I moved to Summerside PEI and Halloween was quickly approaching. Not knowing a whole lot of people in the town I wasn’t too thrilled about celebrating Halloween, as the conventional tradition was to enjoy the event with friends from home. In August a friend I met on the island informed me about his annual party … Read more
I have always loved pop art and the works of Roy Lichtenstein. I came across and ad in a magazine that featured one of his girls and thought it would be an AMAZING costume. I love those that involve a lot of makeup. I bought a yellow wig like the color the girls have and … Read more
We wanted to do a funny, yet sexy costume for Halloween this year. We made our bath Loofah Girls homemade Halloween costumes by buying 20 yards of tulle, a package of 1 inch elastic, and a package of thinner elastic. Leaving the tulle doubled (as it comes on the roll) roll it out, and cut … Read more
This past year for some strange reason I had the urge to dress up as a clown. I made the sexiest homemade Clown costume myself after some heavy duty clown research. My main issue was clown shoes, I didn’t want to be in large uncomfortable shoes. So I took some neon pink heels I had … Read more
Okay, so my 15 year old daughter wanted to be a “Ringmaster” for Halloween and we’re like broke as a joke and costumes online cost upwards $60+. Well, for about $15 and some ingenuity we made her a prizewinning thrifty homemade Woman’s Ringleader costume. I happened to find a red short waisted jacket with satin … Read more
My son, Jackson, decided he wanted to be The Claw Machine for Halloween. I was a bit intimidated in the beginning. I started thinking through how to build the costume in my mind, trying to predict any difficult areas; and there appeared to be a lot of possible difficulties. We went together to buy the … Read more
I wore this easy last-minute homemade Pencil Costume to my friend’s fancy dress party with the theme “film characters”. While most of my friends opted for the sexy Pocahontas or macho James Bond I opted for the understated Staedtler Pencil (there must be thousands of pencils in various films!) To make this costume I took … Read more
Last year, my family went to watch “Gnomeo & Juliet” and I immediately knew what I wanted to be for Halloween. For weeks, I worked on getting my straight laced, super uptight husband to agree to be “Joe-meo & Julia-et,” a play on our names. Somehow, I managed to convince him to go along for … Read more
This creative Steam punk Pirate Captain halloween costume I made for Halloween last year and also for use in a Steam punk costume contest. I wanted to create a Steam punk airship pirate captain in a similar style to pirates of the Caribbean. This is what I came up with. First I made the bloomers … Read more
This headless woman carrying her head in a box is my handmade costume that I decided to make for this year Halloween. I had the idea in my head for a long time but I thought it was going to be very difficult to make as I didn’t have the half body of a mannequin. … Read more
My friend and I love Misty May and Kerri Walsh and we just happened to be the perfect height and hair color to pull off the costume ! We made gold medals out of gold foam sheets and purple ribbon, and then used silver letter stickers to write out London 2012. Then we bought blue … Read more
This sexy homemade Halloween costume: Red Solo Cup is the first costume I have ever made! Wore it to a local bar and after a few drinks, and coercing from my friends entered the costume contest. Won second runner up and a six pack! The costume was a hit. Had the entire bar singing “Red … Read more