I’ve always been a huge fan of technology! I’ve always been good with wires (I have thousands of random wires I’ve collected throughout the years). My other talents consists of soldering, modifying components, computers, and game systems, operating systems etc. Star Trek The Next Generation movie series had a race of cybernetic organisms call Borg. … Read more
I made this scary Exorcist Costume by taking an old night gown and mixing up a nice green pea soup color and painting it on the front of the gown to make it look like she threw up on herself, like in the movie The Exorcist. I also got some old house shoes for her to wear. She … Read more
I hand made this Peacock costume for my first weekend in Winnipeg. My roommate and I road tripped up for the weekend before Halloween for a rave and a weekend full of bar hopping and costume contests. I wanted something original in hopes of winning some prizes and ended up creating my own peacock costume… it was a hit! This was … Read more
After finally settling on a couples costume that my boyfriend agreed on, Princess Peach and Mario, we started looking for costumes we could buy to make it easier. All of the ones we found in stores or online were either super cheesy looking or too expensive. So I decided we could be creative and do … Read more
I made this Minecraft costume because my 8 year old said he was too old to trick or treat, that is until mom came up with the PERFECT costume idea. Minecraft Steve. I created the body out of the box of a 30# CO2 Fire extinguisher box, the arms were toner cartridge boxes, we had hands … Read more
My brother is a huge computer game fan and what more fitting way to celebrate his 30th birthday with a computer game character themed fancy dress party!!! I was on a budget so had to think of a good character, but I wanted to put a lot of effort in considering it was for his … Read more
We have been going to the same Halloween party for years and over time, a competition has started among a few of us to see who can come up with the best costume. Although my 2010 Peter Pan costume was OK, I was told it didn’t live up to my previous costumes so I decided to put … Read more
The Queen of Hearts and Jabberwacky costumes were purchased from Goodwill stores and from articles around the house. It was an exceptionally fun theme this year, Alice in Wonderland. Friends and relatives were so impressed and couldn’t get over the fact the costumes were so inexpensive and looked so good. Jabberwacky is Mike Kuntz and … Read more
This Elton John costume is my favorite costume and it has a story attached to it. I decided to make an Elton John costume, it has 3 LED light packs in it, 2 in the jacket and one in the hat. I made everything myself from scratch, even the hat. I also enhanced a pair of boots … Read more
When my daughter-in-law asked if I could make my “Princess” granddaughter a mermaid costume, I was both excited and apprehensive. I was excited because this would be a chance to be creative again after a long illness which had resulted in my recent retirement from my very stressful, strenuous, and very time-consuming teaching job. I was apprehensive because … Read more
The year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and we celebrated by morphing into the pink (Pterodactyl!) and yellow (Saber Tooth Tiger! ) Rangers for Halloween. We took these costumes out for a night on the town (in the city, actually), a putty disturbance in the park, and also to the office Halloween party—it’s morphin’ time, … Read more
For this Avatars costume my friends and I found Lady Gaga jumpsuits at Walmart and tore off all the extra pieces that didn’t go with our Avatar vision. We had bought blue body paint to apply, but it didn’t look right at all so, in a panic, we ended up using some acrylic paint that … Read more