Someone-Special
I am a rocker at heart, so when I was trying to decide what to dress as for Halloween, which is undeniably my favorite holiday of the year, I let myself get a little bit inspired by a story from my dad’s childhood. When he was in middle school, he and some of his friends … Read more
For our Oompa Loompa Couple costume we went to Goodwill to get pants and shirts, gloves, colored hairspray and face paint from Walmart, suspenders I had to get online (couldn’t find them anywhere in town). The socks, we just bought brown socks and brown shirts and painted on the stripes. My husband even downloaded the … Read more
To get an idea of what your House costume will look like, take a look at you own house. No matter what type of house you are going to create, you’ll need one big box in which your body fits between the neck and just above the knees. Follow these steps: * Seal both ends … Read more
My very creative daughter decided she wants to be a sun for Purim. The internet offered boring/expensive options. Well, with some arts and crafts, present string, gold paper plates, yellow tights and shirt we put together this Sunshine costume.
This Taco Truck Costume was a last minute costume designed for a friend’ letter “T” themed party. I made it out of construction paper and poster board then topped it off with a sombrero and a fake stash.
I make my costumes every year. Last year my husband and I wanted to go as Waldo and Wenda. This Waldo and Wenda couple costume was cheap and easy and fun to make. For my husband we went to the thrift store and found a long sleeve red and white shirt under $7.00. Found some old … Read more
This is do it your self Value Village/Goodwill costume. We all bought our jackets at second hand stores a few weeks before Halloween. We wore slacks, collard shirt and ties and tried to match the real characters as best we could. We made the microphones from a dowel rod, black duct tape, tennis ball and … Read more
I first started with my Edward Scissorhands Costume. I found it on eBay for $30 bucks…only problem is it was an XXL and a men’s. I’m 5″5″ and 130 so I had to take it in a lot! Second was my makeup. I watched tutorials after tutorials to get rid of my eyebrows. After … Read more
I got the idea for this Jagberbomb Couple Costume from this website but created them differently. For the redbull I used felt. I got a very large piece of black felt for the body and then glue gunned the blue, grey, red and yellow felt on top of the black felt while looking at a red … Read more
Ch,ch,ch,ah,ah,ah!!! Here’s a cool look for any Jason fan. This Friday the 13th costume was customized from a store bought zombie costume. Depending on how you want your Jason to look, I strongly recommend purchasing one that comes with a chest piece and exposed wounds on the legs and arms. Zombie gloves are a good … Read more
Every year our town has a winter carnival event put on by our local fire fighters. Local children and adults create their own costumes and wear them in while skating on the ice in our rink in order to win various prizes. We thought a birthday celebration would be a nice theme for a costume, since … Read more
This is my version of the Scorpion From Mortal Kombat Costume. The materials I used are as follows: -rice bag -card board -yellow and black duct tape -a yellow rope -a skull from dollar store -a t-shirt (black) -black pants -Velcro and with a little imagination I managed to complete it! Here’s a video: http://youtu.be/bLeqwF5D-nE