These are the costumes I made for Comic-Con San Diego 2013, I chose to do She-Ra Princess of Power and since my son refused to wear the wig for He-Man, I made him Skeletor. I started the costumes about 3 weeks before the event. I had my kids watch the cartoons for a few weeks … Read more
I always wanted to dress up as She-ra. When I was invited to this party I was so exited to make my own She-ra costume (first because I am a set designer and I really love to make stuff, models, costume, props… – and second because I used to live in Brazil and they don’t … Read more
My She Ra costume is entirely hand made and was inspired by the original She Ra cartoon, which I used to watch as a child. I started in September, gathering fabric and the blue beads, but I could not find the right red bead for the head piece! While perusing a costume shop my husband … Read more
I looked around the internet for ideas on how to construct this ShrE RA costume and I was lucky enough to find a white dress on clearance at TJ Maxx that had the sweetheart neckline. Using glitter gold foamies, my mom and I constructed the breast plate, belt, and the crown. We printed pictures off … Read more
This He-Man and She-Ra couple costume took us a couple months to compile. My girlfriend dressed as She Ra and made her dress from scratch along with a modified Cleopatra mask that we had to take apart and put back together as well as attach a hair band to for the head dress. Her hair is a wig. … Read more
My daughter-in-law’s all-time favorite cartoon as a child was She-ra – The Princess of Power which was popular in the early 80’s. When Halloween rolled around this year, I decided to see whether childhood fantasies can sometimes come true. I got lucky and found the dress at the Thrift store. It needed some alterations but otherwise it … Read more
My little boy has been a strong little guy since the day he was born, so I had nicknamed him “Heman”. My 4-yr old daughter wanted to know who that was, so we started watching old Heman and She-ra cartoons. She got stuck on the idea of being She-ra for Halloween and I couldn’t talk … Read more
She-ra is my all time favorite cartoon character and always has been. This is me as She-ra circa 1992 and in 2008. My mom made the first costume from scratch. The costume I made started with a purchased white skirt and bustier. To that I added gold lame’ (ironed on to a stiff interfacing) pieces … Read more
I looked around forever for a She Ra Princess of Power Costume because she was my childhood hero. I could find one no where and only found sites with costumes that just did not seem life like enough for me! So, I decided to craft one myself. I bought a slipdress in white and used … Read more
I made this Homemade She-Ra and He-Man Couple Costume myself. I am not a GREAT seamstress. I made these two costumes with the minimal amount of sewing and mostly piecing together the right materials. Please contact me with questions.
My boyfriend and I love Halloween but I refuse to ever buy a costume from a store. We both love 80’s TV, and we both happened to love He-Man and She-Ra as kids, so we figured why not do a couples costume and live out our childhood dreams! Here is how we made the Homemade … Read more
I grew up watching these classic Saturday morning cartoons while I played with my He-man and She-Ra action figures! When I discovered that these costumes weren’t sold in any stores, I was excited because I knew we wouldn’t likely run into anyone else wearing the same costumes. I made my She-Ra head piece out of … Read more