I am wearing the costume. I got the inspiration from all the ladies that love Starbucks. I made the costume by buying a 32 gallon trash can, white spray paint, pool noodle, and some poster board. I already had the helmet, cardboard, and zip ties. I cut out the bottom of the trash can then … Read more
This year Tyler wanted to be a Zombie. In previous years my wife and I Ana Conlin typically do a Zombie Walk and dress up as Zombies. We usually do a Dr. and escaped patient duo with everything from yellow contacts, to prosthetics for facial scars and neck wounds. Face and hair coloring are the … Read more
Of course I had to be Harley Quinn for Halloween this year! I love her as a character because she is crazy and fun. With the suicide squad movie coming out next year, I dressed as her to show my excitement! However I chose a look more similar to the comics than to the movie. … Read more
Being a transgender girl, I don’t get out much and always wanted to be something sexy for halloween. I debated on just dressing up as a girl, but always wanted to do more. I began searching online and decided on being a sexy cat. My other choice was being a playboy bunny!!! I bought a leopard … Read more
My daughter was the exact right age to dress up in a Maggie Simpson costume this year. I created her dress by placing one of my old blue long sleeved shirts on a flat surface and tracing one of her long sleeved outfits over it so I could get the right fit. Then I cut around the … Read more
I recently had ankle surgery, so wanted to choose a costume that I could incorporate my very sexy walking boot into. I also scoured the internet and sadly didn’t find many female takes on Frankenstein’s monster, only the bride of Frankenstein, so it was decided. I used a water based face paint, a homemade molding … Read more
1) How did you come up with this costume idea? WaterHERO! To save California from drought. WaterHero insists everyone not to waste water, and save water. A much needed thinking for the Bay Area. 2) What items did you use to make this costume? And how? Felt – Red, Brown, Dark Blue & Light Blue … Read more
For this costume, I made a pinata. I did this by free hand cutting felt and hot gluing it onto a shirt and a skirt that I already had. I got two party hats, cut the felt into smaller sections, using the same color order as my outfit and hot glued them to the hat. … Read more
Eco Princess — When I was thinking about reducing plastic usage at home, I took that as the concept for this Halloween for my daughter, who co-operated well with me, instead of throwing tantrums for a princess costume. Store bought plain black dress Felt flowers Felt leaves A Happy face & Sad faced Earth – … Read more
This costume was a GIANT hit! It was easy, cheap, unique and super fun to make. I used real ice cream cones with a coat of white glue inside to strengthen them. Styrofoam balls glued on top as the ice cream, coated with light weight spackle and painted to look like various flavors (added better, … Read more
I made this DIY Beetlejuice costume because I like being in Character when dressing up. I love the character Beetlejuice. He is very whimsical and the movie cracks me up. I ponder from year to year what I can be for Halloween and once I get something in my mind, I start searching thrift stores, … Read more
This lion tamer costume was inspired by our dog who needed to be groomed. She is a goldendoodle and had very long hair. It was close to Halloween and we thought it would be a great idea to shave her like a lion. We have a two year old son who absolutely adores his dog. We thought … Read more