters..Robocop. I started to look up old photos online, and found that this has been attempted before, … Read more
My costume idea came from wanting a cool robot costume that incorporated non-traditional materials. One of my main goals was making a costume I could sit in at my desk at work. Mixing metallic colors and materials made for a fun costume with a hint of vintage. A lot of items that make up my … Read more
My daughter Amelia (21 months) is obsessed with Planet of the Apes, not the new, CGI versions but the 1960’s and ’70’s versions. She watches parts of them every single day! So we decided this year she would be Zira. I went to the clearance bin at JoAnn’s and it was like it was meant … Read more
No! It can’t be… It’s the Stay Puft Marshmallow Baby . This is my 9 month old son and I, right out of a scene from Ghostbusters. This is my first attempt at sewing in about 15 years, but I got the idea and just had to make it! I used jersey fabric and pillow … Read more
My youngest daughter, Scout, is a huge Doctor Who fan so she decided early on that she wanted to be the Tardis for Halloween this year. She wore it last night to a Trunk or Treat event, and will wear it again on Halloween night. Everyone loved it! We bought an adult blue t-shirt from Walmart, … Read more
This Invisible Man costume was made with many things I already had in my closet: White oxford shirt Black pants Black socks Black shoes Sunglasses Borrowed my dad’s dress winter coat Borrowed a long whites scarf from my mom to make a ascot tie Purchased: Off brand ace bandages from wrapping my head – (2) … Read more
We started this costume with cardboard boxes and small and large dryer ducts. Home Depot had a great selection, we tried each one on Vincent until we found one his width so his arms would easily stick out of. The girls working there thought this was hilarious as I stuck him in and out of … Read more
This year my daughter gave me a big challenge. ‘Dad, I want a toothless Costume. And I want wings that open and close and fire on the back.’ I was dumfounded. How was I supposed to do this? Well, very carefully. Here’s how we did it. Thanks for voting for us! We started off with … Read more
My sister in law has always been extra crafty, always into paint up to her elbows. Avatar is one of my most favorite movies of all time. I got thinking, got searching and everyone I had seen online really didn’t do Neytiri justice. I called my sister in law, ran the idea past her and almost … Read more
Growing up one of my favorite movies was always ET so my goal for this costume was to bring the movie to life. First thing i did was print out the best possible picture of ET that I could find, then i attached the picture to a store bought plastic mask. After attaching the picture … Read more
I’ve always loved Star Wars and wanted to do something different then the common Luke Skywalker which everyone expected my blonde boy to play. Then everyone assumed I would be Leia but I thought it would be more accurate for a mother of a toddler boy to be his bounty hunter. So I was Boba … Read more
This Stay Puft Marshmallow Man costume was a huge hit! I thought of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man after watching my newly-walking little bow stomp around the house. I didn’t have much time and knew if I pulled out my sewing machine it would double the creation time so I did this all with a hot … Read more