We always have a themed Halloween party at work and we REALLY get into it! This year’s theme was undead/living dead. And since I’m not very good a scary, I thought I’d do something cute. I immediately thought of Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas because she is such a recognizable (undead) character and wouldn’t require much … Read more
We named our daughter Sally, after the character in the ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’. My plan was to dress up in an Oogie Boogie costume and carry her around not only for Halloween, but a horror convention as well. My first problem was that there are very few homemade Oogie Boogie costumes to buy and the … Read more
My five year old wanted an Oogie Boogie costume and he said it must have bugs, so we agreed. It took several days and some blood, burns, tears, and late nights to complete it. We used three yards of burlap, an inside liner with stuffing, hot fabric glued most of it, then hand sown the rest. … Read more
This Jack Skellington costume is completely homemade. It took over four months of design and planning for one of my favorite screen characters of all time to come to life in a costume. It has always been a recurring thought of mine to do Jack every year. This year I was finally afforded with enough … Read more
My wife and I made this Edward Scissorhands costume from scratch, except for the wig. Procedure for Making the Edward Scissorhands Costume: We made the individual scissors out of clay, poured a silicone resin over to make a mold and then poured a plastic resin in the mold to make the Scissorhands. The outfit was … Read more
Since my husband and I got married and had children, I have always wanted to do a group Halloween costume, and this year, I finally got my wish, family Nightmare Before Christmas costumes! It started out with my son wanting to be Jack Skellington and then my husband decided he wanted to be Oogie Boogie. … Read more
I’m a big Tim Burton fan, (and lover of all things Johnny Depp), so I talked my 3 year old, Sophie, into being Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. I had to get her to watch the movie to fully convince her. Her costume was very easy and inexpensive to make. I started with a black turtleneck … Read more
Inspired by the Johnny Depp Mad Hatter. This costume took several weeks to put together. I live in the middle of nowhere Alaska with few shopping options, so almost all of the items to make this costume were ordered online (thread, buttons, lace, hat, paint, beads, tulle etc). Mad Hatter costume Skirt: I loved the … Read more
I really didn’t want to follow the popular trend and be a sexy superhero or villain, so Edward Scissorhands it was. The Costume I bought a black corset that had buckles, and a black wig and liquid skin (for the scars). I made my own Scissorhands out of foam cardboard and a pair of black … Read more
I have eight year old quadruplets and each year we choose a Halloween costume theme and I make all of our costumes. This year, we decided to do Alice in Wonderland costumes. The Alice costume was a pattern for Alice that I made, no problem; it was pretty easy. The Red Queen was adapted from … Read more
Alice in Wonderland has always been my favorite story. As a child I was so mesmerized by the magic and beautiful animation. I know many people view the story as one about drugs and I, however, see it as an inspirational story about mental health. The white rabbit struggles with anxiety, Alice is struggling with … Read more
I really loved the character from Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland, The Queen of Hearts. I began a long journey of trying to find just the right fabric to make it a close as possible to the screen version. After a couple of weeks I had not found what I wanted in fabric so I … Read more