This is my witch costume! I love witches, and have wanted to do a fun spin on it for a while. So I put together an outfit with a very fluffy white skirt (plus two petticoats! There’s almost ten layers of ruffles!) and a black vest. (Originally this was a custom corset with coat tails, … Read more
My daughter Eve is 3 years old, and finally decided she wanted to be a witch for Halloween. I was super excited since I was planning on making her costume, and this was my first Halloween with my sewing machine! I went to the fabric store right away and found a beautiful purple fabric, and … Read more
I designed this costume for my daughter, who after all these years, still loves to dress up for Halloween. Her costume is a witch on fire. Basically, the back story is that she’s suppose to be one of the wealthier residents of Salem before she is accused of being a witch. Then, when the townsfolk … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a “non scary fancy witch” so with a lot of tulle this is what I did! I used eight 6″ rolls (had some left over) of tulle. Black, orange, green and purple. I cut strips and attached two layers to a black crochet top… the second layer made it really … Read more
This woodland witch costume came about because of the question: Why is a witch traditionally depicted with green skin? The answer was that she was becoming part of the forest. So from there I set out to create a character that looked like she had just uprooted from the woods and came out for Halloween. … Read more
I decided it would be fun to make a extra large witch head for Halloween this year. First I thought I would do paper mache, but ended up doing Plaster of Paris. First, I took a large punching balloon and covered it with strips of newspaper dipped in plaster. I did a few coatings of … Read more
Our family loves Halloween – this passion is led by my husband Dan, who has always enjoyed thinking up ideas and making Halloween costumes. He is a firm believer of always making his costumes himself. Anyone who knows Dan, cannot wait to see what he thinks of each year. Since we’ve had children, he of … Read more
Since in Germany, where I live, Halloween is not so popular as in other countries, I made this costume for carnival, when many people in Germany wear costumes. The idea for this costume came into my mind one night while falling asleep. Such an idea, when you are nearly gone into dreamworld but then you … Read more
I wanted a witch costume that was only black and white, and since I couldn’t find one, I decided to make it. The major issues were: I didn’t have a lot of money to spend on it, and I can’t sew. So it would have to be created where ever possible from recycled items, hot … Read more
This costume was made to enter a costume contest at our summer camp. We used the idea of a headless person but added a twist. Using a large box as the main prop in this costume we were worried about how heavy it would be, luckily our daughter is a trooper and didn’t mind. We … Read more
For my Halloween costume this year I knew I had several events I had to attend and wanted to have a costume that would allow me to use the same key pieces without being the same costume. So, my husband loves to do couple costumes and we decided on a masquerade theme for our “couple … 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