I love to make my own original costumes. This year I decided on Christina Aguilera from The Voice. I started with my daughters play tractor so the chair can move. I bought red fabric from the store and started wrapping the green tractor in the red fabric. I also used a hula hoop around the … Read more
We refuse to purchase costumes from those chain stores. Every year we want to come up with something clever and make it personal. Half the fun of our halloween costumes are seeing how cheaply we can put them together. This year we happened upon a picture of two girls as Wayne and Garth and knew … Read more
Every year my friends and I try to think of a clever group costume. This year the guys wanted to join in the fun so we thought, wouldn’t being the American Gladiators be fun. I love to put the costumes together with stuff I can find at thrift shops, goodwill, ebay, and my own closet. … Read more
All kiddos can be monsters at times but there is no cuter time than on Halloween. After a monster themed baby shower and first birthday it just made sense to use the theme for Halloween. After searching for a little monster costume that was not overly expensive but still adorable I came up short handed. … Read more
My boys and I love Halloween! We usually have our costumes figured out by May :-) But this year my 7 yr old just couldn’t decided what he wanted to be. His 3 brothers had all decided on costumes that would take some work on my part. So I have to admit I was not … Read more
This is my little love, Gianna, dressed as Sophia from the Golden Girls. We (okay…just me) LOVE the Golden Girls and I couldn’t resist turning my 5-month-old baby into one of my favorite characters. The thing I love most about this costume (aside from it being HILARIOUS!) is how inexpensive and easy it was to … Read more
My two year old grandson Rocco loved watching Yo Gaba Gaba so when halloween approached there really was no question what should we make him, it had to be his favorite character…..Muno. At the time Muno was not as popular as he is now but it didn’t matter if no one knew who he was, … Read more
Every year, my friends and I throw a Halloween party with a theme. This year, the theme was Muppets. I’m a huge fan of the Muppets and have been looking forward to this theme for years. I decided that I would go as Pepe the King Prawn. While not one of the original or more … Read more
I have always loved Transformers, and now I love watching Duck Dynasty….so we decided to make a Duck Dynasty themed camo transforming truck! Four years ago, we (my dad and I) set out to make a transforming costume, and successfully made a Bumblebee transformer. Every year since, we have made a newer, bigger, and better … Read more
These Mary Katherine Gallagher and Mr. Peepers Couple Costume from SNL have received a ton of great feedback from friends and trick or treaters! So we wanted to share! If you aren’t familiar with them, they are reoccurring characters from a popular Saturday night sketch comedy show. They are both quite easy costumes to put together, and with … Read more
This is my Sons of Anarchy Motorcycle Illusion Costume complete with working lights ( that come on with the push of a button ), moving front steering, and rotating wheels! I have been thinking of making for the last two years, and is based on both my love for both motorcycles and a popular FX … Read more
This Jambie costume brings back childhood memories. My work provided a box that I formed and hot glued. I spray painted the box, painted the inside black, and used acrylic paint for details. I used gold glitter scrapbook paper for the front doors and hot glued the jewels on. Zip ties let the doors close. In … Read more