Someone-Special
These costumes were inspired by our love of cartoons, especially the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. We based these costumes off of the 1987 versions of Donatello and Michaelangelo. Upon coming up with the idea of who we wished to be, we also realized we didnt not want it to be just another generic store bought … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday and I love competing in contests! I try to make costumes that make people smile and they can relate to. Usually I choose a weather theme but this year I decided it would be more for fun and not competition (well, that’s how it started at least.) My husband is … Read more
Our 8 year old son announce in August that dad and i needed to make a transformer bumble bee costume that would transform. After searching for online plans in vain, we began creating our own design. After many failed attempts we finally found one that worked. Foam core posterboards, 2 rolls of duct tape, a … Read more
I love American Horror Story and love Lady Gaga as the Countess. The costume was pretty simple to put together. Things needed… White satin robe Fishnets Blond Wig Fake Blood Black Glove The main thing that you must get right about the costume is the makeup. Here is the YouTube video I used: The glove … Read more
This is my son, he is 8 years old, has cerebral palsy so he is confined to a wheelchair. I wanted him to be like the other kids for one night so I wanted t create a costume that “hid: his wheelchair. I used three boards to make the frame, two card board boxes, lots of … Read more
So I started looking at Fortune Teller ideas online, I wanted to be live and Interactive and scary looking all at the same time. About a month before I went to local hardware store and bought all the wood I needed, plywood and decorative molding, wheels for the bottom of the booth to make it mobile since … Read more
This is my one year old daughter in her Queen of Hearts costume. After getting some ideas online I knew this had to be her costume, it totally fits her personality. The whole costume cost just under $30 and I still had tons of stuff left over. I used an 8 inch crochet top that … Read more
I made this costume using 100 percent recycled parts. We are talking foam pillows. Sport shields knee pads shower hose, game console parts took 3 months to glue paint air brush and tape all made by hand. Many sleepless nights started with a base of black fabric then cut and shaped forty pieces of foam … Read more
After seeing the many Hurricane reporters over the summer I thought that for Halloween I would dress up as a weatherman in a storm. I was thinking this would be very original but after research I found out it had been done before. Luckily the group of people I was around on Halloween found it … Read more
This was an inexpensive costume idea. I really wanted to have my kids do a book theme and was having a hard time getting them to agreed on something. My son brought home a goosebumps book from school and I knew they would love this. It’s creepy but at the same time harmless. I bought … Read more
I wanted to change something up, do a twist of someone that I like. When I was little the movie of Pocahontas didn’t really get that famous but I wanted to bring her out as a guy version. People will ask ‘is that Pocahontas as a guy”… and they where right. This was the feeling … Read more
This was our first year married so we HAD to do a couple costume. After throwing around some ideas, we thought Bonnie and Clyde would be fun and not too expensive. But instead of going for the classic look, we’d portray them after they had their final run in with police. We went to local … Read more