This Mario and Luigi couple costume for Women was a very simple and easy costume to put together. We bought blue high waisted shorts, and sewed yellow buttons on to the shorts. We bought suspenders from Wal-mart and attached them underneath the high waisted shorts so that it looked like the suspenders were connected to the … Read more
I wasn’t strictly going for accuracy, I wanted to give Columbia my own flare. I found the jacket at Goodwill and altered to fit. The shoes have actually been my favorites for a long time. I don’t remember where I bought them I have had them so long. I got the hat from Party city. … Read more
Loddie is our adorable sheltie and Chewy is a Malamute wolf hybrid. I did not use a pattern for either of these but it was fairly simple to figure out. I purchased small amounts of fabric from the scrap section at the fabric store and hand sewed them. Rest assured, Loddie was in no danger. … Read more
Costume was pretty easy to make. We just used cardboard, string and paint. It was however quite hard to maneuver in the outfit. We played on the fact that we are an interracial couple. Since I’m white and he is black, I decided to be the black part of the yin yang and he was the white … Read more
My friends and I decided to be the Jamaican Bobsled Team. We took 1st place !!! This was the very easy to make. We used posterboard / Duck tape for the Bobsled. We used Duck tape to create our cosutmes. We purchase our hats/wigs off from ebay which were appr. $5.00. We live in a small town in Upstate, … Read more
My youngest daughter Sarah was obsessed with SpongeBob Squarepants. Since I always made the costumes, she begged me to turn her into SpongeBob. This was when he was pretty new and the store bought costumes just weren’t there. I worked in a restaurant, so I never had a bunch of money. I did, however have … Read more
My six year old son Blade asked to dress up as Green Army man from Toy Story. I started with regular clothing. I painted two times with semi gloss latex paint with a brush (this is what gives his the “plastic effect”!!! The thicker the better!) Then I painted three coats of Kelly Green spray paint. … Read more
I made this costume for a local fun run. It was a bit challenging but I actually ran the entire 3 miles inside the snow globe. I had a few ohhs and ahhs, a handful of wow– check out the snow globe, and a number of CAN YOU BREATH in there! (No worries, I had … Read more
This was a last minute costume. I had wanted to be Medusa for a while, but could never afford to pull it all together in time. Until last year! All on the day I was set to help my friends do their makeup and go out for the night. I bought some cyber dread falls … Read more
I have a sweet 1 year old and a BIG (9 yr old) brother. She was a shoo-in for Boo. She looks a lot like her anyways. But when he decided to go along with her costume the madness began. Buying them wasn’t an option so here ya go: Boo: First, I measured the length … Read more
This was my first office costume contest entry and subsequent winner! My best friend and I were looking for something we could do together that wouldn’t cost a lot or take us much time to make. A pair of Fuzzy Dice was it initially, but I thought it would add a little something extra if … Read more
This costume was super easy to make! Supplies needed: *10 adult size natural color hula skirts *full or queen size flat sheet in a cream or light tan color *safety pins (medium to large size) *bowling hat *sunglasses I began with putting the flat sheet over my body to cover me (as if I were … Read more