This is my daughter and i am the queen of hearts and she is the mad hatter, i bought a blk dress and put red felt hearts on it, iglued red ribbon on the sleeves and i had a gray granny wig i sprayed red with red hair paint and glued red hearts on a … Read more
Ok, so this year i wanted to be something completley different from the things i have done in the past. after looking online at different costumes and ideas, i brought it upon myself to tackle making a full Jack Skellington costume. First of all i started off with a regular beach ball, covered it in … Read more
True Life: I plan my Halloween costumes at least a year in advance I’d be lying if I said I don’t already have plans for 2014. Last year before I even wore the costume I had worked so hard on the previous year, I said “I’m going to be the Queen of Hearts next year” … Read more
After watching Alice in Wonderland with my oldest daughter during the summer, I thought it would be hysterical to make my 2 year old the Queen of Hearts. I could totally hear her shouting “Off with her head!” at her big sister (or me) when she gets mad. I mentioned it to my 7 year … Read more
Every year, for the past 4-1/2 years, we have chosen to do family themed costumes. In 2009, we were the Addams Family. In 2010, we were the Flintstones. In 2011, we were a Pirate Family. In 2012, my husband deployed to Afghanistan for his 2nd deployment, so since we were not a “complete” family, I … Read more
My son wanted to be Frankenstein but I really couldn’t figure out how to make a Frankenstein costume. So I remembered how much he like the movie Nightmare Before Christmas. He wanted his face painted and wanted to be different this year. Perfect, Jack Skellington! He was so excited about it. I got his black … Read more
I’ve always wanted to do an edward scissorhands costum and this year I broke down and did one. I tried to make the hands as close to the movie ones. Connecting the blades to the hands was the hardest challenge. I used plastic pipe that fit perfectly on my fingers. For the blade part I … Read more
My 14 year old son comes to me and asked if I could make a Mad Hatter costume for Halloween. Sure, why not, how hard could it be. He says “mom you can do it, it will be easy”. First we searched pictures of Mad Hatter, and cost for buying the costume online or in … Read more
I wanted to create a unique costume that people could instantly recognize, I wanted to be seen as the character I was portraying, and not be mistaken for anyone else – I thought having scissors for hands would be the best option. I had nearly all the supplies for the costume on hand, so with only a moderate … Read more
My 5 year old decided last year (when he was 4) that he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. I consider myself pretty crafty and thought “Awesome, I have a whole year to get this ready”….or NOT! This year brought on many stresses and at the end of August, when I would have been … Read more
I had fun making this Cheshire Cat costume. I have always loved Alice in Wonderland, the Disney Version! I picked up furry boot covers at a Halloween store, then I cut and glued them together to create the striped look. I did that for the tail as well, then stuffed it full of cotton, added an … Read more
This was my first year of doing a group costume theme. I always handmade my previous costumes, so this near would be no different ! Our group of four picked Alice in Wonderland (or maybe my best friend and I picked, and the husbands had to follow) heehee. Anyway, Alice in Wonderland is one of … Read more