For Halloween 2010, my husband and I constructed what can only be described as a “contraption”, so it appeared that I was giving birth and he was the baby! We started with a rolling cart used to hold folding chairs and an old funeral home gurney. We put a base across the bottom of the … Read more
I am a pharmacist and work for Walgreen’s so when someone suggested I do something work related for the office costume contest, a prescription bottle costume immediately came to mind. It came together easier than I thought it would, and only cost me about $30 in supplies and about 6 hours of my life. I … Read more
For this homemade eyeball costume I used a Chinese lantern for the mold – just make sure it is a big one that has the large opening big enough to fit your head into. I then bought a roll of white paper from the craft store and wallpaper paste from the hardware store. Other paper … Read more
Here’s my daughter, Courtney’s, homemade costume. We got some old clothes at Goodwill, took the frames out of some sunglasses to make it look like she had an explosion in the laboratory, painted her hair white and black in the front to seem as if she did have an explosion, we found a large test … Read more
Courtney wanted to go as a mad scientist. We got some old clothes at Goodwill, took the frames out of some sunglasses to make it look like she had an explosion in the laboratory, painted her hair white and black in the front to seem as if she did have an explosion, we found a … Read more
How to be a not-so-typical Mad Scientist! I had been in awe of the backpack monster costumes with aliens and other sorts on different websites, so I came up with my own version of a Homemade Mini Mad Scientist and Assistant Optical Illusion Costume. I took an old school bag backpack, the kind with rollers … Read more
My daughter wanted to have a Homemade Mad Scientist Costume for Halloween. It was very last minute, like 5 hours before! SO I came up with a great idea. I didn’t have a lab coat or time to find one so I got a large adults long sleeve white shirt at the craft store and … Read more
Our daughter is the Professor and our son is the robot. Mister Doctor Professor McBrain- Robotics Specialist invented a walking, talking, blinking robot named Robo Bro 2000 (incidentally it is “her” brother and he was born in 2000!). Professor McBrain has a name tag that we created by taking “his” picture in costume and adding … Read more
My wife and I were going to a party at our apartment complex and we wanted to have a “couples costume” but due to budget constraints, we didn’t want to spend a lot of money. I found the “pig” glasses and instantly thought of a Homemade Swine Flu Couple Costume and how to visualize a … Read more
I am a pig, but a sick pig. My shirt says Viva La Mexico with a nice Mexican flag attached. My back said H1N1. I have a pig mask and hoofs for hands. I also have hoofs for feet. I have an ice pack on my head, tissues everywhere, and Tylenol attached to my shirt. … Read more
You take a vest, white fabric, eye color fabric, black felt, grey gauze and padding. Fabric paint and glow in the dark paint. You cut the eye color fabric to the desired circle size. Then paint starting from the middle going straight out to create depth. Add glow in the dark paint to random white … Read more
We decided to be the H1N1 virus (said to have begun in Mexico) and the SARS virus (said to have begun in Asia) for Halloween! For the Mexican swine flu, Kevin found an old blanket at a flee market which he cut a hole in to wear as a poncho, a hat donated from a … Read more