I have always wanted to do this Christmas Story Leg Lamp Costume, but wasn’t sure exactly how I wanted to do it. I saw the official dress costume online and was unhappy how unflattering it was. Thus, I decided to have the shade as a skirt. I didn’t have a pattern, but I suggest to … Read more
With one trip to the Goodwill, and another to the costume store for wigs, we were able to create the 4 news anchors of the Anchorman Crew Group Halloween Costume. Ron Burgundy: We found a great burgundy coat and pants that were plaid and the correct 70s cut. We paired that with a brown wig … Read more
I decided to dress up as Gary Oldman in Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 version of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I grabbed my mother’s clothes (a white robe and a red kimono), I had a long Rapunsel wig and had dry ice material shaped like cones to do the top hair. Then I had flour in my … Read more
For Halloween 2008 we dressed up as some of the characters from Richard Linklater’s cult-classic “Dazed and Confused”. My friend and I dressed as the “Senior” girls in the hazing scene, and our boyfriends went as Dave “I love them high school girls” Wooderson and O’Bannion (complete with paddle). Everything was a Homemade Dazed and … Read more
This year my husband coaxed me into being something more attractive than my past costume choices. I kept nixing all his suggestions until he said “Mary Poppins”. I knew I had something in my Halloween box to use as the black overcoat – the main part of this costume, and could figure out the rest. … Read more
Hi my name is Thomas V. and I created the homemade Executioner from Resident Evil Halloween costume (from the movie Resident Evil Afterlife). I’ll Start with his weapon. The axe which is made up of two pieces of foam. I cut and shaped them. One side looks like a sledge hammer and the other side … Read more
This is how we made this Goonies Group Costume. Sloth: Superman tee with sleeves ripped off, red suspenders, jeans torn off, workboots and head scarf all from our closets. Pirate hat, sword and bubba teeth from the costume shop. Mama Fatelli: Black dress, granny shoes from thrift store. Pearls and pistol from our collection. Beret … Read more
The theme was dead celebrities so I went as my favorite character ET. I didn’t want to make his whole body so I decided to be ET when he runs out of the closet dressed as a girl. Now, I did start this Homemade ET Costume at 10pm at night and didn’t finish till 4am … Read more
My Homemade Exorcist Costume was inspired by the movie The Exorcist (1973). My costume was actually pretty simple to make. First I watched the movie to make sure I got every little detail I could to make the costume as similar as possible. I purchased contacts online to really give my Exorcist costume the full … Read more
It is now a few years after Katrina and things are getting back to normal out here. Halloween was approaching and our friends were having a Halloween costume party for couples, for which everyone had to dress up. Being a young college student, eager to save money but still wanting a fashionable costume, I thought, … Read more
I thought long and hard what I would be this year for the Annual Halloween bash. I know the room would be full of creativity as it always has been in the past years. I have done the cute Pebbles, the sexy pirate, and the manly Wayne from Wayne’s World (which was totally awesome… SHHWIING!!) … Read more
This homemade Predator costume is my favorite homemade costume I made and assembled together. I was inspired by the first Predator movie and the first AVP film. I love Sci-Fi movies so I thought this whole project was going to be fun. I’m (Rolando) the one wearing the suit in the pictures. My father took … Read more