My friend and I love Misty May and Kerri Walsh and we just happened to be the perfect height and hair color to pull off the costume ! We made gold medals out of gold foam sheets and purple ribbon, and then used silver letter stickers to write out London 2012. Then we bought blue … Read more
My buddy and I went as separate luchadors last year, so we wanted to team up to make the best Legion of Doom wrestling partners costume. We got used football pads from a sporting store, spray painted them red. Bought the leggings, and “spikes” from Michaels, spray painted those sterling silver for the metallic look. Bought dark color … Read more
This cool homemade couple costume: Stanley Cup and Alec Martinez started off with my love for the LA Kings and there recent win of the Stanley Cup! I like to dress up as things that are current, so my girlfriend and I both agreed that me dressing as a Kings player and her into a … Read more
I was due in December 2010, and our friends have a Halloween party every year. When I was pregnant, I was all belly and I thought if I could somehow make my belly a basketball, I could make the rest of the basketball player costume from items around the house. I cut the belly out … Read more
I’d been thinking about doing this shocking Serena Williams costume for a man for a couple years and finally decided break it out in 2011. It was a 4 part construction: 1. I had my mom sew a tennis skirt. 2. I bought a cheap pink sports tank top and pink strip of fabric to … Read more
This is an adult halloween “Macho Man” Randy Savage costume I made last Halloween to pay tribute to the late wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage who passed away in 2011. I took a suit jack and painted it gold. I then added green/yellow ribbon and zebra print to the jacket as well as the Macho … Read more
Having a serious love for sewing and the delight in having an outfit, costume, or décor/craft item that no one else has…gave my daughter and often times several of her friends an edge on Halloween. Nearly all of her life, I was thrilled to put my talent to work on costumes, most were from patterns … Read more
Honestly not too sure how my fiancee came up with this idea for this Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skaters costume, but it’s a relatively easy costume to put together. Visit your nearby Goodwill and look for treasures. I would say the main part is the makeup and hair style. We did have real ice skates, … Read more
The hunters we just got a lot of the pieces at Walmart or borrowed camo clothing from friends. We wore a lot of orange, camo and anything bright you would wear in the woods . We carried little toy guns and plastic knifes. One girl just wore black shorts then cut up a camo tshit and … Read more
I’m back. I usually like to make my costumes a play on words. Last year’s idea came from me being from New Orleans and a huge “New Orleans Saints Fan” and our saying is “Who Dat”, Who Dat say they gonna beat them Saints!” So last year I went as a “Who Dat” and this is my costume. … Read more
When my kids were little I loved dressing them up for Halloween and taking them to the mall for contest. Here Kaylee is 6 years old and I made her a “REAL GHOST”. I love to work with makeup so I covered her face with a white/gray theater makeup and spitit glued bugs on her … Read more
Hi! I am Veyda and I am in high school. I have always wanted a mascot costume. The one I wanted was $2100.00. So that was out of the question. I love to design characters and ZipZap is the design I made for me. I asked my Mom if I could get the supplies and … Read more