After brainstorming at the bar for nearly two hours one night, my friend and I came up with an idea for this year’s costume. It was NOT Wizard of Oz, but would take a bunch of time to create and wouldn’t be comfortable at a party, so it will remain top secret until we can … Read more
Halloween is by-far my favorite holiday and each year I start brainstorming my costume months in advance (with the caveat that the costume MUST include some form of face paint). This year, my inspiration came from a popular picture on Pinterest showing makeup for a girly scarecrow. I loved the makeup and decided this would … Read more
This Costume was planned to be made before the one wearing it was even here, The Wizard of Oz has always been a very important movie for my family. My Grandfather, Charles Augustus Gischel had a virus settle in his heart, he got on the list for Kidney one and received his heart transplant in … Read more
Halloween is the time to be creative! Every year, I love making my own, unique costume and dressing up for Halloween! I know that I will be dressed differently than anyone else and I like making cute or character-like costumes. The scary and ugly stuff is not for me. This year was busier than usual … Read more
My son decided he wanted to be a scarecrow for Halloween. On a whim, I went through his closet to see if he had anything suitable that would work for the shirt and pants, so I would not have to buy anything new. I ended up with a plaid shirt that he was growing out … Read more
My kids have finally all reached the age where they can watch the Wizard of Oz without me fearing the night ahead. In honor of this (and the fact that it’s celebrating its 75th anniversary) we chose to take on ‘characters’ from this classic. My youngest daughter was DOROTHY, complete with thrift shop ruby … Read more
Wizard of Oz – our way! Let me introduce to you Dorothy and her little dog Toto (sleeping in a basket), Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow and Tin Man. They were travelling trough the Land of Oz, looking for The Wizard himself. They belived that he can give to them something they were longing for. Scarecraw needed … Read more
Made all the bolts with hot glue painted them glued with eyelash glue to face silver paint for face the empty heart made out of paper towel painted with black and red paint with some vasaline for the Tin Man, Scarecrow was made with straw and moss with a bird on the arm half Scarecrow … Read more
My husband and I decided to go as scarcrows to match the halloween pumkin costume my son already had. We went through our closets and to the thrift store to get the core of our costume. We also picked up some fabric and straw from the craft store to make the costumes complete. I cut … Read more
Has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember… try to create a spot-on Witch’s guard (Winkie) costume with all the details of the movie character. I’ve seen many pretty cheezie outfits offered online recently (some near $200) and negated the urge to purchase. Thought I could do way better. Everything … Read more
When deciding on a costume for Halloween, I always try to go with something that plays off my own look. With my naturally curly hair, and colouring, I decided it would make a great lion’s mane. But I didn’t want to be just any old lion. I wanted to be a famous lion!! So I … Read more
I wanted to be the Wizard of OZ family for Halloween, but why pay $30+ per costume?!? So I made them! For the scarecrow I took sweat pants/shirt found at the Goodwill ($5 total) and took some worn out/stained/no longer used shirts laying around the house, cut them up and made patches out of them … Read more