I wanted something different for Halloween, so I decided to bring my childhood years into play. I used to love Curious George, so why not be The Man in the Yellow Hat? I wanted to make sure the top and bottoms matched, so I dyed a white shirt and white leggings, yellow. Since the leggings were slightly see … Read more
Trying to think outside the box this year was quite the challenge. All my friends are the normal things, a sexy cat, a sexy bunny, a sexy cop; the list goes on and on. But I just wanted to be super original and funny! I saw a dog costume that was a piece of sushi and thought to myself: … Read more
I totally did my research with this Zombie costume. I read a lot of tutorials on makeup application and figured out how to “gore it up”. The face was actually really easy. I made a glue mix and using tissue paper created the zombie look on my face and dried it with a hair dryer. Once it … Read more
Though the show has been off air for a few years now, Nip/Tuck is still one of my favorites! To recreate the look of Dr. Troy and his plastic surgery patient you will need about $25. Dr. Troy’s costume was made using a suit pant, shirt and tie. We got his medical lab coat online … Read more
Our 7 year old joined Cub Scouts this year and since scouts are thrifty we decided to make his costume out of things we had. We saw a Samurai costume made out of cardboard and used it for our inspiration. We decided to use the egg crates we had saved up for crafts. I bought … Read more
This sexy mermaid costume was inspired by my love of Mermaids! I believe that Halloween is a time to dress up as something that is a fantasy, or something that is not actually real. The typical, nurse, maid, police officer just has never satisfied my Halloween Costume criteria! I wanted something that was sexy yet beautiful that would diffidently turn heads. First I went to Walmart and … Read more
Every year my family and friends come together to a theme party to challenge our own creativity. This year the theme was “Trip around the World”. My family picked India as the country to represent. Since peacock is the national bird of India , that was perfect for our 10 year old daughter who wanted … Read more
My friends and I decided to do a group themed costume as the idea of party animals. Each of us chose an animal that would be easy to dress up as, then bought our costumes, and added party hats and had party horns/streamers. Creating the giraffe costume: 1) Bought a plain yellow dress, brown tights, … Read more
I wanted to come up with something original and had never seen a tin woman so I went for it. I found the boots at a yard sale and spray painted them. Found the dress and silver leggings at a hoochie shop in the mall and the wig at a Halloween store. I hot glued … Read more
My daughter wanted to be the Mad Hatter but we never get store bought costumes. We may buy accessories but we put together our own costumes. She found most everything she needed at the Goodwill but we had to go to the Halloween store for the hat. We looked on the internet for ideas on her makeup … Read more
Angel of Death. I wore a black bathing suit underneath a black lace body suit. Found my black wings at a Halloween store and made my cape with black lace. I wore my black knee boots. I painted my face with black, purple, and blue liquid paint and added glitter while it was wet. The … Read more
“Okay, you primitive screw-heads, listen up!” This year I went as ASH WILLIAMS. The hero from The Evil Dead series starring: Bruce Campbell. Lucky this costume is pretty simple. It consists of: 1 Blue Collared Shirt. 1 Brown Pair of Pants. 1 Pair of work boots. A leather harness. A Holster. A Toy Shotgun. A Toy Chainsaw. Fake … Read more