To make this Tippy Hedren from “The Birds” costume you will need: Hot glue gun Pliable wire (long twist ties stripped of casing will do) Safety Pins Black Spray paint Styrofoam block Wreath Birds (5+) Green Suit you can rip up Nylons you can rip Fake blood Black Cardboard Black feathers I started by going … Read more
The bed was made of a fridge cardboard box. I added a sheet on the top of it while the bottom has a bed skirt. There is a rope that was tied around my body with a cut out so my body would fit in. To move this I had to use my hands. The … Read more
This is a Lord of the Rings Sauron costume I made for my son. When he told me he wanted to be Sauron for Halloween, I wasn’t really sure how to pull this off. I started with the “easy” parts. Cloak: I purchased a costume grade set of shoulder pads and attached layered/shredded black fabric. Hands: … Read more
We love Monty Python. Everyone did their own Monty Python group costume and we did not see any of them until we all came together. We all did it very inexpensive. Lots of looking around at Goodwill stores and fabric depot. We all watched the movie and picked which character we wanted to be. Also a … Read more
I had to make a costume that was game or anime related that hadn’t been done before, so I decided to go with one of my favorite card games, Munchkin from Steve Jackson Games. The best part was the axe that took the most of my time, effort, and money. How much? I don’t even … Read more
My name is Hadar ,I am 28 years old and I am from Israel. Since I was a little girl I loved that movie Edward Scissors Hand and always wanted to make my own costume and didn’t know how. This is how you can make this costume very easily: one black turtle neck shirt (which … Read more
The idea to create a Selene from Underworld costume for Halloween happened randomly a couple of years ago. I had a black cat suit I bought for a photo shoot back in Photography school, and my boyfriend bought me this beautiful leather corset for my birthday a few years later. It didn’t occur to me … Read more
My son is obsessed with Star Wars, so I wanted to make that our theme for Halloween. However, I’m not a fan of any of the cheap costumes that are sold in store, and I always like my son to stand out and be a little different. So every year I make his costume. This … Read more
The inspiration for this Nacho Libre costume came as we were shopping in a local store one day and saw a variety of authentic Mexican wrestling masks. After deciding the Nacho Libre mask was the one we had to have, I embarked on my journey to re-create his outfit for my husband for Halloween. I started … Read more
The Black swan costume. There were so many of these but I was determined to have it down to a t. First I got a black tutu and bodice. I danced for many years so I had broken in Capezio point shoes and tights already. Then I bought a black velvet corset at Gothic Renaissance … Read more
I found this awesome black feather wings for about $12 at a gay pride store and then decided I was definitely going to be Natalie Portman from Black Swan (my name’s also Natalie so it fit). I bought the tu-tu at a Halloween store, white tights from Target, black ballet flats from Target, and secured … Read more
After seeing Avatar I knew right away that that was our next Halloween costume! We had custom made Zaneti suits with the blue tiger stripes made up. Wigs attached. We painted our faces like the characters and used yellow contacts and fangs as well. It was a blast! People were amazed! We had a blast … Read more