Everything is Awesome, a Lego Movie Group Costume Journey!

Everything is Awesome, a Lego Movie Group Costume Journey!

The themed concept of this patchwork family’s Halloween design was born shortly after watching the Lego Movie. Choosing just the characters was half the battle. Emmet and Wyldstyle and 80’s Spaceguy were plucked straight from the movie. Lego Catwoman and “Pink Lego Block Princess” were non-movie compromises that maintained theme, but could still be girly … Read more

Awesome Lego Movie Group Costume for Kids

Awesome Lego Movie Group Costume for Kids

Well, how we came up with the idea was me “encouraging” my kids to come up with a group theme for costumes! Last year they were minions and I loved the group idea and reaction. Our oldest is nine, so I figure I only have a few more years of “directed guidance” when it comes … Read more

Homemade Family Lego Movie Costume

Homemade Family Lego Movie Costume

Went to Home Depot and got some tubes, looked up how to paper mache online and away I went! Kids and I loved the Lego movie so I started in August and built the costumes using cardboard lots and lots of spray paint and paper mache! Started with the bodies cutting the cardboard and duct … Read more

Amazing Lego Movie Couple Costume

Amazing Lego Movie Couple Costume

Emmet and Wyldstyle Lego Costumes! Usually my wife and I go to a local annual Halloween party dressed up as some couple we decide a few weeks before the party, but this year it was cancelled, so we didn’t need to think up a costume this year, so we thought… At the beginning of October, … Read more

Coolest Family Lego Movie Costumes

Coolest Family Lego Movie Costumes

When making this group of Lego movie costumes, I made a lot of mistakes and had to rip apart and re-glue a lot, so don’t be discouraged. If you have a family as big as mine, I suggest you start at the beginning of the month, and work little by little so you’re not stressed. … Read more

Everything is Awesome LEGO Movie Costumes

Everything is Awesome LEGO Movie Costumes

After watching The Lego Movie and loving it, we thought about making some characters from the movie.  We just went through a rough summer, with an adoption that fell through four days after we brought home the baby, and our hearts were broken.  We decided we needed a project, and recruited our good friends and … Read more

Corporate LEGO Minifigure Costumes Extravaganza

Corporate LEGO Minifigure Costumes Extravaganza

First, I should give you some background about how crazy the Halloween competition at my work is. I’ve been at my current job, a graphic designer for Coupons.com, for about five years now. When I first joined, Halloween was very small, as was our company. Some people dressed up, and we had a little walk … Read more

Amazing Family Themed Lego Movie Costumes!

Amazing Family Themed Lego Movie Costumes!

My husband and I still enjoy dressing up for Halloween. We’ve done family theme costumes since having kids(this is our forth year!) My kids(3 and 4) still haven’t objected to my family theme costume craze ideas. I hope to keep this up until they become “too cool” for it! My kids are obsessed with Legos. … Read more

Lego’s Come To Life Group Costume

Lego's Come To Life Group Costume

My two daughters, Audrey and Natalie, are very close with their two cousins, Emmitt & Derek. They play (and fight) together all the time. For at least the last couple of years, they have built and destroyed (each other’s) countless Lego creations. When The Lego Movie came out, that’s all they talked about. They quickly … Read more

Three Brothers Living the LEGO Movie Dream on Halloween

Three Brothers Living the LEGO Movie Dream on Halloween

I am the mom of three little boys. I am surrounded, outnumbered, and totally submerged in all things boy, all day, every day, and I have come to embrace this. Halloween costumes are no exception to this rule. Each year, I like to do the boys’ costumes as one common theme. (And they’re still young … Read more

Awesome LEGO Good Cop/Bad Cop and Wyldestyle Couple Costumes

Awesome LEGO Good Cop/Bad Cop and Wyldestyle Couple Costumes

Our friends have been doing a costume contest at their home for the past seven years.  My husband and I always enter as a group category an try to pay special attention to every detail in our costume and make everything homemade. One of our favorite movies this year was the Lego Movie, so we … Read more