This costume was all about the hair and makeup for the “wow-factor” I wanted to give everyone that saw me. I had a polka dot crop top from Forever 21 and a skirt from goodwill that luckily worked together well for the actual outfit. For the hair, I used rollers and lightly sprayed in with … Read more
“I want to be a toolbox,” said our then 2 year old son. Not just any toolbox. He showed me a picture in a catalog. He had to be a Craftsman toolbox. Just like the one in the catalog. I am not super creative, so I had to think about it for a few days. … Read more
My friends and I love group costumes and decided to do works of art. I knew right away I wanted to do an Andy Warhol painting, specifically a play on his famous colored Marilyn Diptych of Marilyn Monroe. I bought a bright pink 1950s styled wig and snapped a photo of myself wearing it. Then I … Read more
I have always loved art but had not considered myself an artist. Until I became a Face Painter. I fell into the profession by accident. I started as a volunteer and discovered to my delight, I was actually good at it! I may not be able to draw a tiger, but I can make you … Read more
This is a very simple eye catching costume that my sister and I came up with on short notice. I was short on cash this year for Halloween, but still wanted to cause a scene with my costume. This costume is great, because you can use things that you already have around the house! Its … Read more
As always, about two months before Halloween I start talking about costumes, and out of the blue Meg said she wanted to be a glue stick! And not just any glue stick, she was very specific, she wanted to be “the one with the cow on it, the one I use at school”. With no … Read more
We used a television box. For the additional crayons we used plastic crayola banks, cut off tops and glued them to the top of the box. My daughter’s favorite color is purple so we made her dress in purple with a hat. She loved the costume and we had a great time making it together. … Read more
This Mona Lisa costume idea just came to me. I was determined to do something I hadn’t seen before. This costume got a lot of attention as I walked around at a downtown street party. Fun watching all of the expressions of recognition as people passed by! It also got the attention of a certain … Read more
I knew that an off the rack pencil costume would be lame so I took it in another direction. I found yellow dress at Goodwill a few sizes too large and sewed ridges into it (which made it the right size). I spray painted some old rain boots pink and used green duct tape to … Read more
Earlier this year, the Art Institute of Chicago (my amazing hometown!) exhibited the works of Roy Lichtenstein and I thought how amazing his use of DOTS was in all of his works. I had been familiar with his works but never spent so much time around them (and on a huge scale, mind you!), so … Read more
Now I am girl that believes in using whatcha got and, what do I have?? Hair!! So, when I was trying to think of a good costume that included my long hair I came up with CRAYON!! To make my red Crayon costume: I went and got a ton of red and black felt. First, … Read more
This Crayon girls group costume was half homemade. Our 12 and 13 year old LUNATICS softball team played a Halloween tournament dressed as “Lunatics” brand crayons. The T-shirts were printed by a local printer, and the hats are dollar store birthday hats spray painted, or in a couple of cases, covered with colored duct tape to match … Read more