Christmas on Halloween? Hey, the Stores do it, Why Not? Spent way too much money on tulle, made the skirt, ran out of tulle. I would have liked to use more but didn’t want to spend more money. We sewed leaf sequins to her headband, and the star and Bought led battery lights. She absolutely … Read more
I am a teacher at a private school and my students loved it during our school’s Halloween Festival. The Easter basket is the part of the costume I made to hold my daughter, the baby duck, and myself the Easter bunny. I used hula hoops and fabric to create the basket. I used my daughter’s … Read more
We both love Halloween and this year wanted to celebrate the holiday together with a couple costume. After deciding on a Day of the Dead theme for a party we were throwing we decided to go as a bride and groom, perfect couple idea. I love making costumes myself, I love that what I’m wearing … Read more
This year’s costume was my wife’s choice. We have always been into the Day of the Dead but never thought to dress up as that style. So we began our research to get ideas and inspiration for our costumes. We found lots of great sugar skull face paintings but, fell in love with the half face sugar skull … Read more
This is a pretty easy and cheap costume to assemble. First you’ll need – Friends. Got some? Good! One step complete. Obviously this works better with a larger group, the more people there are the more holidays you can do. Each of you decide what holiday you would like to represent. We choose to do … Read more
This Dia de los Muertas (Mexican Day of the Dead) costume was a blast to make. I already had the Mexican-looking long skirt. I bought a cheap black corset from Walmart and hot-glued black and red roses and black feathers on to it. Then I glued fake black and red flowers onto a plain back … Read more
I decided I was going to do this because I was texting my friend, and we we’re running out of things to talk about, so I randomly asked her, “what should I be for Halloween?”. She responded with “hold on”, and I didn’t expect her to reply, but about 10-15 minutes later, she sent me … Read more
Inspired by Día de Muertos my boyfriend and I did our make-up ourselves and went thrift shopping and used clothes already on hand to complete the look. We got a TON of complements and even got a heartfelt thank you from a Mexican woman for representing her country! I did a lot of Googling and … Read more
I did this Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer couple costume with my friend from work for a “Christmas themed” costume. She dressed up as a reindeer, and I went to Goodwill and bought over the belly button pants that we’re to short, wore bunchy socks, grandma shoes, huge glasses, and a Goodwill button up … Read more
I bought a simple tan dress at the Goodwill store for this Pocahontas costume ($7). Cut of one shoulder strap, measured and sewed to fit me. Took an old white men’s undershirt (free) and cut into fringes for the bottom and sewed. Then I cut a belt from a brown shirt from the Thrift shop ($1) and pinned it one. … Read more
I love team costumes. Every year we try to find something better. This year, after a trip in Mexico I thought of El Dia de los Muertos. We first got inspired by painting, art works and skulls. Then, we visited second hand shops and found bustiers and skirts. We found at the 1 dollar shop plastic flowers and simply glued them … Read more
Cover face in white paint to make an awesome Day of the Dead makeup and costume. Use eye liner to draw wavy circles around eyes. Cover eyelid in a bright color blend to black around the edges. Add black shadow to cheeks and add nose. Be creative! Add new colors, shapes and lines! Hair… Curl … Read more