This skeleton costume was from a pattern from Simplicity. There were 4 different costumes in the pattern and I liked the skeleton the best. I bought the black and white fabric on sale for about $1 per yard. I bought the gloves on a $1.00 table. They were a little big, but they glow in … Read more
Originally was going to do Thundercats but kept seeing the skull mask in different stores. Going off the theme of a childhood cartoon I chose Skeletor and Evil Lynn, a masters of the universe costume. The mask is the only item bought and worn as is. It was the foam kind that glued down to … Read more
We bought most of the clothes for our Smurf costume at the thrift store. Most expensive item was the blonde wig, and the best part was that my husband already had the beard! Blue face paint was pretty easy to wash off. We bought kids blue knit gloves for our hands. We attended two different … Read more
I always wanted to be Snow White for Halloween. I could not find a worthy Snow White costume to purchase. I have been sewing since I was seven and figured I could make my own costume. I spent one year planning the costume and buying the materials. Since an adult size Snow White pattern is … Read more
My 11 year old son Cole loves the latest rap star Soulja Boy so he asked for a Soulja Boy costume. I bought a white extra large jacket from a sports shop and painted Soulja Boy’s jacket artwork myself that I saw online. He also wears writing on his sunglass lenses so I copied that … Read more
My Sponge bob costume idea came about because my nieces of four years and two years of age love SpongeBob. I decided to make a dream come true for two special little girls in my life. Up to a challenge and about two weeks of work I came out with costumes in which my nieces … Read more
Here’s the story behind the making of our cool Squidward costume. When it comes to “SpongeBob Square pants” everyone always wants to be the loveable sponge but I opted to be his bitter rival Squidward (I work with children so all of us employees dressed up for Halloween). After searching in vain for a Squidward … Read more
Our family dressed up in Star wars Halloween costumes. The Black and Red Costume is my husband. He is an Empyreal Rebel Bounty Hunter. He used a boba fet helmet and spray painted it with the design he wanted. He used his old football shoulder pads. We used some bondo on some elbow and knee … Read more
I was 8 months pregnant and came up with a great way to use my big belly! A big Sumo Wrestler was just the costume! I already had a cream colored shirt so I began searching for something to wear on the bottom. A pair of Pajama pants did the trick. Then I bought a … Read more
I made up this original super hero costume in one day. I went to Dick’s Sporting Good Store and bought the whole thing but the cape and the S on the front of my shirt. I got the cape and S from Hobby Lobby Store. I got the lone ranger mask from a Halloween store. … Read more
My band, The Chop, created these costumes by hand, each one a Superhero costume. Aquaman – two layers of green tights, one black Speedo, a belt, cardboard (for the big “A”), yellow spray paint for the belt and the “A”, a blond wig, an orange long sleeve t-shirt and green felt for the wrist bands. … Read more
All I got for this costume was a blue onesie (I already owned one), red socks (already had these too), red felt, yellow felt (which costs like 20 cents at WalMart), some glue and satiny fabric for the cape (Velcro if you want the cape to be detachable). I just cut out the superman emblem … Read more