When deciding what costume to wear this year, my son wanted to find something topical and instantly recognizable. He was inspired by current President Donald Trump and immediately thought of a Mexican Wall costume. My son keeps up with politics and came across an online meme of the Mexican Wall. We knew this was the idea … Read more
This is my kitten Artemis wearing this Nyan Cat costume (an internet meme for those unfamiliar)! The idea came from just wanting to have her resemble a famous internet cat, and it just so happened she is gray (and adorable) like Nyan Cat. This being her first Halloween with us, I wanted her to feel … Read more
My girlfriend and I wanted to try and do a couples costume that we were sure we weren’t going to see all over the place this Halloween, but would still be somewhat matching and have a good time with, so we picked to be famous internet cat meme’s Grumpy Cat and Nyan Cat. For Grumpy … Read more
Every year I go to a competitive Halloween Party and over time, coming up with new ideas have gotten more and more difficult. This year, I thought of the most amazing costume and dressed up as a Someecard. You know, those images you see on Facebook where an image like a Victorian lady or 80’s … Read more
I love that mad looking cat and the captions that folks give it! She is a real cat named Tarder Sauce and is an internet sensation. I crack up every time I see a photo of her. It took about 20 hours to make this grumpy cat costume, mostly from the hand stitching. Here is how … Read more
This has to be the most fun costume that I have ever been a part of! It was so simple. All we did was buy a five pack of men’s shirts, a pack of different colored headbands, and a large sharpie. The hardest part was definitely writing our letters of the shirts. It took forever … Read more
I found out last minute that I needed to wear a costume to work on Halloween and couldn’t find all the pieces to my “Progressive Insurance Flo” costume from two years ago. I needed something that wasn’t scary or required lots of time to put together in the morning. As I stood looking dejectedly at … Read more
The “Ermahgerd” girl on the internet CRACKS ME UP! So I decided to be my idol for Halloween! All I did was take some books, print out the Goosebumps covers to some of them, and tape them onto the books I already had! Luckily I had almost the same shirt as she has in the … Read more
The first step is to choose your meme. I for one chose the Futurama Fry Meme. But you could be any of the hilarious internet picture memes. The first step would be to find yourself clothing to match the character you have chosen. In my example I had to find a white t-shirt, red sweater … Read more
My 8-year old daughter, Amelia has an artist’s heart. She has always requested a non-girl traditional costume. This year she has really gotten into watching internet videos like the Nyan cat. She had tears flowing during one of the Nyan cat spin-off’s when the cat’s heart is broken. To make this year’s Nyan Cat Halloween costume, … Read more
This Original last-minute costume idea took literally five minutes to make and another five minutes for the makeup application. I worked the entire day before my Halloween party, and also attended my little sister’s middle school musical that night. Of course I had been brainstorming costume ideas but none had had that essential spark until I … Read more
Until this year, I’ve always purchased our costumes, since my sewing skills are pretty much limited to sewing on buttons or closing up a simple seam. But my 11 year old daughter, Meital, told me she was way too old for princess costumes, and she wanted something original. Meital originally thought about making something from … Read more
My mom and I made this Nyan cat costume for Halloween 2011. I was kind of addicted to listening to Nyan Cat so I wanted to dress up like Nyan Cat. The way we did it was we found an old white shirt. We also used some old foam and some tan fabric as well … Read more
My husband teaches Philosophy and did a take on the Philosoraptor costume idea. He used a child’s dinosaur hat and a white sheet to make a toga. He painted his face and half his body green with face paint. He wore a sign he made on the computer that says “Caution: Approaching Philosoraptor may result … Read more
I decided to make a homemade Nyan Cat costume after seeing the video of the internet meme called Nyan Cat. It’s a gray cat with the body of a big pink Poptart that is flying through space with a rainbow behind it. I wanted to be something colorful, original, and fuzzy, so Nyan Cat was … Read more