Coolest Homemade Captain Rex Costume for 10-Year-Old

Coolest Homemade Captain Rex Costume for 10-Year-Old

My family is pretty crazy about Halloween costumes, so the kids need to decide on their costumes early to give me enough time to build them.  Luckily, my 10 year old son had his heart set on a Star Wars Clone Wars theme for quite a while.  I think he has seen every episode of … Read more

Coolest Bing Bong Costume Ever

Coolest Bing Bong Costume Ever

Every year my family tends to go a little overboard on Halloween costumes (OK, according to my wife – a lot overboard). So choosing a costume starts early for the kids in order to give me enough time to make them. My 8-year old daughter seems to have a knack for picking very recognizable characters … Read more

Charlie Brown Gang Costumes Welcome Great Pumpkin

Charlie Brown Gang Costumes Welcome Great Pumpkin

Halloween is our favorite holiday of the year and some of my favorite cartoons growing up are still part of our family’s Halloween traditions today. This year is the 50th anniversary of the Charlie Brown Christmas Special and 2016 is the 50th anniversary of the Great Pumpkin. For us, the holidays haven’t officially started until … Read more

The Shredder Costume from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The Shredder Costume from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Once October came, I originally decided to be Rick “Wild Thing” Vaughn from Major League, but after seeing his jersey was over $150 on eBay, I went to plan B: Operation Cheaper Costume. I figured I’d try a DIY, and the total cost of this costume was right around $100. I wanted to be a … Read more

Sexy Chiquita Banana Girl (Carmen Miranda)

Sexy Chiquita Banana Girl (Carmen Miranda)

I’ve wanted to create a Chiquita Banana Girl costume for a few years now, so I was so happy to see my ideas come to life. I was inspired by a Carmen Miranda costume that I saw online. It was a yellow bra top with heaps of fake fruit attached, I thought the idea was … Read more

Jessica and Roger Rabbit Couple Costume

Jessica and Roger Rabbit Couple Costume

Halloween was very special for us this year, mainly because it was both our first times going to a costume party as a couple. It did not take long to figure out what we were going to be because our Facebook names are Jezzica Rabbitt and Roger Rabbitt (unique spelling included). People in the community … Read more

Mad Max and Imperator Furiosa with Bionic Arm Costume

Mad Max and Imperator Furiosa with Bionic Arm Costume

I went to the movies with my friends to see “Mad Max: Fury Road” without really knowing what the movie was about, but within 5 minutes of seeing Furiousa’s character I knew that she would be my costume that coming Halloween. I love costume’s that you don’t just buy pieces of the rack for; I … Read more

Awesome Back to the Future Costume

Awesome Back to the Future Costume

Coming from a family that always made handmade costumes, creating homemade costumes runs in my blood. This year was the first time I would celebrate Halloween outside my home as I am a freshmen in Cleveland Institute of Art. I traveled from sunny Miami, FL to cold and rainy Cleveland, OH. Besides being in a … Read more

Cool Lego Minifig Costume

Cool Lego Minifig Costume

My 7-year-old son is really into Legos.  We’d previously had a Lego-themed birthday party and decided to go with that theme for Halloween this year.  Rather than a Lego brick, we decided to really challenge Mom’s skills and go for a Lego man minifig.  I spent a lot of time looking online (this site included, … Read more

Thranduil Costume from “Battle of the Five Armies” Cosplay

Thranduil Costume from "Battle of the Five Armies" Cosplay

This year I set out with the goal of outdoing my last year’s Halloween costume, which was quite the undertaking!  Last year I wanted a costume I would be able to wear to the premier of the final Hobbit movie, so I decided to try my hand at building  Thranduil’s costume from “The Desolation of … Read more

Adorable Baby Cupcake Costume

Adorable Baby Cupcake Costume

This costume turned out better than I imagined. The idea came from daddy. Right after Malia was born (in February) her daddy called her his cupcake and said she should be a cupcake for Halloween. I scoured the internet for ideas for a baby cupcake costume and just did not find one that I loved … Read more

Coolest Kid’s Haunted Castle Costume

Coolest Kid's Haunted Castle Costume

Why do I always ask my son (He’s 8 now) “What do you want to be for Halloween?” You would think that I would have learned that he wants to be something challenging. Well in his defence this year he did say something generic when I first asked him. I don’t even remember what. Ninja? … Read more