My roommate and I were trying to think of a costume that you don’t see often. That’s when we saw the nun head piece and thought, “omg how perfect.” It’s a simple costume don’t get me wrong, but it’s funny and sexy at the same time. The reactions we got from people was the best … Read more
While I was making this Scarecrow Joe costume I ran into quite a few hurdles, one being the mask. At first I tried to use a real pumpkin but it would not hold the shape that I wanted, and while I was making the costume it began to mold (gross I know). With some trial … Read more
Needed: A Strapless LRD (little red dress), two-three large packages of multi-color medium sized pom-poms (about 250-300, depending on size of area to cover), silver duct tape (wide), black fabric (I used scrapbook fabric-paper), scissors, wax paper, stickers (two, five, cent symbol), hot glue gun, hot glue, patience. How to: 1) Start with the Pom-Poms … Read more
Our sixteen year old daughter is a magician and escape artist by profession. She loves anything magical or mystical, so naturally she wanted to dress up as something that showed her personality. She decided to be a fortune teller, but we took it a step further and made her into an old fashioned fortune telling … Read more
Sitting at the the bus stop one morning in early October, I asked the kids of any ideas they wanted to be for Halloween that year and I got the usual responses. My son said “I’ll be an army man or police officer”, to which my reply was “no, you’ve already been that”. My daughter said “I’ll … Read more
My daughter, Grace, who is ten years old, has wanted to be “Dorothy” from the Wizard of Oz for a couple of years now. My husband’s aunt who is a great seamstress graciously volunteered to make her a Dorothy costume. This is where the fun started. Finding a pair of “ruby slippers” ended up being … Read more
Okay so this costume started off as a joke while my friends and I were shopping at Goodwill. We were looking through dresses and talking about halloween costume ideas when one of my friends said that we should do Disney. I was upset because I didn’t want to be so unoriginal but while we were … Read more
My family loves Halloween and finding costumes that all relate to one another (Alice in Wonderland, super heroes, policeman and prisoners, etc.) Beetlejuice seemed like a tough one but awesome family costume to try to pull off for 2014. Barbara and Adam (my husband and me): I asked a sculptor friend to help me with … Read more
Japanese Ramen Costume complete with noodles, scallions, fish cakes, soy sauce eggs, seaweed, and pork belly! Chopsticks added to hair for a fun detail. The bowl was suspended using posterboard, thread, lots of glue gun and staples. The noodles needed to stand out a bit more so I added inflated packing I found from a … Read more
My daughter, Aleah loves animals and anything fancy! When she saw a peacock princess costume in a magazine, she declared that this year she would be a peacock. Ready to purchase the item, I heard her exclaim: “With real feathers!” We then searched the internet and came up with some possible costume ideas that included … Read more
I was watching some Aqua Teen Hunger Force reruns while researching local Halloween events and became inspired. I decided to make my make my own costume, modeled after my favorite Aqua Teen character: Master Shake! I had no clue where to start but I drove down to my local Walmart to get ideas. They were … Read more
Last year, my left leg was amputated. This year, my costume decision was obvious: I had to be a pirate with a wooden leg. I used an old socket and attached a dowell and a crutch tip. This is a costume that my two legged friends can only envy. We got a womans coat from … Read more