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My dad, who is a retired artist, loves to go all out for Halloween and create one-of-a-kind Halloween costumes. I told him I wanted to be an emoji for Halloween (he still has no clue what an emoji is) and build me this heart eyes emoji costume out of cardboard and paper. He used an … Read more
My mom has been a teacher for 31 years and each year she lets me create her costume. This year she is retiring and I had to make this one a good one. I used yarn, lots of hot glue (including getting a really bad burn on my knuckles; go big or go home!), Styrofoam … Read more
For starters, who doesn’t love Bob Ross? Everyone across multiple generations loves Bob Ross. He brought laughter and warmth into homes around the country and taught many how to paint happy trees. The idea came to me after seeing someone dressed up as a Picasso painting on a canvas last year. I naturally tried to … Read more
Well my husband told me were going to a Halloween party pretty much two days before the party. So I happened upon the picture of ebola virus and thought it looked like a mouse. My brain thought I could do something with that. I bought a black headband, black duct tape and about 3-4 ft … Read more
I like to decorate, create and recycle vintage and thrift store finds. I am 71 years old (Raggedy Ann) my daughter is 45 years old (Raggedy Andy) and we love dressing up for halloween and going trick or treating with my 10 year old granddaughter. My husband passed away several years ago and my family … Read more
I have always been a rocker at heart and an especially BIG fan of KISS. So when I was invited to a last minute Halloween party, I knew this was the costume for me! For accessories, I went to the local Halloween Express. purchased the wig, skull belt, fingerless gloves, and 2 skull rings. The … Read more
My daughter’s Halloween school party is fast approaching, she wanted to be beastly Maleficent, we’ve looked in every shop near us, amazon, ebay, american website NONE! Either sold out or not in her size. My wife said “we will make her one” not to mention none of us have any sewing experience. To cut story … Read more
It took about 2-3 days to make these Zazu and Rafiki costumes. Zazu is made out of different color felts from a craft store and clothing articles we already had. We made the beak from a thick cirlcle of felt and cut it to size. For the beanie we used smaller pieces of felt and … Read more
So I just got engaged and I wanted to incorporate my soon to be bride veil – with something extra spooky. I created this look using dollar store eye pencils eye shadow – fake flowers and a little imagination. I call it Day of the dead bride or Dia de la Novia Muerta. Remember ladies … Read more
You ever have an idea so good that you don’t have time to write it down you just do it? Well that is what happened to me lol. My daughter originally wanted to be a chess piece then she wanted to be a peacock, and then finally the queen of hearts. Being a stay at … Read more
My first-grader was just reading the Pippi books and loved the idea of dressing in a Pippi Longstocking costume for Halloween. I wasn’t sure how to go about putting together the costume, so I followed many of the instructions on this website. How We Made the Costume Bought a too-big denim jumper for $5 at a … Read more
I am in ZTA at UF and we have about 3 socials a month, which gives me the perfect opportunity to dress up and get creative. We recently had one with the theme “Space Jam”. Three of my friends were bunnies with the Tune Squad jerseys and I chose to be Marvin the Martian. I … Read more