MBTA (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority)…Who Want’s to Ride the T? My roommates and I are students at Northeastern University and are in love with the city. To may homage, we went out as the different T-lines (red,blue,orange, and green) for Halloween. We made our costumes out of trash bags and colored duct tape, and taped … Read more
This Margarita Costume was my costume for 2012. I love making my own costumes every year. While brainstorming for my costume I came up with being different cocktails with my friends! We all decided to be our favorite drink. I was a margarita, and my two friends went as a piña colada and a martini. The costumes … Read more
My family is always pestering me to dress my daughter “girly”. They were over the moon when they found out she was going as a ballerina. Till I asked whether blood should be on the tutu too. It was lovely because at the time she was in her growlly stage and loved to chase people. … Read more
I glued three pieces of toilet paper to my face using spirit gum and then ripped them starting at where my mouth ended. The glue kind of made the toilet paper stiff so it was easy to paint with face makeup. I painted side of my cheek where I had ripped the toilet paper off … Read more
I saw the idea for Jelly Belly costumes on the Internet and decided to add a little flavor to the costume, literally. I came up with “popcorn” Jelly Belly and my friend was “pineapple” Jelly Belly. We used colored construction paper and cut it out and glued it to cardboard for the sign. We also used … Read more
Ain’t too proud to beg… My daughter loves a good laugh…so we started brainstorming ideas of what she could be for Halloween. She had started off with being a hobo…but the idea transpired into something much greater. We went to our local Goodwill store and purchased an old pair of jeans and an old flannel … Read more
I bought a cheap tank top from Forever 21, some blue fabric and metal rings (which I’m pretty sure are actually meant to make purses) from the local Hobby Lobby and got to work came out to something around $15 total. I already had some black boots and a blonde wig (don’t ask) from previous … Read more
This Dia de los Muertas (Mexican Day of the Dead) costume was a blast to make. I already had the Mexican-looking long skirt. I bought a cheap black corset from Walmart and hot-glued black and red roses and black feathers on to it. Then I glued fake black and red flowers onto a plain back … Read more
I was Foxxy Cleopatra (Beyonce’s character from Austin Powers), mostly because my friends wanted to be Austin Powers and Vanessa Kensington. It ended up being a lot of fun though. Unfortunately, I couldn’t get my hair to do this, so I used an Afro wig and luckily I just borrowed one my friend had from … Read more
The movie “Grease” will never get old, and my boyfriend and I wanted to make sure we received the best costume when we went to a Halloween party in 2012. How we made our costume: For Sandy: it was actually quite a mission. I am a natural brunette, Italian, long hair.. and as far as … Read more
This Three Blind Mice Costume for Ladies is our 2012 Halloween costume, my sister-in-laws and I are big kids, and it’s tough to come up with costumes for 3, so after a little brainstorming we thought we had our costume. We started with gray Capri leggings and t-shirts, the idea blossomed from there. We purchased pink … Read more
I wanted to do a more creative take on the “naughty girl scout” outfit you can buy off the rack. After securing as large a girl’s uniform as I could from a local thrift store I used online auction sites to order funny patches (skull and cross bones, “candy” moniker and even ordered some blank … Read more