I thought a cow costume would be really interesting to put together so I went to the store and bought white, pink, and black construction paper. I also bought a glue stick, string, and a hole puncher. I took black and white construction paper and drew circle-like designs to make the cow spots. Then I … Read more
For my daughter’s cave girl costume, I used / bought the following: Old boots, caveman wig (which matches my daughters hair perfectly couldn’t tell what was her hair or the wigs), skull head and bones necklace and bracelet set, gross green/brown rubber teeth, a caveman club, used my hot glue gun, used brown eye shadow … Read more
I made this invisible lady costumes as a spin on the invisible man. To replicate the costume, a black skin suit can be worn to ensure no skin shows in the event of sleeves riding up. A mock turtle neck comes in handy as the black mask sometimes rides up along the neck a little … Read more
I wore this to work, and almost lost my job over this costume. I’m a dialysis nurse, and while walking in from the parking lot at the hospital, a busload of seniors from the nursing home pulled up. And I must add that I was with my Chief Tech, a burly, hirsute man with a … Read more
Somehow the idea popped into my mind that I wanted to be a Hershey Kiss for Halloween. Mind you, this idea popped into my head in January, meaning I had several months to put into preparing this costume. Since I was in college, I wanted to sex-ify the costume a little bit compared to the … Read more
I made a Wonder Woman costume with a lot of re-purposed items. I used scraps of spandex, stretch lame’ and felt as well as an old pair of boots. The only items I really had to purchase was a little satin fabric for the skirt, gold rope and red spray paint for the boots. The … Read more
I had been wanting to make a Cindy Lou Who costume from the live action version for years and was not willing to get a store bought costume as I so often don’t because making your own is so much fun! By the end of the summer I already gathered materials like teacups and fake … Read more
Why I made it? When I was 13 I moved to my eighth school and by that time I felt isolated. My dad had become sick and we moved due to medical reasons. I was naive and within a year, I had matured greatly. I needed something to grasp onto that would busy me and … Read more
For my Mother Nature costume, I bought a wig from a costume store and I actually built costume around this… loved this wig!! it’s so fun, didn’t’ know if I should go 70’s or Mother nature, when I found that floral moo moo at Goodwill, it settled it. If I had more time I was … Read more
This is my 7 year old daughter she wanted to be her favorite treat for our Halloween day at our campground so I hand made this Pink Cotton Candy costume. It started with a blue Jean dress from the thrift store. I used cheap pillow about 5 cut them open on sprayed dress with spray … Read more
Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays of the year and it’s a great way to get creative. I have to say putting this Mary Poppins costume together took me on a treasure hunt. The funnest part was putting all if it together. The carpet bag was the hardest piece to find but makes the … Read more
Our daughter is very petite, so trying to find a fun and uniques costume that would fit her was nearly impossible so I HAD to make our own. We live in Las Vegas which gave us the inspiration for a Pint Sized Las Vegas Show Girl costume! I purchase elastic and hot glued the ends … Read more