Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and recently I got tired of buying the 80$ cheaply made costumes that barely covered my body. So I decided I wanted to craft them this year! I knew I had to keep my boyfriend excited (last year he was a trooper and was Aladdin) haha so I … Read more
2011 Persia wanted to be ASTRID from ‘How To Train A Dragon’ movie. This costume was challenging. I started by sketching the costume from the movie. Made patterns using newspaper for the skirt, head piece, arm guantlets and the shield.. cut them out Head band- i glued gems and put velcro on the inside as fasteners Skirt- (outer layer)- … Read more
Since we have the perfect body types for Shrek and Fiona the decision for what costumes to wear was easy! A couple’s Shrek costume and Fiona costume. I made Fiona’s dress using a Simplicity pattern, ordered the wig online and followed a tutorial on YouTube with step by step instructions how to do Fiona’s makeup. … Read more
This year my son picked “Hicup” and “Toothless” from the dreamworks movie “How to Train your Dragon”. This one was a doozie. We worked the body again with foam board, sanding and sculpting the lines We made a large square block of foam board from glueing sheets together and forming a square. We sculpted the … Read more
My four year old Abby had been saying for months that she wanted to be Ariel from The Little Mermaid for Halloween. But then in September she saw How to Train Your Dragon and fell in love with Astrid. Her answer to “what are you going to be for Halloween?” automatically changed to “I want … Read more
Shrek and Fiona costume was a fun, cute couple costume that was created from scratch from items found around the house! Fairy tale creatures keep out – An ogre lives here! Specifically, Shrek and Fiona! The advantage of this couple costume is that it is so huggable that you’ll have to fend off the advances of … Read more
I made the dress myself for Fiona and Shrek’s vest was specially made for him. Shrek’s vest is made out of fake alligator skin leather. Fiona’s ears are made from crayola clay and glued to the wig that I wore. We love dressing up and make kids days. We travel around to different Halloween parties … Read more
My friend asked me to make a Toopy and Binoo costume set for her boys, as most of you know it’s hard to find good quality and warmth for kids come this time of year. These costumes were easy to make and cheap. The fact I had seen the show multiple times with my own … Read more
In 2010 I dressed up as Susan Murphy aka Ginormica from the 2009 film Monsters Vs. Aliens. The shirt part of the costume was prepared ahead of time (August 2009, I think) by painting some details of Susan’s shirt, but the costume wasn’t able to be pulled off because I didn’t have a white wig … Read more
What you need: Morph Suit – blue and orange Sequins- (20mm preferably) blue, green,silver,gold Wigs – Brown and Blonde Red,orange and blue fabric OKAY SO THIS IS REALLY SIMPLE For Chazz Michale Michaels: 1. Get the orange morphsuit and cut of the head/neck/hands part 2. cut a semi circle (about 8-12cm down) in the chest … Read more
A few Halloweens ago, my then boyfriend and I decided to dress as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett. The trickiest part was his vest. I’m not too handy with the sewing machine, so we set out to find a double breasted vest that wasn’t obscenely priced. Unfortunately, we weren’t very successful with that, but did … Read more
We decided to be Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett for Halloween near the end of August. This gave me plenty of time for shopping at the thrift shops and locating items that would need to be used for the costume. It also gave him some time to grow out his hair since he didn’t want … Read more