For my Lady Gaga Costume I started with the wig. I bought a blonde wig in a costume shop for ten euro, I couldn ‘t find a ponytail style wig so I made my own. Firstly I sprayed the wig pink. I tied my own hair into a high ponytail and then attached the wig … Read more
Here is a costume for Halloween that found inspiration in the Joker character form Batman. We did dark eyes and lips as Heath Ledger, and dark shades over eyes and on the cheeks. I have to point out that we did it at home, and I didn’t have professional make up. Because of the phone camera … Read more
After renting costumes last year as the three little pigs and winning, we had to go over the top and create this years Halloween costumes. So we decided to go as the legendary KISS. Myself and three of my buddies gathered different items to create these unbelievable costumes and won for the 2nd year in … Read more
My wife (real wife, not only mummified wife) and I dressed up as Mummies from this year Carnival parade as part of our neighborhood theme Egypt (we participated in Ispra, Gavirate and Laveno Italy) plus image of the kids and friend costume that I made for the same events. Artistic wise both masks were made … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for three teenagers. This costume is made entirely from Dollar store and Thrift store finds and hand sewn and hot glued. Artemis is the goddess of the moon and the hunt. Her crown is made from a headband and a piece of plastic that I cut … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for teenagers. Athena is the goddess of love. Her crown is made from the face shield of a Dollar store helmet. It is attached to a headband and glued with fake pearls and jewels. The white dress is from the Thrift store and has six yards … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for teenagers. Athena is the goddess of war and wisdom. She wears a white dress and red Indian blouse from the thrift store. Her armor is all from the Dollar store that I painted and glued jewels to. Athena also cut the head from Medusa to … Read more
In Holland we celebrate the feast ‘Carnaval’ every year. It’s a five day during event and our goal is to have the most original costumes. Last year we were inspired by the movie Alice in Wonderland. We mostly put our costumes together ourselves, except for the Alice dress and Queen of Hearts wig and dress. … Read more
We made these costumes for a Christmas parade in Mt. Pleasant Tennessee. We also made Snoopy’s Dog house, Lucy’s Psych booth and Schroeder’s Piano. We won first place overall and first place for a church. The heads are papier mache, Luc’s dress is a XX-large T-shirt with a ruffle sewn to the bottom and buttons … Read more
I figured I would dress up as her once, just for kicks because I have the face and the legs. 1) Wig 2) Hair buns (scouring pads with the hair wrapped around them — this was the worst — took an hour to do correctly to get them to stay up). Bun covers made of … Read more
To make Anton Chigurh: 1) Guy with uncanny resemblance to Javier Bardem 2) Duct taped pill container to make the cow bolt 3) Clear packing tape over red piece of rolled cloth for the tank tubing 4) Brown shirt from Wal-Mart clearance rack 5) Brown wig 6) Black Wrangler pants from Wal-Mart 7) Old door … Read more
So, at my College, we were organising a Fancy Dress day with the theme of children’s film and TV characters – and I knew I had to go all out with this one. I’ve always loved the Chronicles of Narnia and had seen some great White Witch costumes on the site and thought I’d give … Read more