We wanted a fun costume to celebrate a girls weekend in Miami. We were really looking forward to our first warm Halloween without winter coats! All of our past Halloweens were spent in Chitown :) There were three if us and we wanted our costume to be cute, comfortable, fun, and reasonable cost. We searched … Read more
I’ve always enjoyed the Legend of Zelda and it’s hero Link. He also happens to be one of my favorite characters to play in super smash brothers n64, so why not be him for Halloween? Plus, all of my video games had recently been stolen, so it was sort of my way of paying my … Read more
Japanese Ramen Costume complete with noodles, scallions, fish cakes, soy sauce eggs, seaweed, and pork belly! Chopsticks added to hair for a fun detail. The bowl was suspended using posterboard, thread, lots of glue gun and staples. The noodles needed to stand out a bit more so I added inflated packing I found from a … Read more
Happy Halloween! This whole process of making the Mystique costume took about two month of prep work and eight hours the day off. I started with a few picture of Mystique’s character and with clay molded the small scales and spikes on as best as I could to copy the images. This was super tedious. … Read more
I am pretty creative when it comes to all aspects of crafting and creativity as a whole. I was just born with that creative bone, I suppose, but when it comes to costume ideas, I basically hit a brick wall. I feel as though it has all been done before. Although I do make all … Read more
My name is Andrea and I transformed myself into Subzero from Mortal Kombat! I was actually inspired by my fiancé :), he was so excited to dress up this year as Scorpion. He wanted me to dress up with him and I knew everyone would assume I would dress up as a female character, so … Read more
Right from the moment I saw the trailer for Maleficent, I was inspired to create this modern take on one of the classic villainess from Disney. Also, Maleficent is just an all around strong female character a.k.a. she’s a badass, I said it! But creating this whole look did take some time, especially the horns. … Read more
I got the sexy Loofah costume idea from Pinterest after I searched for creative DIY costumes. I followed instructions posted on Pinterest that were very helpful and easy to follow. All I had to purchase was tulle, elastic bands, and a rope. They didn’t have enough of one color of tulle at Walmart, so my … Read more
I saw a really great makeup tutorial and thought that the makeup deserved an equally stunning costume. Now I discovered that my concept of a Hellfire demon or Lava Godess like Pele just did not exist even after hours of searching the internet for reference photos I found only one other costume like I was … Read more
For the last few years, I have made my own costumes. I like to bring an original twist on any basic theme, such as a mermaid. This year, I decided to be a witch doctor. I Googled a lot of witch doctor themes, and many times Diablo 3 kept coming up. I also looked for … Read more
First I got medium sized sour gumballs from the dollar store. I had to use about 6 bags. Then I cut them in half and hot glued them to a white tank top. I purchased the tank top and a middle of the knee length red skirt from the Goodwill. I also got red fishnets, … Read more
Just keep going, going, going! This Energizer Bunny costume was a total hit this year at a Halloween party and was pretty easy to make! I had the shirt, shorts, tights, and flip flops already. I bought a bunny accessory kit for the ears and tail. All that was left was the drum and the … Read more