This is a very simple eye catching costume that my sister and I came up with on short notice. I was short on cash this year for Halloween, but still wanted to cause a scene with my costume. This costume is great, because you can use things that you already have around the house! Its … Read more
We are big Marvel fans in my house. We have done numerous costumes with the Marvel characters. This year my 10 yr old wanted to be Dare Devil (the blind super hero). I decided to get a red morph suit and adapt it. I found a men’s size medium for $20 at walmart. I first … Read more
I recently fell in love with the movie The Black Swan (a little late I know) and was dying to recreate my own twist on it for this year’s Halloween! I love making my own costumes especially when you have plans to go to a big halloween party, because although someone may have the same idea- nobody … Read more
When i asked my son what he would like to be for halloween he said a vending machine with drinks i was like ok well, so i got a lasge box and started cutting out and covered it in black paper and i printed out logos from computer and sings like push and coin return … Read more
“Oh my gosh, it’s Nacho Libre!!” was the sound echoing all throughout the office as I walked around with my little luchador on his first Halloween. He had his own paparazzi the whole time, making it a bit difficult for me…I mean him to go trick-or-treating. Jack Black would be jealous. Creating his costume was … Read more
Big T-shirts from Goodwill ($.60 each) sewn to fit each kid and cut to mid back with velcro to close top and mid slit Brown Jersey fabric from Walmart ($1.00/ yard) sewn in a shell shape and sharpie for shell lines Weapons from Goodwill and Dollar Store ($2.00) Felt, elastic and colored fabric for masks … Read more
Items Used: Wardrobe box, chrome duct tape, douple sided tape, wrapping paper, spray paint, two small boxes, drawstring, and clothes I already own. How I made it: I cut the box, spray painted with a primer, then with watermelon pink. I bought chrome duct tape to use for the rough edges, wrapped the inside with wrapping … Read more
This is my little love, Gianna, dressed as Sophia from the Golden Girls. We (okay…just me) LOVE the Golden Girls and I couldn’t resist turning my 5-month-old baby into one of my favorite characters. The thing I love most about this costume (aside from it being HILARIOUS!) is how inexpensive and easy it was to … Read more
As children of the 80s, Halloween has a few quintessential elements to me and my husband. Obviously there is candy, pumpkins, scary movies, and trick-or-treating, but another thing we both loved was the movie “Ghostbusters “. Every year you can guarentee it will be on TV in all it’s awesome quotable glory. Our son is now old … Read more
This Halloween I searched for the perfect costume, but due to my body type just nothing seemed to fit me right or look very flattering. I was really discouraged and did not know what I was going to wear on Halloween. On Tuesday I was at home looking through some old pictures I found one … Read more
My two-year-old daughter, Teeghan, was the Coppertone girl this year. It took about 5 hours total to make in a span of three days. I looked everywhere for a unitard sewing pattern, which obviously does not exist. So instead I mixed and matched between two different patterns, I used Simplicity pattern 2156 to make tan … Read more
My costume was inspired by my love for sunflowers. Being in college, I didn’t have a lot of money to spend on a pre-packaged costume (some of them run about $40-70) so I had almost given up on dressing up at all for halloween. I remember my friend told me that I remind her of … Read more