We have always collected movies and movie memorabilia, but we especially love the old cheesy 80’s movies. Our five year old daughter, Livi, has watched some of these cheesy movies and has her own Robocop, Beetlejuice, Gremlins, etc toys. (action figures, stuffed animals) Livi wasn’t sure what costume she wanted for Halloween until we rented … Read more
I made everything for this costume except for the Corset. The skirt is a modge podge of fabrics I had in my stock pile the white underskirt is all hand sewn. The Hat is embellished with Gears, Cogs, Fabric, Ribbons Bows skulls and a pair of goggles all items are made by me. My shoes … Read more
My husband and I are 80-90’s kids at heart, especially when it comes to movies. We wanted to introduce our little one to our generation of movies, so last year we dressed him up as a lollipop kid , so this year we thought we would go with Spaceballs. We decided on this costumes because … Read more
This is my 3 year old braelyn and her crazy wiry hair inspired my husband and I to have her be beetle juice for Halloween. I bought a white toddler tuxedo on eBay and then used painters tape and fabric paint to create the stripes. Followed by painting her face white and black and using … Read more
This is my favorite costume to date. I created it for our annual Halloween costume party at work. It took me over four hours to apply makeup and hair. Every client who comes in votes for their favorite costume and you win $100. I have won the past four years being Dr. Seuss from the … Read more
This was a very difficult & fun costume to make. I used things I had around the house. First I cut a laundry basket attached a cardboard ring at the bottom covered it with alum foil added green an blue material inside with battery operated lights covered the whole thing with clear heavy plastic. I used … Read more
My son wanted to be the tenth doctor from Doctor Who. I looked online at custom made costumes and they weren’t at all in my budget. I bought the blue pinstriped suit at a thrift store for $3.00. I cut it down to fit him. I also bought the overcoat at a thrift store and … Read more
One of my favorite games is Battletech, which is a wargame played on tabletop. There is also a video game based off of the wargame called Mechwarrior. The community for these games is large and doesn’t lack in artistic ability, but had yet to produce a large, well proportioned costume. I wanted to change that. … Read more
The idea for this started last Halloween (2013) my kids became obsessed with Ghostbusters. All they talked about was being the Ghostbusters for the next Halloween. I am one of those crazy Halloween loving people, its my favorite holiday. So I was down with it. By the time Halloween 2014 rolled around my older son choose … Read more
Krank Shaft the Steampunk Engineer with Achimedes the Owl Hello my name is Charles and I’m a Steampunk artist, I have created my own original character. Ever since i was a young boy i loved to make things from model planes to LEGO. Once I heard what Steampunk was, I knew it was me from … Read more
My whole life everyone has always told me how “gangly” I look and what better a chance to show off my long awkward limbs than by being an Avatar! Avatar Costume Instructions I first did my hair – 2 simple braids with a few feathers intertwined. Then I dressed in small blue spandex shorts from … Read more
I had been out scuba diving all day and had two hours to put together a costume. Got inspiration from a hair band sitting on my dresser, realized it looked like the star trek visor that Geordi La Forge wore. Also had a set of blue led glasses bought from a street fair about a … Read more