As a college senior swearing into the world’s greatest Air Force this May, I decided to get a headstart on training by building myself an airplane! I was inspired to build an F-16 because it’s what my dad flew, and he’s the reason I decided to fly! It all started with a big TV box. … Read more
My son loves Dusty from Disney Planes. So of course he wanted to be Dusty for Halloween. This was a challenge for me but the smile on his face was worth all the hard work. I started out sketching the overall shape of Dusty using my son’s toy as a model. After sketching and erasing … Read more
My son wanted to be an airplane from Disney Planes, El Chupacabra. My husband took one look at the toy and said “no way, that is too hard!” But I knew how much he loved El Chupacabra so I stepped up to the challenge (it really was a challenge.) I started out at the Dollar … Read more
What a last minute costume… As I only had 5 days to get a Halloween costume together for my family. Just had my newborn baby and wanted to do something unique and special. So we had a radio flyer airplane around the house so it hit me, how about airplane pilots and stewardess. I first … Read more
We’ve just moved to the USA so this was our first ‘real’ Halloween and my 4 year old son was VERY excited to be able to choose his own costume. He started out wanting a Police outfit, then he wanted to be a Fireman, then a spaceman and finally he settled on being a pilot. … Read more
My one and a half year old son loves airplanes or “aepains” as he calls them. Whenever we are outside, and he sees on he points and shrieks “aepain!” Sometimes eleven if we’re were in the house he can hear them and he does the same thing! So about 2 months ago, I starTed googling … Read more
We came across an airplane as we were thinking and browsing for Halloween Costumes. Of course the 5 year old thought it was ‘cool’ and I thought, ‘I can make that’… famous last words. It actually was not nearly as difficult as I thought it might be. I found one big box for the body … Read more
I made this costume for a Jazz age themed party and it got a lot of attention. It’s a combination of an early pin up girl and show girl costume. My wife found the dress online. It looks like a vintage dress from the 1930s and shows some leg and it has the silver sparkle … Read more
Well my 7yr old son who happens to have autsim is in love with 2 things …The NY Jets and Great Big Pumpkin Charlie Brown …when i asked him what he wanted to be for halloween he said a Jet and Snoopy the flying ace ..so we came up with first a Jets and were … Read more
My three year old daughter Annabella Drummer is obsessed with the Care Bears and really wanted to be one for Halloween. I wanted her to be what she wanted, but I also wanted to make her something special homemade. She has always been infatuated with airplanes and every time she sees one she asks if … Read more
Amazingly I had the idea for our airline costume the day after Halloween last year….this year I’m not having as much luck! When coming up with a costume the main focus of the costume has to be able to work on my gigantic dog, Gallagher. If not, then we move on to something else. The … Read more
This is my son Jake in his Plane costume! My husband made this costume for him. I just did quality control. Call me the project manager! He started with a box and cut out the top and bottom. This will be the cockpit. He then used chicken wire to construct the shape of the plane. … Read more