My original idea fell through and it was two days to Halloween. I scoured the internet for ideas and Pacman and Pinky seemed like a great choice with the supplies I had. Thankfully, they worked out well and the kiddos at our trunk-or-treat loved the costumes. I kept hearing, “How can they see me?” Supplies: … Read more
Before I get started on this, let me just say that I cannot sew for the life of me. I have tried several times – astoundingly awful, but I have a real liking for costumes, so I improvised a lot in this, to say the very least. My friend here in the pictures is not … Read more
We made the soup can out of an old collapsible laundry hamper. We painted the Campbell’s logo on a white cloth then sewed it around the top of the hamper. Andy was simple enough, black pants, stripped shirt, and a homemade camera made from a cardboard box and some bottle caps.
After finding out about a Halloween costume party at the last minute, my boyfriend and I knew we had to make awesome costumes. We decided on the married couple, Barbara and Adam Maitland from the movie Beetlejuice. 1. We started with making rough shapes of the masks with cardboard. His was easier than mine, but … Read more
If you want to get your boyfriend to dress up with you in a Couple’s Costume for Halloween, sometimes you have to be a little dark and creepy about it. Like, for example, being a corpse while he is the coroner that will carry you around in a body bag! The idea came about because … Read more
Halloween is a time we can dress as anything, in any fashion we want. But on every Sunday in Japan around the Harajuku Station District young people dress however they want just because, they don’t need a holiday. The best part about the Harajuku style is that there is NO cookie cutter recipe, or certain … Read more
This is a build for two people, but unfortunately I had to do the construction alone. I turned my garage into a robot laboratory, and spent all of my free time working on these costumes. I tried to keep it simple and use any recyclable materials I could find. I got some help with the … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided we needed to top our previous year’s effort when we donned Jessica and Roger Rabbit costumes in New Orleans for Voodoo Fest, and knew we had our work cut out for us. We wanted to keep with the theme of awesome retro movies from our childhood, so we decided to … Read more
For this year’s family costume party my mother-in-law chose the theme “Famous Couples”. My husband and I didn’t want to choose something boring or obvious like Bonnie & Clyde or Spongebob & Patrick, so we created this Lady Liberty and the Big Apple Couple Costume. I was dressed like the Statue of Liberty and he … Read more
This Little Green Alien couple Toy Story costume was a crowd favorite. Toy Story is done a lot, but most people stick with the main characters. My boyfriend and I decided to go a different way. We like to joke and have fun, so little green Alien was the best way to do that. The only … Read more
I made this Cute Pongo and Perdita Costume for Couples all by myself for my boyfriend and I. I am a huge Disney freak so it made sense that we would be something Disney for Halloween. First I went to our local T shirt outlet and bought a plain white crew neck sweatshirt for myself and Sweatpants … Read more
As a member of the Grand Rapids Original Swing Society that meets every Tuesday night and is open to the public, we created a costume pairing for an evening’s dance that was themed to Disney. My friend and I love to have a good time, and don’t have normal or reserved senses of humor by … Read more