This is do it your self Value Village/Goodwill costume. We all bought our jackets at second hand stores a few weeks before Halloween. We wore slacks, collard shirt and ties and tried to match the real characters as best we could. We made the microphones from a dowel rod, black duct tape, tennis ball and … Read more
I first started with my Edward Scissorhands Costume. I found it on eBay for $30 bucks…only problem is it was an XXL and a men’s. I’m 5″5″ and 130 so I had to take it in a lot! Second was my makeup. I watched tutorials after tutorials to get rid of my eyebrows. After … Read more
I wanted a unique and fun costume to impress our friends at our 8th annual Halloween Party, and this amazing jelly fish costume certainly did just that – and it was relatively simple and inexpensive to make. For the main Jelly fish body I started with a clear umbrella (I purchased mine at Target). Because … Read more
Last year, my boys were 4 and 1 1/2. The baby was finally old enough to walk well on his own and we were so excited to go trick or treating. I wanted a costume that my 4 year old would understand and I also wanted them to be able to dress up together. We … Read more
For my son’s costume we decided on an illusion costume. We made this headless cook costume. I first got a cardboard box I cut up and shaped to fit on my son’s back. I tied on sports shoulder pads to the top of the box. I then got an extra large black button-up shirt, put … Read more
My son didn’t know what he wanted to be for halloween, so I asked him if he would want to be a character from Spongebob Squarepants. He asked if we could try for a Plankton costume. First I found a cardboard box that my son could fit in, then I rounded it out. I then … Read more
I got the idea for this Jagberbomb Couple Costume from this website but created them differently. For the redbull I used felt. I got a very large piece of black felt for the body and then glue gunned the blue, grey, red and yellow felt on top of the black felt while looking at a red … Read more
Every year our school has a Book Day and the children come dressed as their favorite book character. As they have been learning about the Tudors and my daughter is a big fan of the Terry Deary Horrid Histories books, she wanted to go as Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. I decided it just … Read more
A costume contest was announced from a local radio station about two months ago, so I started thinking that I needed to create something awesome to win. (In the end, I did not win because it depended on facebook likes. I got about 500 likes and the first price was 1000 plus likes, but it … Read more
This is my attempt at making a Raiden from Mortal Kombat costume. The sash was made from material I bought from Abakhan. I measured from my knees over my shoulders and down to my knees at the back then bought that length of material about a meter wide. I cut it into two strips then … Read more
Every year our town has a winter carnival event put on by our local fire fighters. Local children and adults create their own costumes and wear them in while skating on the ice in our rink in order to win various prizes. We thought a birthday celebration would be a nice theme for a costume, since … Read more
As a single mom with very little income there wasn’t much I could afford to buy. However, I wanted my son (less than a year old) to interact with other children for Easter so when I saw the local theater was hosting a holiday party for the little ones for a fiver I thought we … Read more