This Blooming idiot costume was a last minute idea. I got out my green skirt and blouse and pinned artificial flowers on the outfit. I put a green vine around my neck – I was entertaining the idea of being Mother Nature. I quickly realized that I had more flowers than vines; so a change … Read more
For the bomb, it was simply made out of duck tape dress. Once it was on, we got red construction paper and folded them into 4 tubes. We connected the tubes with random wiring found around the house and had duck taped them onto the duck tape dress. We then found a timer and had … Read more
My sister and I are big Seahawks fans. So after the recent win and 49er complaints about the noise level, we decided to be 40 whiners fans. I made a Tshirt in 49ers colors that said “forty whiners fan.” It was super cheap. Got it at Wet Seal, 5 shirts for $20. I used Tshirt … Read more
I put my costume on and headed out to the parties. After getting a few confused and dirty smirks, I realized I needed to have people start guessing what my costume was. “Clearly you’re choking the chicken” many people would say and I would laugh and just call them dirty minded individuals. The best of … Read more
For the mailman costume we bought a blue shirt and pants at Goodwill, just used a plain black bag. All the stickers we used we got from a local post office! The Mail order bride costume was a simple white tutu, white garter, white stockings, a veil, and then printed out the mail logo on … Read more
It was my first Halloween with my boyfriend, and I was so excited to finally have someone to dress up with – of course we had to do a couples costume! I looked all over for ideas, and not one to be above puns, instantly LOVED the “Peace and Quiet” idea… So, I got to … Read more
Who wouldn’t want a Dunkin Doughnut, I made this costume for my daughter who is into sports and loves Dunkin Donuts. She wanted a costume that would stand out and something that wasn’t to much to handle while she was in school and trick or treating. Like anything the first time you try to create … Read more
My friend and I weren’t sure what we wanted to be for Halloween, but we knew we wanted to be a pair. We thought long and hard about it, and decided to just go with what it is that we are. My one friend is very sweet, and is just like sugar, and I am … Read more
I always thought it would be hilarious to do a trashy version of Barbie since there’s so many out there. We decided to throw our own spin on it- and doing “White Trash” the only things we had to buy were the wig and the baby. My boyfriend wore what he always wears, I just … Read more
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