My friend in I came up with this idea around last years Halloween. We’re are literally always together, and it’s gotten to the point where people constantly mix us up, and ask where the other one is if we’re alone. So for 2013 Halloween we really wanted to do a costume that shows our conjoined … Read more
Every year, I challenge myself to come up with a new, and creative pun-based costume. These past few years, my costumes have gotten so popular at my school, and with my friends, that people always beg to know what crazy and humorous costume I’m going to do for next Halloween. Last year’s Halloween, I was … Read more
Originally, I set out to make a hot-air balloon costume. I even had a helium tank to keep the balloon above my head! But the beautiful balloon cover I made of satin was just too heavy for the helium to hold aloft, and I threw my hands up in frustration. Unable to come up with … Read more
American flag bathing suits from American Apparel were the main inspiration for this costume. We paired it with a faux navy leather shirt, a silver belt, red heels, and silver star earrings. To add the party to our costume we made American party hats by gluing blue stared tinsel around shiny silver party hats, added … Read more
My husband and I are into karaoke. He was singing the song Fever, and one line of the song was “chicks were born to give you fever,” so I thought of making a chick costume. I made him a chick magnet costume out of styrofoam, and I glued feathers to to ends. His song was … Read more
I am a pre-school teacher at my local YMCA. A couple of weeks before Halloween, one if our little students was diagnosed with chicken pox! To my dismay, I was rather worried as I have never contracted the childhood disease. However, as I am, I made the best of a bad situation and came up … Read more
This Blooming idiot costume was a last minute idea. I got out my green skirt and blouse and pinned artificial flowers on the outfit. I put a green vine around my neck – I was entertaining the idea of being Mother Nature. I quickly realized that I had more flowers than vines; so a change … Read more
For the bomb, it was simply made out of duck tape dress. Once it was on, we got red construction paper and folded them into 4 tubes. We connected the tubes with random wiring found around the house and had duck taped them onto the duck tape dress. We then found a timer and had … Read more
My sister and I are big Seahawks fans. So after the recent win and 49er complaints about the noise level, we decided to be 40 whiners fans. I made a Tshirt in 49ers colors that said “forty whiners fan.” It was super cheap. Got it at Wet Seal, 5 shirts for $20. I used Tshirt … Read more
I put my costume on and headed out to the parties. After getting a few confused and dirty smirks, I realized I needed to have people start guessing what my costume was. “Clearly you’re choking the chicken” many people would say and I would laugh and just call them dirty minded individuals. The best of … Read more
It was my first Halloween with my boyfriend, and I was so excited to finally have someone to dress up with – of course we had to do a couples costume! I looked all over for ideas, and not one to be above puns, instantly LOVED the “Peace and Quiet” idea… So, I got to … Read more
My friend and I weren’t sure what we wanted to be for Halloween, but we knew we wanted to be a pair. We thought long and hard about it, and decided to just go with what it is that we are. My one friend is very sweet, and is just like sugar, and I am … Read more