We most definitely made history this year! Every year since 2004 our office has dressed up. This one particular year we went with the KISS theme. It was a great time, and the only difficult part was trying to get the makeup to look right! The costumes were very simple to make… we all owned … Read more
On March 7 2009 my cousin Mary & her husband, Bob, hosted a Guitar Hero World Tour party. I had just over a week to pull this Gene Simmons of KISS Costume off! I started of with the boots, which were a regular pair of work boots. Formed 2″ wood to the bottoms & screwed … Read more
Each year a group of eight of us have to come up with a unique costume idea for an event we have called the “Beaver Convention”. I won’t get into the convention itself, but the idea we chose this time was “Beaver Herders”, a male celebrity escort service. We had the likes of Hugh Hefner, … Read more
Love the rock band KISS, wanted our costumes this year to be over the top and I think we did it. It took a lot of time and effort by definitely worth it. We all worked as a team on this Homemade Kiss Group Halloween Costume, each had a different task. The most challenging was … Read more
My son won first place with best costume from the entire pack at our cub scout pack night. His picture was also featured on genesimmons.com in the ‘your letters’ section and on our pack website. Ever since I met Gene Simmons my son has been in awe with him. He wants to be a rock-star … Read more
With only a two weeks notice before Halloween time, my son decides to be Gene Simmons of the Rock group Kiss, which gave me a deadline to start and finish this Gene Simmons of KISS Homemade Costume, day and night untill the very last minute! I thought, well, where do we start? the Bat wings! … Read more
Kiss fans unite! We used Silver and black duct tape and a whole lot of cardboard to make these Duct Tape Kiss Costumes. Black spray paint and glue. We even did platform boots, we cut off the foam heels of platform sandals and added them to pairs of boots. In order to create Ace’s outfote … Read more
I have never actually bought a Halloween Costume. Growing up my parents believed Halloween was a chance to show your creativity. This year we decided to go as Kiss. Just facepaint, and some rock and roll clothing, and you have the Homemade Female Kiss Costume!
I had started this Homemade Gene Simmons Costume as a joke with black duct tape and silver painted googly eyes for studs, back in February. After the party, I decided to create the real thing with leather and studs. I used two sheets of vinyl fabric, many 8”X12” foam sheets, dozens of pop rivets, and … Read more
I started this Homemade Gene Simmons Costume about 7 years ago. It started very simple and has grown over the years to look as it does today. The cape was made from pleather material bought at local sewing shops. It has two large “suspenders” which connect to the top of the cape near the shoulders … Read more
This Love Gun from KISS costume is actually a couple of years old. It started very basic and as time went on became more and more authentic. The main costume is made of fake leather with real studs and chains. The wings also are made from fake leather and studs. The tights were sewn by … Read more
This Homemade Gene Simmons Dynasty Unmasked Costume I constructed just in time for Halloween ’09. It’s basically made up of materials I found at Canadian Tire, Reno Depot and Village des Valeurs. The boots were made from an old pair of 3.5 inch platform boots to which I added an extra 4 inches using cork … Read more