My daughter’s disco theme was twins. We come up with the idea of Gemini (the star sign) which represents twins. It just so happened that I had some material in the cupboard – white dance time satin and some gold. I had been shopping the week before and I saw this fabric on sale (as … Read more
Every year I search the internet for the the perfect idea for my Halloween costume. And this year I wanted to be totally original, trying something that I’ve never seen before. I was looking at several options and decided to do a bronze statue of Blind Justice Costume. The costume was relatively easy to put … Read more
I made this homemade Spartan costume for my 22nd birthday. I had spent most of my summer without a job and decided to be creative. I spent large amounts of my time making the helmet and shield as the cape was relatively simple as was making the grieves. The helmet started as a strip of … Read more
This Medusa Costume was a bit challenging to make, but I was very pleased with the outcome. I fortunately had the gold dress already, so I purchased the gold thong shoes to match. That was the easy part. The Heard Parts: The head dress/snakes: I bought two fleece blankets, one brown and one green. Began … Read more
After looking online for appropriate armor and helmet I was unimpressed and decided to make my own homemade Leonidas King of Sparta costume. Using pieces of poster board I cut the shapes I needed and taped/glued everything together to make my “forms”. I then used packing tape over each piece to make water resistant, as … Read more
This is a homemade Satyr costume my husband and I made for our 15 year old daughter. After looking at the ‘off the rack’ costumes offered this year, she decided to go with a homemade Satyr costume. We did a lot of research online and found several websites with instructions for digitigrade stilts made out … Read more
My husband and I had a really hard time thinking up a costume last year, but we decided at the last minute to be a Greek God and Goddess. We went to WalMart and bought white sheets, leaves from the floral section, and gold rope from the craft section. When we got home, we cut … Read more
I originally wanted to be a Faun but didn’t have enough fabric for it so I made the bottoms for my daughter and it’s still a bit short, but hey, who’s paying attention it looks totally cool I think. Cut a training bra for the ears, makeup sponges for the horns, my heels covered in … Read more
Inspired by different movies and books comes alive my dream of being a “Centaur”. This 2010 Halloween was completely different, instead of buying a costume, I made a Homemade Centaur Halloween Costume. It took me two whole weeks and less than $100. With the help of my sister, we went and bought wood at a … Read more
I love dressing up for Halloween and have never ever bought a costume in my life, and never will! I take on each new costume as an art project, and pride myself on being original. I don’t have a lot of money either, and this entire Homemade Amphitrite Greek Goddess Costume cost me under $100. … Read more
I decided to be Medusa sometime around June (yes I start planning that early). I knew I wanted a full head of snakes, not just a few intertwined in my hair. If the “hair” wasn’t right, the costume would have failed. It took a lot of patience and ingenuity, but I finally figured out a … Read more
This Homemade Athena Greek Goddess Costume is made of 7 yards of draped fabric, a vinyl wrapped piping snake detail on the aegis with green crystal eyes, all hand stitched. The pendant around her neck is a image of an ancient gorgon carved with an Xacto-Knife from clay then baked and hand painted. The helmet … Read more