I was tired of the same old costumes, so i decided to make mine, I had a costume party coming up and it happend to fall on Día de Muertos, The band that was going to be playing was a classic rock / grateful dead tribute band! I figured everyone would be a sugar skull or … Read more
The idea hit me while I was at the dinner table. I quickly sketched it out on a yellow post it note. (I still have that sketch somewhere.) For the past few years, i have been making my costumes out of cardboard boxes. most of them I found searching behind grocery stores, alleys, furniture stores, you … Read more
This is a family costume which started with a 21/2 year olds dream of being an orange race car (he also wanted me to be a red race car and his daddy to be a blue one… through our costumes I fulfilled one of his three requests. In decided what we as a family were … Read more
I make my kids costumes every year, but never mine. I finally did. I like to make costumes that people aren’t use to seeing. It makes it more fun!! I made a fly swatter. I bought everything at Michael’s. Green duct tape, black pipe cleaners, silver pipe cleaners, black felt, red glitter, n green plastic … Read more
Halloween is my FAVORITE holiday, so each year AFTER Halloween, I plan my next costume. I have a vision in my head, and that is how I create it. Very little is store bought, as I make my costumes myself, often the night before like this one! I cut out my pattern (just by looking … Read more
In June my husband and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary by renewing our wedding vows in Las Vegas. Instead of a veil, I wore a simple tiara. I loved it. Thinking I would never have the chance to wear it again, I realized that Halloween might be the perfect occasion. OK, so I had … Read more
My son has always been mature for his age. On his 3rd Halloween he kept asking to watch Edward Scissorhands. Finally agreed. Two years later (this Halloween) he asked if I could dress him as Edward. I agreed and here we are. We did a simple black pant and black shirt, added a few studded … Read more
I work in an outpatient building at a local hospital and we were permitted to dress up for Halloween as long as it was deemed tasteful and appropriate to carry out work duties. As I was contemplating what to wear, I remembered a costume that I had helped a friend do for her daughter. It … Read more
First I brought a fedora, a sequined glove and sunglasses at a Party City. My outfit consisted of a white button up 3/4 sleeve shirt, a vintage tshirt and some black slacks, and my combat boots. I put my hair up into a ponytail and let some loose strands fall in front of my face. The hardest … Read more
There are a couple different versions of the Big Bad Wolf costume, but not all are pictured due to my 4 year old not wanting to wear certain things or give good pics. I created this simple wolf costume by buying a pair of plain brown sweat pants and long sleeved flannel shirt at the … Read more
It took forever for us to find a couple costume that we both like, but we finally agreed to Ash and Pikachu! After deciding, it took even longer to find a cheap yellow dress (which I finally did online), but it was completely see through so I used a little black dress I already had … Read more
I made several costumes the last couple of months for our toddler. It is so cute to dress up little ones and they grow so quickly. I thought of several ideas that I wanted to try out, so I made as many as I could. I still have several unfinished ones that I am going … Read more