For our annual party, we decided to go the song theme route. I dressed up as Bob Marley, and my husband transformed into Sheriff John Brown from Bob Marley’s iconic song “I Shot the Sheriff.” Creating the Sheriff Costume: A Badge of Honor To create the sheriff costume, I started with a khaki pocketed shirt. … Read more
My grandson Clayton, an avid fan of the Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF) video game series, requested a Springtrap costume for Halloween. As a 77-year-old grandmother, I was unfamiliar with the character but determined to fulfill his wish. Embracing the challenge, I embarked on a journey of research, learning new crafting techniques, and dedicating countless … Read more
It’s Daddy’s character! Just like Sienna in the movie, creating this costume involved many sleepless nights. We used EVA foam, chainmail, faux leather, metal skulls, and wings obtained online. Initially, we planned an Art the Clown and Sienna costume duo, but there were no Sienna costumes available. Crafting the Details We spent over 80 hours … Read more
What 10yr old doesn’t dream of becoming a corporate mascot? Well this one does. 10 year old Roosevelt is obsessed with brands and wanted to be the Bic Pen logo! He evened built the costume from the giant pen to the dome for his head- cutting and shaping chicken wire. It’s not that he loves … Read more
I turned a laundry basket, poster board and a lot of toilet paper rolls into a something good enough to eat! Hours of painting and glueing paid off when my kids saw we dressed up as their favorite food, Man & Cheese! My youngest (1st grade) lucked up and had me for his Halloween Party … Read more
This costume was 3 years in the making due to covid. While it was annoying to miss out on two Halloweens, it was nice to have the extra time to really refine and add details. This was my first costume where I had to combine wigs and style them together and make hip pads. Everything … Read more
We’re brothers and we went as the sun and the moon this year! We always try to go above and beyond on Halloween and this year was no exception! This was definitely our most ambitious costume to date as these took over a month to construct. The sun and moon heads are made from cardboard … Read more
Happy Halloween to all. Here’s how this Papa Smurf costume came into existence… Choosing a costume for my preferred time of the 12 months did no longer come effortless this year. Many innovative costume ideas crossed my mind, but, Papa we have a problem, you have a full white beard on your face, and no … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Sackboy caterpillar costume – My daughter wanted to be a caterpillar for Halloween and really liked the caterpillar costume worn by the video game character Sackboy in the game “Sackboy: A Big Adventure”. That particular Sackboy caterpillar costume has one of his iconic big zippers down the front and since … Read more
This costume took me 4 days to create for a Halloween event at my job. The only two things that I bought brand new was the prison suit and wig. Everything else I borrowed or already had at home. The cape was created from used graduation gowns I bought from a thrift store. Overall costs … Read more
Figuring out a Halloween costume when you’re 7 months pregnant is a bit difficult. “Bun in the oven”, pregnant nun and zombie baby bursting out of your stomach are all pretty overdone (and maybe somewhat disturbing). We figured we’d work with what we got and turned the round shape of my belly into a disco … Read more
Here is a flower car made out of cardboard and decorated with close to 200 paper crepe flowers around a wheelchair. Each flower was hand made and took about a week to make all the flowers. This was a blast to make and took some time but worth it and fun showing it off at several Halloween events. … Read more