Rollergirl 1.) Roller skates (some roller rinks will let you rent) 2.) knee high socks- most sporting good stores carry them. However I wanted striped colors so I went to a Journey’s Shoe store. 3.) any classic 70/80 shirt will do- I went to my local Goodwill Store. 4.)I had purchased a 80’s shiny jacket from … Read more
My roommates and I decided to make our costumes last year from scratch. We purchased fabric and “Buttercup” made the dresses using her sewing machine (of course she had the other two Powerpuff girls help a little bit with their own as well). We kind of winged it by laying the fabric, folded in half, … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to be Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head so badly but all the costumes out there were just “slip on over the head” costumes with their faces on them. We wanted something better! That’s when we came up with the idea of making outfits out of actual potato sacks. We measured ourselves … Read more
This Awesome Peg Bundy Costume was a HUGE success this Halloween! I’ve always been a “Married with Children,” fan, and decided to create the best Peg Bundy costume I could! Peg Bundy is notorious for her hair, so my first step was finding the perfect wig. I found the most incredible wig at a wig shop … Read more
This was our costume last year. I had been working on my costume for a couple of days, but the day of the party my husband decided he wanted his costume to go with mine so his was last minute. We were the hit of the party! We even included our dog and painted her … Read more
Halloween has been always been my favorite holiday! This is me a year before the movie “the Smurfs” came out. I wanted to do something original so I thought to myself, why not paint your entire body blue and become a Smurf for a day. This was a very last minute idea, and all I … Read more
I am a huge holiday nut and get super excited to hand make my costumes each year- only the most original and creative with a sexy twist will do! (Lol let it be known that I was the first one on the site to come up with Facebook and using iron-on transfers.) This Facebook costume … Read more
To get an idea of what your House costume will look like, take a look at you own house. No matter what type of house you are going to create, you’ll need one big box in which your body fits between the neck and just above the knees. Follow these steps: * Seal both ends … Read more
Cat in the Hat Goes to School My son chose to dress up in a Cat in the Hat costume to celebrate World book day at school. Little did we know that the very same day (March 2nd) was the birthday of Dr Seuss! Cat in the Hat Materials I started by buying a black … Read more
This costume is of the famous Son of Man painting by painter Rene Magritte. Things you’ll need: 1. Red tie 2. Black suit 3. White dress shirt 4. plastic/fake apple (I got one at the Dollar Tree) 5. bowler/derby hat (I got one at Party City for $10) Tie the apple to a string and … Read more
Since this is my son’s first carnival I thought to make a costume for all of us. I created Mario’s pizza, a familiar pizza enterprise. What is a better solution than a pizzeria since we are Italian? To create this costume it took about two hours and we used materials we had in the house. … Read more
Halloween was coming and I was 6 months pregnant. I really wanted to do something with my husband, some kind of weird couple but he wasn’t into making fun of himself so it all came down to me, improvising an hour before going to a Halloween party. I went into my friend’s bathroom with a … Read more