The original story of Medusa always fascinated me when I was growing up, so I decided to create my interpretation of her costume this year. After doing some research online I was going to go the route of cutting off the front of a baseball cap and then adorning it with snakes. I got a … Read more
So this is my golden sexy Medusa costume, I hope you like it :) Skirt: I made the skirt out of a crunched strapless dress, tulle and spray paint. I just added lots and lots of tulle at the bottom and spray painted the skirt using stockings to create a scale look. Top: I used … Read more
This Grecian heroine was at the top of my list for costume ideas, but I had no idea how to sew a purple dress from scratch and the replica ones for sale are way over my budget! SO, I headed to Goodwill with a few different costume character ideas in mind, hoping to find some … Read more
It was my daughter’s idea to be Medusa this year and I was super excited and up for the challenge. I knew that I wanted a full on showstopper of a wig and not a headdress, so I sat down and sketched out how to tackle this hair. Immediately I thought of those white foam spheres … Read more
It’s hard to make a baby’s face look scary since they are sooo cute… so I decided to make a cupid costume. :) For the hair, I made little yellow pompoms out of yarn and sewed them together in a yellow bonnet. For the outfit, I hot glued cotton balls in a baby brief to … Read more
My Medusa costume was easy to make and the reactions were great. People asked “where did you buy the hat”. Headpiece–The costume was constructed of a foam cap as a base and then layered with the below coil decorations, topped with rubber snakes from the dollar store. Each layer spray painted with metallic paint before … Read more
Here’s my son’s Spartan costume. I always wanted something unique, especially DIY costumes for my kids and especially now that they can’t decide or go for whatever they like, like the usual Spiderman, transformers; that my son loves so much! My husband loves PS3 games especially God of War so thats how we end up … Read more
I made this Medusa costume for the World Record Pumpkin Festival 2014 in Keene, NH. Each year Keene has a pumpkin festival to celebrate Halloween and keep the world record of the most lit jack-o-lanterns in a city. There’s always a high level of well thought out costumes and I try for originality each year. Making … Read more
Before there was Narnia, Avengers or Dr. Who (all pop-mythology we LOVE) there was Greek mythology. Thus, our family chose to dress as gods and goddesses of the Greek Pantheon this Halloween. I am Hera, the mother. My oldest son Avery is Apollo, the intellectual. My daughter Clara is Artemis, the huntress, and my youngest … Read more
This is how I made my Phoenix costume. Skirt: To create this costume I started by cutting fabric feathers in two sizes, medium and large. Once they were all finished, I layered them and sewed them to an elastic band for the skirt. Next for the top I ordered several hundred red craft feathers that … Read more
I love dressing up for Halloween, but the one thing I always wanted to be was MEDUSA! But I could never figure out how on earth to do it. The most challenging part was her snake hair. Rubber snakes were too heavy to use, plus costly. Store bought Medusa snake hair looked cheap and fake. … Read more
Before I get into how I made the pieces of the Kratos costume, I will start with saying it took about 4 hours to get the body paint done. Most of which I spent with my arms in the air so the paint did not stick together. Everyone thought it was funny and I had … Read more