Well first off my 12 year announced that he wanted just a horsehead to wear for Halloween? I thought to myselff, where on earth am I going to find that. I have always been a creative kind of person, so I began looking around second hand clothing stores for ideas. It didn’t take me to … Read more
Gotta love Despicable Me! These little minions are the best and funniest little creatures. They have some great one-liners and for Halloween dressing up as a group of Minions was amazing! We won a costume contest at the first bar we went to and got a lot of high fives and “awesome costumes!” It was … Read more
Latex, a zipper, some makeup and a lot of patience got me this face. I needed some help with putting the zipper to place, but the rest I did myself. The makeup was very cool to do, with some face blood and “normal” makeup. It was very funny walking around watching peoples reactions on the … Read more
We have three sons. Each year I try to make at least one homemade costume. We’ve had a scuba diver and a vending machine, but this year we made our best yet – our very own Dunkin’ Donuts Drive Thru. We had so much fun making it – it truly became a group effort. My … Read more
We were starting to feel a litte “bugged out” after the birth of our 2nd child, and we were getting cabin fever. So it’s only natural to become bugs for halloween. Also, with 2 kids, we didn’t want to pay anything, so we just got a few shirts from the thrift store. mama and daughter’s … Read more
Hi my name is Trinity and I am 5 years old. I love the movie Tangled and since I saw it I refuse to cut my hair I want it as long as her hair is. I wanted to be Rapunzel for Halloween this year so we found a cute dance leotard that looked like … Read more
I always check sales after the holidays for next years ideas. Last year I bought 2 skeleton tuxedo t-shirts for a couple bucks! Had a couple skeleton masks in my supply box, had a yard sale wedding veil that I added spider earrings and also pinned on a few plastic ones! I had 3 black … Read more
I bought the corset and the pants then I spray painted half of it black, I then found the boots in a thrift store and painted one boot red. I bought red and black foam squares and cut diamonds out and glued the red on black and the black on red. as for the giant … Read more
Materials needed: Black corset Hot glue gun Rhinestones (got mine from Hobby Lobby, I used two or three sizes) A couple different kinds of black faux feathers (got mine in packs from Hobby Lobby) Tulle skirt or tutu (mine was from Forever 21) I used LOTS of photos for inspiration, mostly of the actual movie … Read more
When getting ready for a Harry Potter Death-Day themed party, it is most important to figure out what character you most connect with, and who you can really channel. For me, Trelawney was the natural choice: we’re both eccentric, and I absolutely love how she dresses…and it didn’t hurt that putting together her outfit would … Read more
I fell in love with the stuffed leapord I found at a flea market and thought it would be a fun costume to put together! I went to good will and yard sales and found a scarf, leapord hat, blouse, purse, slippers and a little baby leapord (it’s in the little leopard purse inside the … Read more
I had the most fun putting this outfit together. I bought the hat and looked for pieces to go with it at yard sales and goodwill. I found the matching purple (night) gown at good will and wore a simple black blouse under it with long black gloves I had. Wore some colored beads and … Read more