I duct taped an old shirt and turned it into a jacket. I used any thing silver around the house and sewed, then taped them to my jacket. Borrowed friends belts and attached them to my legs and waist. I found an old wig and cut, teased, and used Auqa Net hairspray to style the … Read more
Sally’s dress is made up of stitched patchwork felt pieces and embellished with puffy paint patterns. Jack’s suit is accessorized with his signature bat tie made of felt, white puffy paint and wiring to hold the ‘wings’ out. The real homemade magic of these costumes was our makeup details!
Have you gone mad? I’m afraid so…but let me tell you something, all the best people are. – Alice in Wonderland Alice in Wonderland characters are a great idea for a bunch of girls to do for Halloween. You can decide how elaborate you want it to be and if showing a little more skin … Read more
I started out wanting to be Edward Scissor Hands for Halloween. As I looked at the varoius store bought costumes, I was really disappointed. Especially with the actual gloves. I knew I could make this myself. The gloves/blades were the hardest item to find because most of the ones that I found, were made of … Read more
For my friend’s birthday she had an Alice in Wonderland party since her name is Alice. I didn’t want to go along as something too obvious so decided on being a flamingo and making my partner go as a hedgehog. Flamingo: I started by buying a black tight fitting skirt and 4 feather boas in … Read more
The Edward Scissorhands costume was all made of stuff I already had. I downloaded a free pattern for each of the scissors and printed it out. After cutting out each of the 10 blades I pasted them onto cardboard, and then once again cut them all out. Then, I covered each one in tin foil to … Read more
My daughter won best costume at her Anime Club with this Sally costume. My aunt sewed the dress, but I did the rest. The tights were dyed blued with Koolaid, and the arms are the tops of men’s long socks, also dyed with Koolaid. I used a black sharpie marker to draw on the stitches. … Read more
I wanted to make a theme with all 4 of my kids and thank GOD they loved my idea! My eldest daughter was the Mad Hatter, my other daughter was a huge tea cup, my son was the white rabbit, and my youngest daughter was a lavender tea bag. I got the Mad Hatter felt … Read more
I made this Edward Scissorhands costume for my 9 year old son. I bought black pants and a black turtle neck from a second hand store for $3.00. I also picked up some studded belts from a variety of second hand stores for between 50 cents to $3.00 each. I cut up the belts to … Read more
So my daughter wanted to be Corpse Bride for Halloween. I absolutely HATE store bought costumes and LOVE Corpse Bride so you can imagine my excitement to make this one! Now I am pretty crafty, I know how to sew but I am self taught so whenever I make stuff I kinda wing it and figure … Read more
I wanted to do something out of the ordinary and thought Jack would be great as a disguise. I have never seen anyone do it, so I challenged myself to do it. For the outfit I used a dress suit that I bought at Salvation Army for $6.99 and then painted stripes on it. I … Read more
A few Halloweens ago, my then boyfriend and I decided to dress as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett. The trickiest part was his vest. I’m not too handy with the sewing machine, so we set out to find a double breasted vest that wasn’t obscenely priced. Unfortunately, we weren’t very successful with that, but did … Read more