This costume was relativity inexpensive to make but I would put it as a moderate level of difficulty. We always want to outdo last years costume so this year we went with this. We thought it was pretty cool :) It took us about 5 days to complete just working a couple hours a day … Read more
These Bunny in Magician Hat costumes were completely handmade. The bunny outfits were made from white fleece and only 1/2 to waist where the hat rim was. We glued cardboard to the fleece to make it flat for the bottom of the bunny feet. We then glued pink felt cut in shape of paw bottoms, … Read more
My brother has a very competitive Halloween Party every year. Each year there is a theme. Last year, I won Best Costume as an Infamous Person. This year, it was Commercial Characters and/or products. For the first time I was entering as a couple. I was so nervous to bring my new boyfriend to the … Read more
I originally created this Woman Giving Birth to a 2-Headed baby costume in 2004 and it was just made on a thin piece of plywood and I had to carry it by side handles. It was very hard to handle and hard to keep level, but in spite of the trouble, I entered 2 contest and … Read more
My 8 year old son is wearing the costume. The idea came from watching the Despicable Me movie. Everything that I used in making this costume is recycled materials. His pirate shirt is my old white maternity blouse that I altered to make it fit on my son. His fake legs is a combination of … Read more
The costume began its life in a car ride with my son on a yellow sticky note. He wanted to make his Halloween costume last year and began with a basic sketch of the Headless Horseman. I looked up, “how to make a Headless Horseman costume”, on Pinterest as I remembered my own childhood dream … Read more
I built the chair frame in the shape of a recliner with cardboard and duct tape. I covered the chair with quilt batting and ugly fabric and stapled the shape of the neck cushion and chair arms. I cut a hole in the middle of the seat and added straps so my son could actually wear … Read more
Well one thing I have to say is, ” It’s a a good thing I live in a 55 and over community, and the costume party was all adults, because this couple in bed illusion costume is a little raunchy.” I started off with a long piece of Styrofoam and a sheet. I actually made … Read more
In years past I have enjoyed creating large, elaborate costumes that rested on my shoulders, stayed strapped to my waist or were attached to a backpack. (See photos for “Deer gets hunter” and “Genie on a carpet!”) I wanted to do something similar this year, but had a unique challenge as I had broken my … Read more
This “Sleeping Beauty” costume took a fair bit of thinking which is hard to do these days with 2 kids running about the place! The easiest part of the costume was spray painting the 4 styrofoam balls, and 3 wrapping paper rolls gold. My daughter was able to take some ownership of this costume making … Read more
The idea hit me while I was at the dinner table. I quickly sketched it out on a yellow post it note. (I still have that sketch somewhere.) For the past few years, i have been making my costumes out of cardboard boxes. most of them I found searching behind grocery stores, alleys, furniture stores, you … Read more
This “bloody gash” face is fairly easy once you get used to working with latex. I used a cream white and green base on my face that dries quickly. I then used black cream base around my eyes and shadow area of face. Next, I poured a small amount of liquid latex into a plastic bowl … Read more