I love going all out for Halloween and usually start thinking of a future costume the day after Halloween. The idea of the Green Plastic Army Men came to me after I saw a clip on Youtube of visitors at Disney Land near the Toy Story display. They actually had guys all dressed in green, … Read more
Here’s our try at Wall-e. He has a working audio player, playing the same music Wall-e did in the movie (I used an mp3 player with a portable speaker). The costume is wired with L.E.D. lighting in the eyes, laser between the eyes, and lighting for the environmental warning on the front. We made the … Read more
My girlfriend and I were watching X-men origins and thought since people always tell me I look like Liev Schreiber, what the heck? I’ll be Sabretooth! So, the next decision, who would she be? And who would get the MOST attention? Mystique, of course! And then there’s Vince, he always has crazy hair and different … Read more
We wanted to dress up as Tim Burton characters, so we decided on Jack Skellington and the corpse bride. I made the head for Jack Skellington out of papier mache. I covered an inflatable ball with cling film, and put 2 or 3 layers of papier mache (using old newspapers) over it. I didn’t want … Read more
Michelle Pfeiffer may have had more fun playing Catwoman in the 1992 productions of Batman Returns. But, I made Catwoman a piece of ART! I spent 2 days of with lots of spandex and white twine to pull this off. I used thin cardboard to make the structure for the mask. This is one solid … Read more
I have to say that the process to make this Lightning McQueen Costume was pretty time-consuming. I’m not even sure how long we spent on it. A full week, for sure – probably at least 4 hours a day. Yeah, we could have just bought the costume for all of the effort we put into … Read more
This is what you need for the Stewie Griffin Costume: – a pair of old tennis shoes – oversized white sweats – white long-sleeved t-shirt – an extra white t-shirt (to make the “jumpsuit” straps) – 2-inch foam (white) – 3M™ FoamFast Spray Adhesive 74 – duct tape (white) – Foamies – RIT clothing dye … Read more