Every year my group at work participates in the company costume contest. The competition is growing fiercer with each passing year and we are the reigning champions for the last three years. This year we decided on the Wizard of Oz for our theme and I took the tin man. I did some internet research … Read more
I had seen several pictures of people dressed up as the Wicked Witch of the East but a lot of them just were not big enough for my imagination. I found a huge box and used that at the base of the house. I used the flaps from one side of the box to build … Read more
Nunni and Papi are surrounded by little girls, and this year or Halloween, Mommy had a very hard time coming up with a theme (as of course the girls have to theme and flow). Mommy, back in August, was researching ideas. Brianna (8 year old) really wanted to be a queen with a big flowing … Read more
These two costumes were a labor of love as tribute to one of my favorite movies of all time. The Wicked Witch of the West costume was created from a black Civil War era dress to which I added feathers to the shoulders to depict the new Wicked Witch of the West version in the “Great and Powerful Oz” … Read more
It all started with the tornado. On a sunny day in August my darling 9 year old son came to me with his Halloween requests. He had decided on a costume, and much to my surprise it had absolutely nothing to do with a super hero or a video game! He wanted to be a … Read more
Several years ago for our buddy Mikey, we had tried to make an airplane to go over his wheelchair for a pilot costume that did not work out as planned. From far away it looked pretty cool, but as you got closer you could tell it was barely staying together and was built primarily from … Read more
This is my 2014 homemade Halloween costume. I was thinking of what I might want to do this year and saw my daughter’s Wizard of Oz dolls on the sofa and began to formulate an idea about how to make something really neat. I got my mom to help me in adapting a pajamas pattern … 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
We do a family costume theme each year, everyone gives an idea and then we vote together on which one we think will be the most fun, easy to recognize and create. Each of them has to have enough characters for each member of the family. This year was a close vote between Alice In … Read more
My husband and I went back and forth one night trying to decide on a Halloween costume for our two year old daughter. We wanted to make as much of it ourselves as we could. What did we come up with? The cutest scarecrow ever! Our daughter loves dressing up in her tutus, which gave … Read more
While I was making this Scarecrow Joe costume I ran into quite a few hurdles, one being the mask. At first I tried to use a real pumpkin but it would not hold the shape that I wanted, and while I was making the costume it began to mold (gross I know). With some trial … Read more
My daughter, Grace, who is ten years old, has wanted to be “Dorothy” from the Wizard of Oz for a couple of years now. My husband’s aunt who is a great seamstress graciously volunteered to make her a Dorothy costume. This is where the fun started. Finding a pair of “ruby slippers” ended up being … Read more