I’ve always loved the illusion costumes, but I wanted to try something a little different than the Port-a-Potty costume or the Monster Carrying a Body in a Bucket; I decided to do a woman sawed-in-half illusion costume instead. I already had an XXXL Ringmaster costume for previous years, so I figured I could repurpose that. … Read more
I made this original Halloween costume about 10 years ago. The illusion of this original Halloween costume is what makes it great. I’ve had people stare at the costume for a few minutes trying to figure it out. I once brought it to the mall for a contest and people just stopped in their tracks … Read more
Ahoy mateys!! Look at this magical discovery that pirate Blackbeard stumble upon on his last voyage! This beautiful mythical creature (also known as my 4 yr old daughter, Sophie) was 100% handmade and created out of her want to become mermaid. I thought the idea of just a mermaid was too plain and simple, so … Read more
Cleopatra is me, the mummy is carrying me in the chair. My legs are the mummy’s and the top of the mummy is fake and so are Cleopatra’s legs and feet. I’m obsessed with Halloween and the illusion costumes. I wanted something different and always wanted to be cleopatra. First I started with large cardboard … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year and anyone who knows me, (especially my wife and kids) knows the month of October will be a crazy messy house of glue, foam, paint, cardboard, tape, and anything else I can get my hands on. So, this year was no different, in the past I used … Read more
Even though I am 62 years of age, I have always been excited every time Halloween comes around. As far as I remember I have always made my own costumes with what I had and could afford. This year’s costume was inspired by illusion costumes I saw on the internet. I pumped myself up to … Read more
My nine year old grandson has always liked to be the center of attention like all typical kids his age. Earlier this year I told him about the idea of making me a homemade illusion costume. He also wanted me to make him a homemade illusion costume as well. We started getting ideas of what … Read more
My nine year old daughter wanted to be a mermaid being carried by a pirate this year. She always loves the optical illusion costumes. She keeps her costume a secret until the day of Halloween and all of her classmates gather around to see what we came up with that year. We made the pirate … Read more
Hey everyone, I’m the creator of the costume and am wearing it as you all can see. I grew up watching “Nightmare On Elm Street” as well as the “Friday the 13th”, “Halloween”, and “Child’s Play” movies, but Freddy Krueger stood out as the most gruesome of them all. The deception/illusion is credited towards those … Read more
My wife found a picture on Pinterest that was similar to this costume, but the body in the picture carrying the box was headless. To me, it looked strange that it took such a big box to house a head. So… I came up with the idea to give the upper body a head and … Read more
The process for making this illusion of a scary clown carrying a jack in the box costume was difficult but very rewarding in the end. This homemade costume grabbed everyone’s attention the second I walked into the Halloween party. The reactions on people’s faces at the Halloween party when they realized it was only one … Read more
I’ve always been very fascinated by illusion costumes and specifically costumes that look like two people in one. There are many out there. With Halloween coming up I thought I should make my own costume this year. While I was in the process of a move and setting up a garage sale with my fiance, … Read more