My She Ra costume is entirely hand made and was inspired by the original She Ra cartoon, which I used to watch as a child. I started in September, gathering fabric and the blue beads, but I could not find the right red bead for the head piece! While perusing a costume shop my husband … Read more
Leeloo Dallas, Multipass! This fifth element costume is mostly bare-skin. How hard could it be?? Actually, it ended up taking me WAY longer than I expected. There are twelve straps total and sewing all of them together was a complicated process that involved LOTS of white fabric (about 2.5 yards) and time (4 days). I … Read more
Everyone has seen James Cameron’s 3D blockbuster that was years in the making. As we are always up for a challenge, my girlfriend and I decided to take a stab at the Avatar costumes despite the really funny looking outcomes we saw pictures of online. Going into it, we knew the most important parts for … Read more
Well one thing I have to say is, ” It’s a a good thing I live in a 55 and over community, and the costume party was all adults, because this couple in bed illusion costume is a little raunchy.” I started off with a long piece of Styrofoam and a sheet. I actually made … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided to be a magician and a rabbit in a top hat this year! We thought it was a unique and cute couple costume, and we wanted it to be something that wasn’t too difficult to create. For the top hat, I just purchased several sheets of poster board, and glued … Read more
I have wanted to be Wonder Woman since I was a little girl, finally I decided it was time but I did not like any of the cheesy costumes sold at costume shops so I set out to make my own. I pulled photos off the internet for inspiration and went to the fabric store … Read more
This Tulips on your organ costume was great and simple to make. It got many laughs and comments,very fun to watch peoples expressions when they put it together,very simple to make. Get a cardboard box to fit a man’s waist, cut out center spray paint brown, add another strip of cardboard to front and make a … Read more
For Halloween this year my boyfriend and I were visitors from space. We gallivanted through town and told people we were just visiting Earth for a short vacation. We spoke in made up languages, shared epic stories of our travels, shot people with the laser gun “dance blasters”, figured out ways to drink and eat … Read more
My name is Lucy, I had no clue on what I was going to be for Halloween, until I stumbled upon a model who was dressed as a phoenix (she had barely anything on). I wanted to be something that was going to catch peoples eyes, spark interest. I wanted it to be out there, … Read more
Hello, my name is Jessica . For Halloween this Year I was a Sultry Snake. To start off thinking what I wanted to be, I knew I wanted to be something creative and unique. I was entering a costume contest and was determined to get BEST female costume. I choose the snake, because I knew … Read more
This was my very first homemade Halloween costume, and I think it was a huge hit! I decided, after a quick Google search for inspiration, to be a peacock for Halloween, and it turned out to be the best costume I’ve ever worn! So let me start with one disclaimer, just because it was homemade, … Read more
We thought this would a fun witty costume plus it was merely a party and not a competition, so we froliced, danced and had fun, and the people around us had loads of fun too we had many pics taken of us with several people, After all everyone likes a little drama, so why not … Read more