Here is my Baby Girl and I for Halloween this year. I found a few vintage dress patterns from the 50’s to help lay out her dress. And on my jacket, I got a white tux and taped out some stripes and just painted away. Lots of fun , and everyone around us kept stopping … Read more
I made this parrot dress because I’ve admired the one Lily wears in Season 1 of How I Met Your Mother since it originally aired. I am rubbish at sewing so I bought a dress and covered it in feathers (which was messy but worth it!). I covered the bodice with individual green feathers and … Read more
My friend was having a 1980’s themed fancy dress party for her 30th birthday and I KNEW I had to go as Rainbow Brite (I was born to play that role!). I checked out the Rainbow Brite costumes online, but they were very expensive and a bit tacky-looking, so I decided to make my own. … Read more
After being told we were going on a mates stag do, we were then informed one night we would go dressed up as old school wrestlers. This was the perfect opportunity to realize a dream of mine, and with a few days off I decided to design and make from scratch a Macho Man costume … Read more
Myself and my son Richard from Venice Italy tried to build the Jango Fett costume from Star Wars and this is the result. The materials were cardboard, spray paint, polystyrene, and a visor gardening. We also used parts of a old printer.
“Coolest Power Ranger Costume” Go Go Power Rangers! This was our second Halloween at Ohio State and wanted a great costume for our friends costume party. We had the idea of Power Rangers but we could only find the pink and red ranger so we decided to make them, helmets and all. We had a … Read more
We went as Jessica rabbit and Roger rabbit for Halloween . Everyone loved it and we have a awesome time putting them together. I had to dye the gloves purple and the overalls red and the overalls were a little too tight on him so I cut the sides and sewed red felt on the … Read more
For Halloween we went as the Notorious B.I.G and Lil Kim the Queen Bee! Lil Kim’s costume was inspired from the crush on you video. I bought blue furry fabric and made the coat. Definetly not as easy as I thought it would be! For Biggie I just hot glued the word “Coogi”, the famous … Read more
I made both of our costumes from fabric I got at Joann’s (total was about $15). Fred’s costume was the easiest… used one of my husband’s shirts as a guide, and just cut the fabric longer. Mine was much more difficult to make form-fitting. I didn’t feel like going through the effort to mess around … Read more
Jim Carrey was my hero in the Mask. I wanted to pay homage to that film this year, which is why I started out with a white Ghoul ‘s mask from a Halloween store. I cut the mouth part out so my lips could be exposed, which I would later coat in black lipstick. The … Read more
This is my animal from the Muppets costume…”let go”. I made it out of a lot of yarn, a baseball hat, and a visor. Lots of hotglue and lots of spray adhesive. I made the hair long to cover the neck area up. My sticks are in my waist band, and my belt is a … Read more
My friends and I decided to dress up as our own version of the Smurfs this year! We had 80’s Smurf, Tipsy Smurf, Snooki Smurf and Schwarzenegger Smurf. I made our hats using white fleece fabric and added a leather studded bow to my Snooki Smurf Hat (because that’s what Snooki would do…duh). We used … Read more