We needed a baby costume for our family Nightmare Before Christmas theme, so we decided to create a Baby Zero costume for our newest addition. Any cloth will work as a cloak. Sew red ribbon around neck for collar. Buy a plain white baby hoodie. Buy a Styrofoam cone and cut it in half. Hot glue … Read more
Halloween is our favorite holiday. For us it’s about having fun, and being creative. What’s not to love? This year we decided to go as the Red Queen and Mad Hatter. We started early – late summer, searching out all the pieces we would need for our costumes at local thrift stores. We found everything … Read more
My nine year old daughter and I decided it would be fun to do group costumes this year, and we decided on Alice In Wonderland. I made tutus from tulle for all the girls’ costumes. My nine year old was Alice. I bought a white apron and added lace and some black trim around the … Read more
The concept Miss Mad Hatter, portrayed by my daughter Nadia, all started with with a hat. Nadia saw the hat she is wearing at a party store. Our next stop was the craft store. She picked out colors and fabrics she wanted. I got a pattern, which really just ended out being inspiration, because I … Read more
Along with most teenage girls in the early 90’s, I fell in love with Johnny Depp as Edward Scissorhands. I have always loved Halloween and the chance to dress up and be someone else even if only for one night. This year, I decided to take on the challenge of dressing as one of my … Read more
How did we come up with this Mr. & Mrs. Skellington costume idea? A couple of years ago I was shopping for pumpkins at a local store. Carving pumpkin has always been one of my favorite activities for Halloween! As usual I was taking my time trying to find the perfect pumpkin for the design … Read more
My daughter is two and a half, and this year would be her first time really trick or treating. When I asked what she wanted to be for Halloween, she said “JACK!”( from the nightmare before Christmas-> her favorite movie, she watches it everyday) so naturally, I started trying to find a costume online. I … Read more
I have always loved the Nightmare Before Christmas! I know there are many fans of the movie and over the years, have seen some great costumes. At the same time there are some pretty cheap ones you can buy which just don’t do justice. Five years ago, I saw a great Jack Skellington costume walking … Read more
My son Thomas, this year wanted to be Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of fleet street! Firstly we used a wig we already had and painted a section of it white, the easiest way we found to do this was with Ti-pex. We then re-used a shirt he’d used before and covered the sleeve in … Read more
To make the homemade Queen of Hearts costume, I used playing cards, red and black tulle, black elastic, a white tank top, hot glue, red glitter, red ribbon, black tape, clear tape, a black headband, red scrapbook paper, and glittery foam! I used about 9 decks of cards, but since I only used one suit … Read more
One of my costumes this year was The White Rabbit from Alice in Wonderland. I bought a makeup pallet from Party City and painted my face. The colors I used: pink black, and white. A better makeup to use next time would be Mehron costume makeup; the consistency is better and wont fade through the … Read more
Edward Scissorhands is one of my favorite movies and I love to flex my creative muscle at Halloween. I had been dreaming of these costumes for years but was having trouble sourcing the boxwood for the topiary. Once I found what I needed, it was just a matter of finding green coveralls for my gigantic boyfriend. … Read more