“Why’d you take your shoes off?” “Why are you dressed like a chicken?” I went as Harry (on the right) and my buddy went as Marv….The Wet Bandits from the Christmas Classic ‘Home Alone’. The costumes turned out to be the biggest hit of the evening, and each costume cost less than $40 bucks. We … Read more
I have been obsessed with the movie “A Christmas Story” since I was a kid. It is a family tradition to watch it while opening presents on Christmas. I particularly love the scenes with The Leg Lamp. “Honey it says fra-GEE-lay, it must be Italian!” So I was inspired to be The Leg Lamp. I got … Read more
Started out with the head. Classic paper mache with a mix of DIY products to harden the mold (plaster, cornice cement and aquadere) (also had to be scary to have the effect with the young kiddies at the party.. Ha ha ha…). Bought a suit from second hand shop and then pin striped with a … Read more
My fiance and I wanted to come up with a unique and wonderful idea for our Halloween costume. I started off by looking online for ideas, and I saw a costume for the “Fragile” box from a Christmas Story. I knew instantly that my fiance could be the box, and I wanted to go as … Read more
I have always loved Nightmare Before Christmas, so I decided to make a Sally Rag doll costume out of scraps of material and a few of my old clothing laying around. The first time I did the makeup I used LOTS of blue liquid eyeshadow and powder eyeshadow. I finally found an awesome makeup at … Read more
Halloween is our favorite holiday and we enjoy the creative process as much as the party and night itself. We are not the type of people that start our costume planning the NIGHT of Halloween. We have ideas years in advance and plan for months each year to have our costumes ready. Our Nightmare Before Christmas costumes … Read more
To make this Oogie Boogie costume you will need: • lots of burlap • Velcro • Scissors • A Stapler • A Hot-Glue Gun • A Sharpie • Plaster gauze, (or paper maché) • Aluminum foil • Pins • Garbage Bag How to make the mask: • We covered my face in plaster gauze. We … Read more
My daughter’s school has a themed Halloween. This year it was Dr. Seuss or Alice in Wonderland. We decided to take on the challenge of Dr. Seuss classic Grinch. The pants are green leggings with green crochet yarn fabric glued to the pants. The top is a long sleeve red shirt with white faux fur … Read more
This is my husband, Shawn, as Oogie Boogie from the Nightmare Before Christmas. I made it out of burlap and yarn, along with some wire. When I first put the mask on him, it looked so bad that I almost gave up. The lesson that I learned – was that you should never give up … Read more
Jack Skellington and Sally from the movie ‘the Nightmare before Christmas’. The Homemade Jack and Sally Costumes are entirely handmade (except for the skeleton gloves). We wore them at the annual ‘Elf Fantasy Fair’ in the Netherlands and we were a huge hit. I tried to get the costumes as close as possible to the … Read more
So, a month before Halloween, my boyfriend and I were looking at costumes. He came along a Jack Skellington one and said that that would be a cool one. However, looking at the shoddy make of the costume, I said “I can make one better than that!” and thus began my month long costume project … Read more
I have made my costume every Halloween for the past 3 years and this year I decided to tackle my boyfriend’s. We both agreed on The Nightmare Before Christmas since were both huge fans of the movie. I never really liked the way the store bought costume looked so I decided to tackle his Jack … Read more