The Seed of Chucky, a.k.a Glen, was easy to put together. Just a purple-ish shirt with rips and a few drops of blood. Underneath he wore all black. The hair was also sprayed with red Halloween hair color spray. At the end we just added some paint and the signature freckles. For the bride gown, I … Read more
I had to make this Gnome on a Toadstool after seeing this costume on your site!! I used a red fleece blanket from Old Navy, 2 pool noodles, white felt (cut out in circles) and elastic for the skirt. I used old black sweatpants that were too small and stuffed them with pieces of pool … 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
My 6ft 7in tall man added height with his 4 inch white platform shoes and his 5 inch high afro. We always have to go all out with costumes. We go to this amazing costume store in Ft Worth to get the “REAL” stuff. He also had on white polyester pants (which were exciting LOL). … Read more
When my kids were little I loved dressing them up for Halloween and taking them to the mall for contest. Here Kaylee is 6 years old and I made her a “REAL GHOST”. I love to work with makeup so I covered her face with a white/gray theater makeup and spitit glued bugs on her … Read more
For a good friend’s hen party we had to dress up as a cartoon character from our childhood. Straight away I decided on the Cat in the Hat! I had to be him! But after searching around I couldn’t find anything at all suitable or in my price range and couldn’t find the hat anywhere … Read more
We have a Halloween party every year at my local pub. I love creating costumes. I got the idea from this site and thought about it , so i went ahead and did it. It took me an afternoon to gather and beg for the things. The hand was from one of the pound shops. All … Read more
Here is my son in his Davy Crockett AKA Daniel Boone costume created by his grandmother. She used a faux suede fabric for jacket with coordinating trims, and super cool wooden buttons. For the shirt a tan broadcloth fabric was chosen with fabric ties added. He is wearing an authentic hand made coonskin hat which is going to come in … Read more
First of all, we went to the store and bought lots of green fabric. After that, we dug out my mom’s old scrap fabric and tried to find the right colors for our costumes. We measured each other and my mom helped us use her sewing machine and we made the basic green dress. Then … Read more
My girlfriends and I dressed up like ceral box characters costumes. Took just a few days of planning. But, really it was super easy to pull together. We just chose a character that would be easy to dress up as based upon things we already had. The only thing we really bought were the small … Read more
“Why’d you take your shoes off?” “Why are you dressed like a chicken?” I went as Harry (on the right) and my buddy went as Marv….The Wet Bandits from the Christmas Classic ‘Home Alone’. The costumes turned out to be the biggest hit of the evening, and each costume cost less than $40 bucks. We … Read more
This homemade child scarecrow costume from The Wizard of Oz was my son’s request for a costume. I started by making a hat from black felt. I simply cut a large circle and then made it into a cone. I pushed in the top part to blunt it of and then cut a brim from … Read more