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My husband downloaded the demo of LEGO Indiana Jones for our X-Box 360. My four year old son saw him playing the game one day and wanted to try it for himself. Now he is hooked. Everywhere we go it’s Indiana Jones this and Indiana Jones that. He looks at the toys in the stores … Read more
This Three Amigos Costume was so much fun! I took Black buttondown shirts and shortened them to make the jackets and then free-hand drew on the symbols and squiggles on the arms and legs of the pants (which I used black hospital scrubs for). I used white puff-paint and silver glitter to make the designs … Read more
The Wizard of Oz is one of many popular themes done during Halloween, so I knew I had to make it as original as possible, also considering topping each year before, so I took a trip to the nearest home depot, grabbed a cart and searched the isles. I ended up going through every piece … Read more
Sick of seeing hundreds of people wearing easy bought costumes thought Teen Wolf Halloween costume would be pretty damn original and I got an amazing response out in the streets of Edinburgh! Found your website afterward and thought I’d add to the Teen Wolf collection you have had submitted because I think its right up … Read more
This is our Tin Man and Scarecrow costume. The Tin Man was made from 3 x 25’ aluminum sheet bought from Home Depot and held together by rivets and ¼” bolts. Everything was hand made and took 50 hours labor. The Scarecrow was made from burlap and other fabrics.
I decided before Halloween 2008, that my husband, cousin and myself would be the lion, tin man and the scarecrow. I have a really creative mind and it definitely got carried away. My first inspiration for these Lion and Tin Man Costumes came from lots of research into prosthetic masks. I love not being able … Read more
I always wanted to be Waldo one Halloween, so I made it happen a few years back! I bought red and white striped tights and a shirt, wore a jean skirt and red shoes. I made a hat out of a white beanie with red ribbon and a red pom pom. I wore glasses, a … Read more
I made this Homemade Teen Wolf Halloween Costume last year. I had to have the jersey custom made online. Then I used spray adhesive on a turtle-neck shirt and wrapped the pieces of hair all over by body. I cut up werewolf costumes too get the hair parts. It was my favorite costume except all … Read more
Last year my husband and I were inspired by Tim Burton’s version of the musical Sweeney Todd Demon Barber, but the ready-to-wear costumes for Sweeney were very expensive and the costumes for Mrs. Lovett were nonexistent. So we made our own Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett Costumes. Mrs. Lovett: I sewed the skirt using a … Read more
I decided to be a lost soul from the Titanic. I got the homemade lost soul from the Titanic Halloween costume idea from this site. I went to the thrift store and found an old captains coat that I had to sew buttons too, and also printed a patch from the Internet that was from … Read more
My daughter had to dress up as a story book character for school. We didn’t want to go with all the regular characters so we decided to go with Camilla Cream from the book ” A bad case of the stripes”. I found striped socks and cut the foot part off and sewed it into … Read more
This Halloween, my girlfriend and I wanted to do a couple’s costume, but we wanted to steer clear of the typical Halloween cliches. Since we’re both big fans of the Indiana Jones series, we thought it’d be fun to try out a couples twist on the familiar Indiana Jones attire. The result, “Indy-Anna” Jones and … Read more