For the body of the turtle we painted corsets. The shell we stapled wooden forms in the shape of a shell, covered the form with brown pleather, and drew on the shell pattern. For the elbow and knee colors we bought fabric then tied around. For the mask and accessories we bought them in the … Read more
Cat Woman was on the prowl this year and I only spent about $7 on the whole costume!! I am a typical college student who was trying to be creative this Halloween without spending a fortune on a costume! So I put Anne Hathaways version of Catwoman together by using some stuff I already had … Read more
I Googled “sexy knight” costume and ended up with a great one. Next, I FORCED myself to drink Coors Light bottles over the course of a month and I saved all the bottle caps and labels off the bottles. I purchased a shield through halloweencostumes.com and then covered the shield with the bottle caps and … Read more
My friend and I decided to dress up in cute and simple Mario and Luigi costumes. The total cost was about $30.00. We bought children’s red and green shirts ($4.00), hats ($4.00), black fleece fabric ($1.00) and decal a M and L from Hobby Lobby. We could not find a green hat so we used … Read more
Every year my boyfriend and I think of a couple costume, this year we were drawing blanks, I knew I wanted to make mine as I do every year. I was looking online at costumes and saw the mermaid. I thought that would be a fun one to make, plus I personally haven’t seen a … Read more
I started making my sexy Peacock costume about 3 weeks before Halloween. I purchased a corset from Charlotte Russe for $10, a tutu from Party City for about $12 with a coupon. I ordered the feathers from Joann’s Fabrics (6) of the 12 pack – 36 inch feathers for $7.99 a pack and by using … Read more
As a dedicated iced coffee drinker and student with a huge test coming up on the day before Halloween, I decided I might as well be an iced coffee. I figured I might even turn into one with the amount I was drinking in order to prepare for my test, so it seemed to be … Read more
My inspiration for the Poison Ivy Halloween costume started when I was online shopping and stumbled upon a cheap green corset. Immediately I thought of Poison Ivy and thought that could be my costume. I also missed my red hair so it was a perfect excuse to re dye it. I then went on the hunt … Read more
This mermaid costume was super fun to make and it only cost me 10 dollars. I always like having homemade costumes, because the store bought ones are so cheezy and everybody has them. Also, they cost a lot of money. I was searching at a thrift store for mermaid stuff. I didn’t have anything in … Read more
Who didn’t love searching the world for Carmen Sandiego growing up? The mystery, the intrigue, the geography lessons. Those were the years when Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego were the go-to computer games—the years of my childhood. Now that I’m grown up and have long hair for the first time in years, I realized I … Read more
When X-Men 3 came out a few years back, my friends began telling me how much I resembled Famke Janssen, aka Jean Grey, aka Dark Phoenix. I never watched the movies myself, but Googled her and found out they were right. Really right. I heard it so much in the months before Halloween that I … Read more
We wanted to come up with a unique and funny, tongue-in-cheek costume idea for Halloween. We decided on Girls Gone Wild (hoping that people would still remember what that was!) After a trip to Goodwill, and the fabric store, Walmart, etc. we were set to go. The censored signs were felt with felt letters, which … Read more