I wanted to be a bright, orange fox but needed a twist – so I came up with the Car Fox (from the Car Fax commercials)! It was so fun to be the Car Fox and have a unique costume that made people snap their fingers and say “haaaah!” There are 6 parts to the … Read more
I already have naturally reddish hair, so I decided to do a costume that would play that up a little bit. Obviously, the little mermaid has red hair so I just latched onto that idea. Preparation 1. I got onto ebay and bought a $3 green cotton maxi dress from some place in Europe. Took … Read more
So Halloween is NOT one of my favorite holidays at all. However, the way I get through it is to create very creative costumes. It’s my favorite. About a month or two ago, I started thinking of what I could do this year. (Last year I was Kate Middleton with a Prince William cardboard cutout, … Read more
America’s Best Dance Crew champions… the Jabbawockeez! Guaranteed to make you look and feel like a professional dance crew, no promises on the dancing itself though . Simple simple simple to create! The most important part is to make sure your whole group has the same look! Honestly you could probably wear something else like hoodies … Read more
I made this female Rufio costume my first year of law school. I was in desperate need of a creative outlet, and I have always loved Halloween. I’m not a fantastic seamstress, so I started scouring local thrift shops and fabric stores for the pieces that I would need. My list of materials is as follows: Target: … Read more
This Kate Middleton engagement photo costume was SO much fun for me. My hair was getting longer and my obsession with Kate Middleton was growing so it only made sense to be her for Halloween. I ordered a similar dress, bought the foe diamond, and added a tiara so people would ‘get’ the costume. All I … Read more
Shopping in my local mall looking for ideas, I stumbled across the scarf of the perfect color (and sparkle!) for my favorite little girl’s Halloween costume. Ariel is her favorite character of all time and it just made her life to wear this Little Mermaid costume! All it takes is two large square scarves, fabric covered wire, accent fabric (I got shimmery purple/green at Fabric … Read more
I decided to be an Avatar this year. I just wore a brown swimsuit top and a blue swimsuit bottom. I made the loin cloth out of Fabric from Hobby Lobby ($1) and brown Yarn. I cut the trips of fabric to fit my size body and just glued it with fabric glue and tied … Read more
Although reluctant, I convinced my boyfriend to dress up as Ken to match my Barbie costume! All materials for my costume were purchased at a local fabric store (Mary-Jo’s in Gastonia, NC) and a friend used a 1950’s bathing suit pattern to make the swimsuit. I ordered a 1959 Barbie watch, Nicki Minaj Barbie ring, … Read more
Earlier this year, the Art Institute of Chicago (my amazing hometown!) exhibited the works of Roy Lichtenstein and I thought how amazing his use of DOTS was in all of his works. I had been familiar with his works but never spent so much time around them (and on a huge scale, mind you!), so … Read more
I’m a big fan of ROYGBIV so I knew I wanted to make my son’s costume colorful, so that’s when I choose to make him an awesome gumball machine costume. Now he’s only 2 so I knew there would be certain limitations and things I couldn’t be too creative with, like having his head in … Read more
The goal was to be a scary Fembot from Bionic Woman/Six Million Dollar Man. The mask is from a dollar store, I painted it green, added eyes with white duct tape, cut holes in the nose so I could breathe easier then added plaster and painted that in a flesh tone. I glued gadgets and … Read more