I was looking for something special for my wife’s costume when I came across the Rosie the Robot from the Jetsons idea. So I made a trip to the recycling center to pick up some large pieces of cardboard. Then I went to the store to pick up 3 rolls of blue duct tape for … Read more
Wasn’t sure what to do for Halloween and I always love to be different. I stopped in a Halloween store to look for a dress and I mentioned to them that it would be so cool to have someone paint a design all over me. Wasn’t sure what , but that’s what came to my … Read more
My son who is 8 has started a tradition for me for Trick-Or-Treating. He loves homemade costumes. He has been a bath tub of bubbles, zombie who died via DVD impalement and much more. He is a cub scout and wanted to enter the costume contest at the annual Spook-O-Ree last year. First place was … Read more
My son is obsessed with Star Wars, so I wanted to make that our theme for Halloween. However, I’m not a fan of any of the cheap costumes that are sold in store, and I always like my son to stand out and be a little different. So every year I make his costume. This … Read more
After seeing Avatar I knew right away that that was our next Halloween costume! We had custom made Zaneti suits with the blue tiger stripes made up. Wigs attached. We painted our faces like the characters and used yellow contacts and fangs as well. It was a blast! People were amazed! We had a blast … Read more
Every year for Halloween, my daughter comes up with some crazy idea of what she wants to be and it is up to me of course to make it happen. This time she wanted to have a costume that glowed in the dark and lit up and we decided to go with an alien girl … Read more
I wanted something awesome and totally unusual for this year’s costume, so I went with Abducted by Alien illusion costume. I had seen the idea on this website and some others and got some wonderful suggestions and ideas! I didn’t have a lot of time, however, I had done the Headless Man costume the year before for my … Read more
This easy Leeloo Dallas 5th element costume was my all-time favorite DIY Halloween costume I’ve made by far. I did it 2 years ago, and people still talk about! That Halloween I had people asking to take pictures with me, guys proposed, and everyone would start quoting the Fifth Element. I even won the local … Read more
The theme for this fancy dress was ‘bad taste’. Turning up to the event painted blue and yellow wearing swimming flippers and plastic ears definitely fitted the ‘bad taste’ profile.To creative this master piece my creative friend made two full body onsies complete with tails. We utilized swimming flippers for feet, deadly boppers for antenna , used … Read more
I came home from college specifically for Halloween. I knew all along I wanted to be Leeloo, but I didn’t even know where to start. A cheap fashion store had those gold leggings. I bought the orange wig on Ebay and the orange straps came from the Borat penis sling costume (Ingenious)! I had the … Read more
I made this Mr. Stay Puft costume for a yearly Queen Fan Club convention fancy dress night back in 2008. The theme was Halloween, so thought this would be something unlikely for anyone else to do. Starting about 3 months before it was needed and with no plans, all I had was a screenshot of Mr … Read more
It’s the whole gang- Dot was even on gold roller skates all night! Such fun Spaceballs Cast Group Halloween costumes, but “younger” crowd did not know who were were! Lord Helmet was made from a baseball helmet with mask and a big ice bucket. We mounted it upside down after we cut the large shape … Read more