My girlfriend recently dyed her hair from brown to platinum blonde and wanted to find a costume for Halloween that showed it off. Being Harry Potter fans it wasn’t long before we realized the going as Draco Malfoy would be a piece of cake. The Draco Malfoy costume was so easy she had everything we needed in … Read more
While watching Pocahontas, my four year old daughter decided she wanted to be the hummingbird, Flit for Halloween. Easy enough, but I felt like no one would know what she was! Good thing her siblings are still young enough that I get to pick their costumes so enter; Pocahontas and Meeko. I just dabble in … Read more
I know I’m probably showing my age, but I have some pretty fond memories of Bad B-style superhero movies as a kid. (Ahh, the 80’s and early 90’s.) One of my favorite obscure superheros is Tank Girl, the foul-mouthed, smoking, drinking, mutant kangaroo-loving bad a**, who fights to save the environment/world agaisnt all types of … Read more
We Go Together Like Peas and Carrots I love to be active but I also love dress up, make people laugh and have a good time. So when a friend of mine and I signed up for the Grand Rapids Urban Adventure Race (similar to the Amazing Race but on a smaller city wide scale), … Read more
As a member of the Grand Rapids Original Swing Society that meets every Tuesday night and is open to the public, we created a costume pairing for an evening’s dance that was dubbed as Prom Night. My friend and I love to have a good time, and don’t have normal or reserved senses of humor … Read more
We purchased for our Snap-Crackle-Pop Girl Group Costume two XXL men’s t-shirts, in red and royal blue, then an XL goldenrod yellow button-up men’s shirt, and went to town cutting them up! We acted as each other’s seamstresses, cut down the sides of the tees, made slits, and tied the side slits together one by one. … Read more
I love this sexy Pinata costume and had a lot of fun making it! I got so many complements the whole night! Here is what you need to create this Piñata Costume: 1. Buy a tightly fitted dress (I bought a dress slip cover) I bought mine at a small boutique but I believe they … Read more
First I found an orange tight sleeve tshirt from American Apparel, and green tights also from American Apparel. The red Uggs I’ve had for a while but any red shoes would do. This purple/pink belt was from Forever 21 and I just cut out the yellow M with construction paper. I had purple eye shadow and practiced … Read more
I work at an English school teaching little kids English in Seoul, South Korea. For Halloween, I wanted something the kids would recognize and enjoy. All my students adore Pokémon, making it an easy pick. Pikachu is the most recognizable Pokémon, so it was the best idea. First, I bought a bright yellow hoodie. Lots … Read more
As a group we decided to make our own Teenage Mutant Nija Turtle costumes for Halloween 2012. Making the tops and buying the ribbon were easy. However creating our shells was more tricky. After many different ideas using such things as a baking tray we decided to use a nibble platter dish and glued it … Read more
For the wands I printed out a star and traced it onto an old shoe box, making four stars. I glued two together and painted them yellow. I found some bale wire in the barn and straightened it out and stuck it between the glued stars. For the crowns I cut yellow paper into the … Read more
Well, this sexy and easy Black Swan costume was honestly super super simple. I found an old corset I had worn several Halloweens before that was mainly solid black. But it did have some pink ribbon decorations on the front. So I just went to my local Hobby Lobby, got a ton of black feathers and went to … Read more