I was inspired to make this Wooly Willy costume after receiving a Wooly Willy game for my birthday last year. Being bald and bearded, it seemed like a good fit. After finding a photo online, cleaning it up and printing it out on a poster printer, I mounted it to a large piece of foam core. … Read more
I really didn’t want to follow the popular trend and be a sexy superhero or villain, so Edward Scissorhands it was. The Costume I bought a black corset that had buckles, and a black wig and liquid skin (for the scars). I made my own Scissorhands out of foam cardboard and a pair of black … Read more
I have always loved making things with cardboard and duct tape. I made my own slippers and my own flip flops. I made a suit of armor complete with sword and shield. So making a crane game costume out of boxes and duct tape was a natural! I used two boxes, covered them with duct … Read more
Back in March I was prescribed a medicine that made my hair start to fall out. My hair is naturally long and thick, but it was coming out in such handfuls that I declared to my doctor, “I’m going to be bald by Halloween!” He is a very loving and humorous guy, so when he … Read more
My husband and I went back and forth one night trying to decide on a Halloween costume for our two year old daughter. We wanted to make as much of it ourselves as we could. What did we come up with? The cutest scarecrow ever! Our daughter loves dressing up in her tutus, which gave … Read more
My 3 year old son started watching Hocus Pocus early in October and it quickly became a favorite. He would request to watch it by saying “Poca.” By the end of October he was tired of watching Poca though! Anyway I have always really liked the movie and kinda wanted to dress up like one … Read more
Last year I was SHARKNADO. It devastated the party and caused chaos and mayhem that lasted days. This year – the zombie apocalypse was in full effect. I never thought I would like The Walking Dead but once I started watching it this past summer, I was hooked! I decided to be Daryl Dixon from The … Read more
I liked the sad broken doll makeup tutorials I was seeing online everywhere. I decided to try one out. I free handed my own make up using the cheap makeup I could find. Everything came from our local .99 cent store. I started by completely covering my face and chest with a light colored base … Read more
This year, my boyfriend and I embarked on a couple costume adventure. The most entertaining one was the bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein. Using the cut off bottom of a soda bottle, I was able to bring my blonde hair up to a ridiculous height. A lot of Bobby pins, spray color and patience went … Read more
Each Halloween we try and think of a costume that is spooky in an everyday sort of way. In years past that has included everything from cockroaches to those Crocs shoes. We have always used Dr. Bronner’s soap at home, and have always laughed about how weird the bottle is, so we knew that it … Read more
I had so much fun with this costume! I gathered the materials from wherever I could find them! clothes, hat, sunglasses, Dr. Scholl’s and jewelry from Goodwill, white curly wig from my Halloween bin, coffee cup from my cupboard and some “new things” like sharpies, tape and wire fly swatters for the “card”. Dressing was … Read more
When my husband and I first started trying to come up with ideas for our daughter’s first Halloween, we could not agree on anything together. Not one of the pre packaged costumes seemed to catch our eye. I found an old dress of mine with an apron and thought Raggedy Ann would be very cute. … Read more