This costume was the biggest hit at one of the largest Halloween party schools in America. Every single person who walked by me complimented me on it! This costume was fairly simple to make, taking only a few hours, considering how intricate it looks. Here are the supplies I used: Hot Glue Gun Corset (I … Read more
My boyfriend and I absolutely love the movie, Wreck-It Ralph, so we decided to be Ralph and Vanellope Von Schweetz couple costume for Halloween this year. Looking at cosplay for inspiration, it seemed easy enough to thrift and DIY everything we needed. All of the clothes pictured we got at thrift stores (Savers, Goodwill, etc.) … Read more
Preparing for a local “zombie” 5k with my 11 yr old daughter was so much fun!!! She is such a crazy kid, but look out for her. She is going to be the next big special effects make-up artist in 8-10 years!! How we made ourselves look disgusting: 1st Bed head-no brushing or styling. How … Read more
This costume was all about the hair and makeup for the “wow-factor” I wanted to give everyone that saw me. I had a polka dot crop top from Forever 21 and a skirt from goodwill that luckily worked together well for the actual outfit. For the hair, I used rollers and lightly sprayed in with … Read more
In order to keep with the frightful spirit of Halloween, I decided that the perfect costume would be one that really represents the theme. I knew exactly which feeling I wanted to elicit from people- and that was shock! So instead of going the other way and wearing a sexy costume that would shock most … Read more
Preston loves baseball and when a local fair costume contest was announced he was bummed out that the theme was not sports this year. The annual town fair has a kids costume parade that awards ribbons based on the theme. This year theme was “Under the Big Top” circus carnival theme. Preston’s mom with the … Read more
This year I decided to got to a zombie walk as a zombie soldier The makeup was a fairly simple application, I only painted on liquid latex and then added damaging effects to it with a wooden makeup tool. Painting was the hardest part I was going for a classical Italian style zombie, with more … Read more
My son absolutely loves the movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas.” We watch the movie at least once a week, sometimes up to three times in just one day! So of course He decided he wanted to be Jack Skellington for Halloween. I looked everywhere and was unable to find a costume to purchase, so I … Read more
My son’s favorite place to stop is at a local snow cone truck to get and try his favorite flavors. For a local kids parade him and his friends decided to dress up as carnival food and he choose snow cone. I cut two triangles of foam board out and decorated with snow flakes and … Read more
This Mask costume was super easy and fun to make! I bought the jacket, pants, hat and tie at a thrift store. I bought a solid black tie and used white-out to make the designs on the tie. I’m sure you can also you any other kind of white fabric paint. I used green body … Read more
This one was especially fun to make because it was so easy. For each one, just use a plain black shirt. Because you’re using duct tape, you can actually use a shirt you already have in your closet. Take plain regular yellow duct tape and run it around each shirt. Remember, if the shirt is … Read more
To make the guys bad prom outfits, we bought long sleeve button down shirts from the thrift shop. We also bough frilly fabric from the craft store, which we glued to the front. We accessorized with suspenders and fake flower boutonnieres. F or the girls, we actually went to the Dillars outlet where we found … Read more