When I finally decided to make my son Gene Simmons around the beginning of October I thought I better get started! My brother in law helped me with the shoes for this costume we made them out of styrofoam. He got two cubes of styrofoam to glue together to be big enough to be able … Read more
Typically my husband and I choose a couples-themed costume, but when he chose to be Ryan Gosling’s character from “Drive,” I knew I was on my own. I look forward to putting together a costume each year, and not simply buying a pre-made packaged one. After weeks of racking my brain, I finally came up … Read more
I’ve always had a long tongue and for years people said I should dress up as Gene Simmons. In 2010, I finally did. I wanted to make the costume myself but only had a day to do so. With some luck, a “build wings” tutorial found online, one pair of (incredibly uncomfortable but totally worth … Read more
It started off as an idea last month after I went to see KISS live at the Comcast Center in Massachusetts with my good friend. I thought, you know, I’d love to dress up as him this year. So after conducting a Facebook poll with my friends, I decided I would make a Paul Stanley … Read more
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
I painted some football shoulder pads for this KISS Gene Simmons Costume, the elbows are roller blade pads painted. The spikes are manila folders taped together and spray painted. The chest is from an old Batman costume that I cut out and spray painted.
This is my 9yr.old son Justin. He has been a BIG KISS fan since he was three. I started dressing him up on Halloween as Paul. We had so much fun with it, I decided to have a Paul Love Gun costume made. It was awesome and everybody loved him (Halloween, Kiss expos, and the … Read more
After renting costumes last year as the three little pigs and winning, we had to go over the top and create this years Halloween costumes. So we decided to go as the legendary KISS. Myself and three of my buddies gathered different items to create these unbelievable costumes and won for the 2nd year in … Read more
I had started this Homemade Gene Simmons Costume as a joke with black duct tape and silver painted googly eyes for studs, back in February. After the party, I decided to create the real thing with leather and studs. I used two sheets of vinyl fabric, many 8”X12” foam sheets, dozens of pop rivets, and … Read more
I started this Homemade Gene Simmons Costume about 7 years ago. It started very simple and has grown over the years to look as it does today. The cape was made from pleather material bought at local sewing shops. It has two large “suspenders” which connect to the top of the cape near the shoulders … Read more
This Love Gun from KISS costume is actually a couple of years old. It started very basic and as time went on became more and more authentic. The main costume is made of fake leather with real studs and chains. The wings also are made from fake leather and studs. The tights were sewn by … Read more
This Homemade Gene Simmons Dynasty Unmasked Costume I constructed just in time for Halloween ’09. It’s basically made up of materials I found at Canadian Tire, Reno Depot and Village des Valeurs. The boots were made from an old pair of 3.5 inch platform boots to which I added an extra 4 inches using cork … Read more