Explosive Dragon Costume

Explosive Dragon Costume

I wanted a costume that could combine a great articulated wing design from a fellow Instructables user, shoot steam and possibly utilize stilts. Dragon seemed to fit the requirements. The costume uses a lot of EVA foam (aka cross-linked polyethylene foam). The head was made of sheets of foam, backed with cardboard, and supported with … Read more

Sexy Homemade Alien Invader Costume

Sexy Homemade Alien Invader Costume

Alien costumes are not easy to find. I wanted something that reminded people of the aliens from the movie Alien but maybe was a little more approachable and not so slimy. What I came up with was a combination of the alien from the Alien movies, and the creature from the movie Splice. The entire … Read more

Original Homemade Marshall Stack Amps and Speakers Costume!

Original Homemade Marshall Stack Amps and Speakers Costume!

Anyone who is a fan of live rock n’ roll music will appreciate this one! Marshall amps and speakers are well known equipment amongst musicians of all genres.  This is my homemade version of a Marshall 4×15 slant faced cabinet with a Marshall JTM45 head. If you are a fan of this equipment, you will … Read more

Coolest Homemade Peacock Costume for Pet Dog

Coolest Homemade Peacock Costume for Pet Dog

I started on her hat first. I got her hat at a discounted wholesale store for $1. Then I went to Hobby Lobby and got little peacock feathers and some black feathers and used a glue gun to glue the feathers onto her hat.  Next I made her green and blue tutu. I used tulle … Read more

Funny Illusion Couple Costume: Jay-Z, Beyonce and Blue Ivy

Funny Illusion Couple Costume: Jay-Z, Beyonce and Blue Ivy

Jay-Z and Beyonce took Blue Ivy out…Jay-Z was a bit of a challenge. I laminated a high megapixel picture of his face and glued it to a long high quality posterboard. Securely fastened the image with a slight slant to my torso with duct tape. Added padding to my shoulders and placed collar around his … Read more

Original DIY Woman’s Chanel Bag Costume

Original DIY Woman's Chanel Bag Costume

To make the bag I used : Medium sized box Quilted black fabric Metal Chain Gold Spray Paint I Cut the fabric to size then I used fabric glue to stick it to the box, kept the box intact as I experimented with many boxes and took them apart but they lose structure! I then … Read more

Bloody Headless Marie Antoinette Costume

Bloody Headless Marie Antoinette Costume

Last year I was the bride of Frankenstein and found an awesome wedding dress at a thrift store… so in order to be thrifty and reuse that awesome find I decided to be Marie Antoinette.  A Headless Marie Antoinette!  So I looked online for various versions of the costume.  The simplest and best looking step … Read more

Easy, Cheap and Amazing Little Mermaid Family Costume

Easy, Cheap and Amazing Little Mermaid Family Costume

My Little girl really wanted to be a mermaid for Halloween- I don’t like buying things that everyone else can go out and buy, I love to be original. Mermaid, mermaid I started thinking! What could we all be? That’s it… THE LITTLE MERMAID! The wheels started turning. I knew right away that my baby … Read more

Homemade Cleopatra Queen of the Nile Costume for a Girl

Homemade Cleopatra Queen of the Nile Costume for a Girl

This is my daughter Kylie. She wanted to be the Queen of the Nile. This costume started out pretty simple to make. It took me about 7 hours to make it. Towards the end my sewing machine stopped working properly. That’s the worst when you are making a costume that’s completely made by sewing!! I … Read more