Year before last, I decided I wanted a mermaid costume in a giant shell for our church’s trunk or treat Halloween celebration. I’ve always loved making costumes, and this is one of the most handmade, more detailed costumes I’ve put together. There’s still that little girl in me who loves to play dress up, and … Read more
I love coming up with unique, handmade costume ideas, and they’re almost always inspired by movies. Last spring, I saw a cheap 50’s style model car at a drugstore and was inspired to make this “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman” costume. Usually when assembling costumes I go for complete accuracy, but I thought it would be … Read more
Find a gold dress, go to Michaels and purchase black adhesive letters or iron on letters. Stick on “Golden Ticket” on the front of the dress. On the back if you’d like stick on “Admit One”. Purchase fun gold jewelry, shoes, make-up and anything else that is gold. One thing I could not find was … Read more
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I love getting the chance to create a unique costume (I try to pick something very involved, crafty, and something hopefully no one else will think of). For this nurse costume, I chose the Blink 182 Enema of the State CD Nurse! Blink 182 is one of my … Read more
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I love getting the chance to create a unique costume (I try to pick something very involved, crafty, and something hopefully no one else will think of). I chose a glittering Ke$ha Popstar costume! Though she is very popular, she isn’t a common costume like Gaga! And who … Read more
First we took saran wrap and wrapped each other up in it. It’s a little awkward at first but we had some fun with it. Make sure you make it a little longer at the top than you think you will want. Then you cut you duct tape into strips and do the front side, one strip … Read more
Let’s be honest, I took a lot of tips from this website so thanks other peacocks! For the tail I hot glued about 60 peacock feathers (which I bought 5 for $2 at a store in Chinatown) to a fan (also Chinatown). Then I sewed the fan to the belt. I chose to sew instead … Read more
Quite some time ago, I stole my boyfriend’s pink button down because it looked oh so good with a belt and heels. Who knew it’d be a great Halloween costume as well? Risky Business is an iconic movie in our culture and the scene in which Tom Cruise dances around to Bob Seger’s “Old Time … Read more
Any chance I get to use 50lbs of glitter I take. Unicorn screams glitter so I decided to be one this year! The hooded horn and paws were ordered from yandy.com I found the purple and gold shiny dress from Forever21 for $12. The leg warmers are from a local Halloween store, as well as … Read more
I hand made this Peacock costume for my first weekend in Winnipeg. My roommate and I road tripped up for the weekend before Halloween for a rave and a weekend full of bar hopping and costume contests. I wanted something original in hopes of winning some prizes and ended up creating my own peacock costume… it was a hit! This was … Read more
For this Avatars costume my friends and I found Lady Gaga jumpsuits at Walmart and tore off all the extra pieces that didn’t go with our Avatar vision. We had bought blue body paint to apply, but it didn’t look right at all so, in a panic, we ended up using some acrylic paint that … Read more
My best friend and I decided this year that we wanted something original and creative for Halloween so we decided to make costumes and be Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story. We found a lot of inspiration from this website and some from just looking at pictures of the characters. Woody For Woody, I … Read more