I have two children a boy age three and a girl age six. Kayden, my daughter, is very opinionated about her costume choices and ideas. She has a very clear idea of what she wants to be and won’t settle for anything less. haha. My son on the other hand is three, he couldn’t care … Read more
Making of Godzilla King of the Monsters Costume: I started with a tiny 7 inch tall plastic model of the king of monsters. I covered the model with aluminum foil and a thin layer of masking tape. I added parting lines on the mummified model and then cut off patterns that could be flattened out … Read more
My fiance and I recently got engaged and wanted to do our first couples Halloween costume. Saving for a wedding has been our first priority so we wanted something that wouldn’t cost a fortune but still look great! I found a 1980’s wedding dress and a suit jack at a second hand store. I tore my dress to bits … Read more
My last minute costume hunt was on, October 31st, lunchtime. Nothing in mind, but looking for inspiration at Goodwill for my teen. They had the usual cheap costume capes, but I wanted something special. I found a vintage wedding gown and immediately decided on the costume, Bride of Frankenstein Costume. Add a $2.99 dust ruffle … Read more
For Halloween 2012, I was the Headless Bride of Frankenstein and my husband was Frankenstein. My costume was made from a thrift store wedding dress, a rolling back pack, LOTS of zip ties and hot glue and stuffing. First, I extended the handle of the backpack, attached a hanger to the top with zip ties … Read more
After doing some brainstorming for my costume I decided that I wanted to go with a classic Halloween monster and be Frankenstein. Unbeknownst to me my boyfriend had wanted to do a costume as a couple. When I told him what I wanted to be, he simply said “I guess that means I am going … Read more
I really wanted to do a costume that included my newborn son. I always called him a monkey, so when I was looking for monkey suits online, I couldn’t find one that I wanted. I then came up with the idea as him being King Kong! I thought, if he was King Kong, then I … Read more
My Costume was an Orlok… The Gloves and Mask are made of Silicone… The Coat and Cloak were made by my wife from McCall patterns and took 3 weeks to make… My pants and shirt were just black… I bought 2 pair of work boots and took the soles off of one pair and screwed … Read more
Bride of Frankenstein: The dress was given to me from a client from her wedding in the 80’s. I cut the sleeves off and shredded what was left at my shoulders. I also cut and tore some rips into the dress, then safety pinned it back together… like a zipper of pins. I also added … Read more
This Mothra Costume is a 12 ft wing span on each side of body, total 24 ft. Painted canvas wings, fake fur material body. Head plastic formed, head mounted to bike helmet, feather antenne. I am a 6’2″ man inside body. Wings can move in flying motion. Included are the 2 mothra faries from the … Read more
The dress and bandages were purchased at a thrift store, make-up at a 99 cent store and the hair at a Sally Beauty supply. The dress is a simple long dress. With regular bandages, I wrapped the left arm up to the shoulder, through the dress to the right shoulder and down again to the … Read more
Me and my girlfriend love dressing up for Halloween, Friday the 13th and any other excuse we get. Blood soaked limbs, faces and brains are usually the order of the day but this time we tried something a little different, a Homemade Frankenstein’s Monster Couple Costume. No blood this time which was hard to do … Read more