To start off on this homemade Avatar adult costume idea you have to shave your body entirely. If you don’t the paint will flake off more easily and ruin your costume. I bought a small sports bra and white spandex shorts to wear for the night and painted over them. Then I used Ben Nye … Read more
I know Star Wars and Star Trek get all the praise when it comes to futuristic scifi movies (as they should), but we figured it was time The Fifth Element got a shot at the limelight. Who doesn’t love The Fifth Element, right? Even though my boyfriend and I have seen it a million times … Read more
This year I decided that I wanted a Homemade Sexy Peacock Showgirl Costume. I bought the 35”-40” peacock feathers from save-on-crafts.com (I found that this website was the most reasonably priced). I purchased 300 feathers, but I probably used half of those to make the tail. I got a thicker black poster board and hot … Read more
My friends and I were trying to be different or at least make a homemade version of a popular costume and take it up a notch. My friends got a great idea to be peacocks and since I have to be different I decided to be a flamingo. In Pittsburgh the aviary is very popular … Read more
Inspired by Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” music video, I did my own version of the cupcake bustier top outfit Katy Perry wore. I made the bustier, the high-waisted shorts, candy necklace, hair bow piece, shoes, and finished the costume off with some fun jewelry I had to accessorize the outfit. Materials Used: • Bra • … Read more
After looking through my old childhood dress-up box for Halloween costume inspirations, I found a long black sparkly dress that belonged to my great grandma. I have always been a fan of Barbie, and I thought, “this looks like Barbie’s black dress” and got to work on transforming it into my favorite Barbie. I took … Read more
First of all the movie totally inspired me to do something similar to the Neteyri Avatar. These creatures are totally sexy in there own way and I wanted to incorporate that same look. I bought 32oz of blue latex and 8oz of black and 8oz of white latex. These products can be purchased at any … Read more
I’ve always loved the movie Pretty Woman and had wanted to dress up as her for Halloween. However there were none out there to purchase. This year I finally decided to make my own. I started off with the boots. I ordered thigh-high boots on eBay and they weren’t as expensive as I thought they’d … Read more
After looking online for appropriate armor and helmet I was unimpressed and decided to make my own homemade Leonidas King of Sparta costume. Using pieces of poster board I cut the shapes I needed and taped/glued everything together to make my “forms”. I then used packing tape over each piece to make water resistant, as … Read more
I decided to make my own peacock costume after searching through all the ones for women on the internet that look identical. I ordered tons of genuine peacock feathers online, and started my costume. I sewed a bodice to which I hot glued the feathers to. Then I utilized the long feathers for the back … Read more
I decided to create a Katy Perry costume from scratch last year for Halloween. It took a lot of effort, but the end result was fantastic and I received so much praise from everyone! Let’s start… The bra – This was the hardest part to the costume. To make the cupcakes I used filmo (a … Read more
My Coolest Barbie Costume was pretty and easy and pretty cheap to make! It was a last minute costume that took about an hour of shopping and getting ready in total. First you need a pink dress and shoes! I bought my pink dress from Charlotte Russe in the mall for $20 and my pink … Read more