Headless Marie Antionette Costume

Headless Marie Antionette Costume

This headless Marie Antionette costume was so much fun. I started with a dress that was cheap and looked like something she would wear. Then I cut a hole through it right in the bodice area. I added material for length. I glued the little dress to a plastic mannequin form and then stuffed the … Read more

Decapitaded Scientist Illusion Costume for a Girl

Decapitaded Scientist Illusion Costume for a Girl

I saw this costume on the internet and thought it would be funny for our local costume competition.  As soon as she walked in everyone looked. I framed the upper body using foam poster board to keep it light.  I cut slots to feed a belt through to hold the torso frame in place.  The … Read more

Headless Zombie Bride Costume

Headless Zombie Bride Costume

My daughter Madison wanted to enter a Halloween parade in Rehobeth Beach, Delaware.  She decided on a headless bride and we Googled it up for Halloween with zombie painting.  I found a 70’s style wedding dress ($20.00) and with newspaper (arms), Styrofoam (neck), wooden dowel (spine), Elmer’s glue (blood) and duct tape, we came up … Read more

Easier-Than-It-Looks Headless Mrs. Bloody Mary Costume

I made this  headless Mrs. Bloody Mary costume in an attempt to be ultra different and gory this year. I was tired of the usual vampires, witches or sexy Halloween costumes. I spent hours thinking of how I’d put it together, boy was it a surprise when all it took was 2 hours! Easiest costume that … Read more

Cool Handmade Headless Bride Costume

Cool Handmade Headless Bride Costume

I have been making Halloween costumes for 45 years, since I started sewing at age 10.  My costumes have always been very involved, but have been of the softer, gentler or superhero type.  After my kids came along, they were Madison from Splash, Batman, the Joker, a Mutant Ninja Turtle, Roger and Jessic Rabbit, even … Read more

DIY Illusion Costume: Headless Person Holding His Head!

DIY Illusion Costume: Headless Person Holding His Head!

This Headless person holding his head was one of the easiest costumes I made,  but not to comfortable to wear all night , at the Halloween costume party.  I bought a a double extra large man’s dress shirt and cut out a diamond shape out of the front of it and glued  shelving liner on to … Read more

Cool Headless Marie Antionette Costume

Cool Headless Marie Antionette Costume

I’ve always loved dressing up, and Halloween is one of my favorite holidays.  But after I had children, more of my energy went into their costumes than mine. For a few years, I didn’t even dress up at all.  Last year,  I decided to put more of an effort into my own costume and  bought … Read more

Cool Headless Celebs Costume

Cool Headless Celebs Costume

these headless costumes are always sure to please the crowd, whether it’s a headless Zombie or a headless Celebrity or even as headlessly married. I first designed one of these just the zombie around 2008 I had even made a rolling coffin from a wheel chair to go with, so that could stand inside and … Read more

Scary Headless Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI and Executioner Costumes!

Scary Headless Marie Antoinette, Louis XVI and Executioner Costumes!

I wanted to make a wonderful themed group costume for me, my younger brother, Aidan (6) and my sister Justine (9). I knew it had to something special and memorable. We settled on Marie Antoinette, her executioner and Louis XVI. They were really excited to help me work on it. My brother’s executioner costume was … Read more

Cool Headless Bride Halloween Costume for a Girl

Cool Headless Bride Halloween Costume for a Girl

My daughter and I made this headless bride custome for a halloween custome parade and for trick or treating.  I found a vintage 1970’s bridal gown and made a simple slit in the middle.  We found that a horizontal slit worked best.  I had her use a old back pack and attached lightweight wooden dowls to … Read more

Headless Old Man Illusion Costume

Headless Old Man Illusion Costume

I found the idea for this costume on-line and adapted to my small size.  I already had the mask from a previous year. I took a child’s backpack and put solid foam shaped in a “T” in it for the shoulders.  For the neck Itried to use an actual chicken neck, but it was proportionately too small.  … Read more

Best-Ever Headless Trick-or-Treater

Best-Ever Headless Trick-or-Treater

My daughter is 8 years old and she thinks about halloween all year round.  She knew last year that she wanted to be a headless person. Now how we were going to do it was the trick. We bought a couple long trench coats from a local thrift store. For only $2.00 each we didn’t … Read more