I wanted to be a gumball machine and didn’t like the options for anything homemade. I didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money so obviously wasn’t going to buy something from a Halloween store. 1. I went ahead and bought a bra from Forever 21 because its cheap. I spend about eight dollars on that. … Read more
As college students we did not have the time or the money to buy/make expensive costumes, but we still wanted to have the best costumes at our annual Halloween party. So we made zombie/vampire Halloween costumes that cost only $30 and took 20 minutes to make! When we walked into the party all eyes were … Read more
I really wanted to be a modern mermaid for Halloween without a giant tail getting in the way of walking through crowds, and that was not Ariel, which was all I saw. I ended up finding a costume online but it was $200! No way was I paying that much money for a shell bra … Read more
I am Jamie and my boyfriend Craig agreed to do a couples costume with me this year for Halloween. He agreed under the conditions I would not dress him in any costume where he would be considered cute (3 years ago our good friends Sarah and Danny went as Raggedy Anne and Andy, we still … Read more
My daughter-in-law’s all-time favorite cartoon as a child was She-ra – The Princess of Power which was popular in the early 80’s. When Halloween rolled around this year, I decided to see whether childhood fantasies can sometimes come true. I got lucky and found the dress at the Thrift store. It needed some alterations but otherwise it … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to recreate the craziness of celebrity couple Katy Perry and Russell Brand couple costume (before their split!). Everyone knows Katy and her sexy cupcake bra from “California Girls” so I decided to go with that look. For cupcakes I used Styrofoam balls and shaped them so they would fit over … Read more
Though the show has been off air for a few years now, Nip/Tuck is still one of my favorites! To recreate the look of Dr. Troy and his plastic surgery patient you will need about $25. Dr. Troy’s costume was made using a suit pant, shirt and tie. We got his medical lab coat online … Read more
This sexy mermaid costume was inspired by my love of Mermaids! I believe that Halloween is a time to dress up as something that is a fantasy, or something that is not actually real. The typical, nurse, maid, police officer just has never satisfied my Halloween Costume criteria! I wanted something that was sexy yet beautiful that would diffidently turn heads. First I went to Walmart and … Read more
I made this mermaid costume because the mermaid costume I wanted to buy only went to size 10. I combined a lot of ideas from the internet. It’s 2 separate pieces. The top is a steel boned corset in beige. I added pieces of the skirt fabric to make it look like it flows into one piece. … Read more
I made this costume out of saran wrap, duct tape, copy paper, and a marker. It was very easy. First, I cut out the paper for the screen and round button and wrote what song I wanted. Then, I saran wrapped my body and just put a layer of duct tape making the dress (make sure you stand with … Read more
I already have naturally reddish hair, so I decided to do a costume that would play that up a little bit. Obviously, the little mermaid has red hair so I just latched onto that idea. Preparation 1. I got onto ebay and bought a $3 green cotton maxi dress from some place in Europe. Took … Read more
Last spring my boyfriend decided he wanted to go as Colonel Sanders (you know, from KFC) for Halloween this year. He hasn’t dressed up in over a decade! At first I refused to be his chicken, because I didn’t think it’d be possible to find a really cute, form-flattering chicken costume for a twenty-something woman. … Read more