Someone-Special
So on a long flight home after enjoying ten days of fun in the sun on my honeymoon I had the opportunity to watch Disney’s Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie. It was all the inspiration I needed for this years Halloween costume. I have always enjoyed Halloween and enjoy even more challenging myself to make the best, most realistic costume … Read more
In August, I started looking into ideas for my Halloween costume. I came upon your site and I found my Halloween costume for this year. It was the walking cemetery that a man made. I am 5′ tall and 115 lbs. so I needed to make the costume fit and work for me. So off … Read more
My nine year old son, Brodie Henry, decided he wanted to be a Dalek from Doctor Who for Halloween. We worked with a family friend to build his costume from a drawing of a Dalek, with much direction from Brodie. Scrap wood is the main item used in building the costume. The only thing new … Read more
Making these Mary Poppins and Bert costumes was really fun! The skirt was made out of discount material and sheer curtain panels. The shirt was found at a second hand store. It was then fitted and had ribbon and lace sewn onto it. The red corset was made out of some material I had on hand. … Read more
This popcorn box costume was homemade by my eleven year old daughter and myself. It was inspired by the walking refreshment characters that used to come on before a movie. I had some old-fashioned popcorn boxes left over from a party that I used as my template for the design on the box. To form the box, … Read more
First we brought orange footed and hooded onesies to create the body. We used orange fleece fabric to connect the body and then applied brown felt to the body to make cat dogs spots. The masks and ears were also made of orange, purple, red and black felt. I printed a photo of their friend … Read more
He’s off to see the wizard, the Wonderful Wizard of Oz! While following the yellow brick road, he passes by an evil wicked witch, a beautiful good witch, a cowardly lion, a scarecrow without a brain, a heartless tin man, and a girl with glittery shoes. And then it happens, another twister! They all get … Read more
The scariest movie of recent times, The Conjuring, based on a true story, features a creepy doll, a sinister monkey, and a bone-chilling music box. Then comes the prequel- highlighting the demonic doll, Annabelle. She writes on walls, turns on the sewing machine and plays records. Annabelle is portrayed as a beautiful porcelain doll turned … Read more
The Grinch Who Stole Halloween, by Erin Pegram. What a Grinchy trick! Just when you thought that the Grinch grew a heart, well, Christmas presents are one thing, but candy is a different story! The GRINCH’s heart was pounding the beat of a different tune, “Maybe Halloween isn’t all about the screams, maybe perhaps, it’s … Read more
This year I decided to dress my son up in a Chucky costume. He loves horror films. I couldn’t find a toddler Chucky costume so I decided to create my own! I purchased the overalls and plain white shirt at Target. I then hand painted the stripes with fabric markers that I purchased at Michaels. … Read more
This Harvey Dent Two Face costume was obviously inspired by The Dark Knight. I kept the outfit pretty simple, just black pants, black blazer, white shirt and a tie. The makeup was time consuming. There’s two ways of doing this. You can apply the makeup straight to your face, straight to your bare skin, but I … Read more
Steps to “Righteous” DIY Ninja Turtle Costume: Leonardo (Blue), Donatello (Purple), Raphael (Red), Michealangelo (Orange) 1. Turtle Shell- We purchased turkey foil pans for $1.00 each and paper mached them to give them a turtle shell look then spray painted them using brown and green aerosol paints. We drilled holes in the top and bottom and each side and … Read more