I had really struggled to come up with the idea for a costume, and one day when I was driving down the road and “Ice Ice Baby” came on the radio something clicked. I knew there were three of us wanting to come up with a creative costume for a Halloween party we were going … Read more
My son is blind and has occasional seizures so I had to make a costume that would be easy for him to wear. I bought him a green sweatshirt and pinned the letter “P” in various places on the shirt. Then I colored in a black eye on him. He was a black-eyed pea. However, … Read more
My brother, Luke, is 12 this year, and he was having trouble thinking of a costume. So I thought of the saying ‘When life gives you lemons…’ and we came up with this! We wanted to keep the costume plain. No logo tee shirts, no bright colors. So Luke just wore jeans and a white … Read more
My husband and I were going to a hallowed party this year and we were going to have six of us dress up as a group. Two of them cancelled on us, so I needed to rethink what we could be. I looked online and there wasn’t much that I liked, so for days I racked my brain. I … Read more
My costume is a a super “hero” sandwich. I wanted to go with a pun costume to make it stand out and be more unique. though I didn’t get to actually wear this costume on Halloween (lack of time). I had a blast making it! Materials needed 2 yards of brown fleece 2 yards of white fleece 2 red … Read more
At first, we were going to be sugar and spice. But we realized it was much more fun to be spicy! So along came our idea to be two Spice Girls of our favorite hot sauces, Tabasco and Sriracha. We bought oversized shirts, cut off the sleeves, and bought fabric pens. For Tabasco, she bought a … Read more
Every Halloween, I try to think of a great pun-based costume. This year I thought of “When Life gives you Lemons…” Everyone knows the classic expression, but what if I were to take it literally? Thus I became Life, and handed out lemons. For my costume, I wore a white t-shirt, and a white suit … Read more
I followed a tutorial I found on YouTube for the make-up application for a Sand-Witch Halloween costume. That took me about an hour. I just bought cheap make-up and fake nose and chin at Party City (not the professional stuff). It would have looked better with the pro make-up but this worked fine for a … Read more
Typically my husband and I choose a couples-themed costume, but when he chose to be Ryan Gosling’s character from “Drive,” I knew I was on my own. I look forward to putting together a costume each year, and not simply buying a pre-made packaged one. After weeks of racking my brain, I finally came up … Read more
This Witch Doctor couple costume was a total last minute costume idea. My usual is a play on words idea. We were invited to a costume party the day of and had to come up with something quick. I had already worn my costume for several other occasions such as my Witch Kraft ideas and … Read more
My college friends and I decided to be the “Hot Mess Express” for Halloween in college, after the popular term was coined for a group of girls who tend to be drunk hot messes. We all got conductor hats, suspenders, fish nets and either black or jeans shorts. then white shirts cut up in different … Read more
I put my three favorite things together horror, humor, and music. After going to a few thrift stores I found a blue dress to fit me. All the sexy blues dresses I tried on would not fit. I needed a bra large enough to fit two computer amplified computer speakers under the dress which I … Read more