For my Lady Gaga Costume I started with the wig. I bought a blonde wig in a costume shop for ten euro, I couldn ‘t find a ponytail style wig so I made my own. Firstly I sprayed the wig pink. I tied my own hair into a high ponytail and then attached the wig … Read more
For Halloween we went as the Notorious B.I.G and Lil Kim the Queen Bee! Lil Kim’s costume was inspired from the crush on you video. I bought blue furry fabric and made the coat. Definetly not as easy as I thought it would be! For Biggie I just hot glued the word “Coogi”, the famous … Read more
From left to right we had Christina Aguilera from “Moulin Rouge”, Katy Perry from “California Girls” and Lady Gaga from “Poker Face” then Britney Spears from “I’m a Slave for You” VMA performance . Figured I’d do Britney, she’s sexy and this costume took 5 hours to make. I took a fake rubber snake and … Read more
For my son’s Michael Jackson’s costume I found an old leather jacket and some velvet pants at my local thrift store, jazzed up the jacket with some safety pins and glitter glue. I sewed some ribbon down the sides of the pants. I found the wig and glasses at Spirit Halloween Store and voila! Can’t … Read more
Ever since the death of Michael Jackson, I knew that I would dress up as him for Halloween. I already have naturally curly hair. My sister bought some silver gloves from a flea market. I just took some short black dress pants and made them even shorter and started with my Homemade Michael Jackson Costume. … Read more
To make this Homemade Carmen Miranda Costume, I took the bodice off of an old prom dress and hemmed it. Then I took scraps of various cloth to make the skirt and sash. The hat, of course, was the focal point. I took a piece of floral foam, used bobby pins to secure it to … Read more
Gaga, Ooh La La! Lady Gaga was so much fun to do. She’s crazy, so anything goes, right? This Homemade Lady Gaga Costume started with a dress. A gold sparkly dress. We added on some lace material at the bottom, with the little bit of sewing me and my mom knew how to do. We … Read more
This is my homemade Ke$ha costume. I based the costume off of her music video “Tik Tok” especially the lyrics, “Wake up in the morning feelin like P-Diddy, grab my glasses I’m out the door I’m gonna hit the city before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack, cause when I leave … Read more
I made this homemade Bjork costume from a white ruffled skirt that I attached white feather boas to. The “neck” is made from opaque white tights stuffed with white grocery bags. I hand glued rhinestones to a nude colored body suit.
Here’s my easy to make baby Elvis costume. We were going to the Elvis festival in Collingwood and we thought it would be funny to dress the baby up like Elvis and since it was very difficult to find a costume so small and in such a short time a decided to make it myself … Read more
For a hair competition at work I decided to make a wig, GAGA inspired of course. I purchased several packs of platinum human weave hair to make it as real as possible. Using a stocking cap I glued on weave hair which had been colored prior to the start. The hair was glued in place … Read more
I LOVE Halloween. Each and every year I try to outdo last year’s costume. I often go for hilarious, random characters and love group costumes, as well. Last year, I created and wore my favorite Halloween costume of all time: the Homemade Chiquita Banana Girl Costume. I literally got stopped on the street asking me … Read more