My daughters and I went as dandelion flowers at different stages of life (as we all are of course), and my husband was a gardener tending to us (as he DOES of course)! :) Blow Flower Dandelion Costume I was a blow flower dandelion – my head piece I created by taking a styrofoam ball … Read more
My daughter and niece wanted to be something beautiful and extravagant and decided to be the Sun and Moon this year so we sketched out our design and got started creating these awesome costumes. Our biggest task was how we were going to make the big back pieces and make them not look “connected” to … Read more
After my 2019 Freddie Mercury / Freddy Kreuger mashup costume went viral, I started thinking about other potential combinations for a future split get-up. It felt like enough time had passed at this point to do the concept again, and since I never repeat the same thing twice I told myself that it had to … Read more
Well to begin with this whole process of making my dad into Ursula was enjoyable! My mother and I painted and cut each octopus leg that are made with cardboard. We assembled the legs glueing them to a ski that we painted black. My dad has natural short hair so he fit this character perfectly … Read more
What 10yr old doesn’t dream of becoming a corporate mascot? Well this one does. 10 year old Roosevelt is obsessed with brands and wanted to be the Bic Pen logo! He evened built the costume from the giant pen to the dome for his head- cutting and shaping chicken wire. It’s not that he loves … Read more
So our annual work competition this year had a theme related to technology. I decided to put a literal play on words this year. I had a name tag ordered from Amazon which says “Server”. I also bought a pie plate from the dollar store and printed a 3d picture of a computer to set … Read more
I turned a laundry basket, poster board and a lot of toilet paper rolls into a something good enough to eat! Hours of painting and glueing paid off when my kids saw we dressed up as their favorite food, Man & Cheese! My youngest (1st grade) lucked up and had me for his Halloween Party … Read more
My partner and I struggled to come up with LGBTQ friendly couple costumes… so, we created our own. We did lots of research on Bonnie and Clyde and used vintage clothing, as well as scraps of fabric.
For our founding forebaby we used a headband and knitted yarn through all the way around to recreate Benjamin’s hair. For the jacket we hot glued lace ruffles onto the cuffs, and yellow gold fabric over the buttons. For the ascot we used a bib. The buckles on the shoes were hot glued gold fabric. … Read more
Introducing Kian as Optimus Prime, Riley as Starscream, and Anita as Bumblebee. Riley about the Halloween costumes: I have always loved getting dressed up for Halloween and theme parties, but my poor fine motor skills left some of the details of my costumes lacking. That all changed when I met my wife, Anita, in 2015. … Read more
Everything in this Day of the Dead outfit was thrifted. The hat was made by glueing day of the dead skulls, bones, and painting the hat black. His face was painted with face paint with a detailed day of the dead sugar skull inspiration design.
I started this cardboard robot costume with my son’s wish to be a robot, with a H&M box, masking tape and his Robot drawings. I cut out front and back panels and using my 8 year old size as the guidelines for sizes and measurements. Then, I taped the insides with masking tape until I … Read more