Here was a simple way to put together and make an awesome costume. It uses a terminator endoskull mask, motocross chest protector and a Andoid Morphsuit which are the basic parts of the Terminator T800 Endoskeleton costume. With the mask, I carefully removed/trimmed the neck section to get just the skull part I wanted. With … Read more
This year I decided to create an old-school Alien costume with a UFO, something that I’ve wanted to do ever since I was a kid. Some sci-fi influences include the Tim Burton film Mars Attacks!, Buck Rodgers, the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man” and the little green men from Roswell’s Area 51 culture. First off, … Read more
For this spookiest Orlok costume, we bought the mask and hands from a professional mask company (that was the starting point). We loved the mask but had no idea what to dress him in. This is a Silicone mask and hands made to fit your body. We looked on the net and found a pattern … Read more
This Lady Ciel Phantomhive costume from Black Butler was super fun to make! It was a little on the expensive side for materials, but it was very entertaining. I had to make a hoopshirt, pin-on bows, flowers to go on the hat, and the pink over slip and white underlayer! I bought the wig and … Read more
My Megatron costume idea came from a not so recent trip to Universal Studios. I’ve always been a huge fan of the Transformers. So the first place I went when I got to Universal was directly to Transformers to meet the characters. I was completely blown away by the costumes! They had everything… detail, craftsmanship, and overall … Read more
I made a larger than life version of Kate Middelton’s head and then built the costume around me as baby George. The reactions of people seeing a 9ft royal princess in heels made it all worthwhile (I got some size 12 heels). The hardest part was figuring out how to make the maternity dress to … Read more
The adventure started when my team for a local board game charity event decided to name ourselves “Gamers of the Galaxy”. This event also happened to be a week before Halloween, so it would work for both events. Also, being a hobby cosplayer, I know I will get more use out of it. I sketched … Read more
I started with a simple Idea. This idea being a peacock costume. I had been wanting to be a peacock for Halloween for a number of years, but I was not a fan of the pre-made costumes for this particular idea. A couple years went by before I actually thought “well hey, why don’t I … Read more
For this DIY group toy soldier costume, we started with the idea since we are a military family and it evolved into toy soldiers. First we had to gather supplies. We had uniforms from when we were in the military and the uniforms we didn’t have (we needed 5) came from consignments stores, flea markets, eBay, and yard … Read more
My 9 year old granddaughter Alana loves the video game Skylander, and I love dragons, so together we designed the Alanadragon with traits from all of our favorite dragons. Once we made our sketches, decided the colors, shape, characteristics etc. we were very lucky to find the perfect purple fabric that already had scales! We … Read more
I wanted to make something unique this year that I’d never seen before – when I first thought of a fry truck costume, I thought it was perhaps a bit odd, but ran with the idea! “Chips” and “Buds” are our kids nicknames, they call french fries “chachas” (from when our girl first started talking) … Read more
I wanted to construct this Labyrinth costume “by the book”and by the book is what I ended up creating. The first thing I noticed about the dress, was the fit of the bodice. It was a glove on Jennifer Connelly’s body. I had made a few bodices before. The one I made for Queen Frostine, had … Read more