My boyfriend and I loved Back to the Future, so we decided we wanted a Marty McFly and Jennifer Parker couple costume, but we did not own anything that worked. We set off to thrift stores and found 100% of our clothes in the three stores we went to. The vest was essential and was … Read more
Gothic Queen of Hearts, Alice in Wonderland, and Cheshire Cat. We ended up having most of this in our closets between the three of us. Cat ears and cat tutu were bought, everything else was a last minute piece together between us three girls. Hair was ratted and makeup overdone, and fishnets all around. We wanted … Read more
I made this Silent Hill nurse costume a couple years ago entirely by hand! Every aspect, aside from perhaps the shoes and tights, was made by yours truly. And even the shoes and tights were, as you can clearly see, heavily modified by a decent spattering of real — Er, I mean … Fake … … Read more
These astronauts costumes were inspired by the one and only first astronaut that landed the American Flag on the moon by Edward H. White. One of the things that inspired me was when the Endeavor final mission landed on L.A.X. I was one of the most fortunate of hundreds of people to go see it … Read more
My daughter saw a picture on pinterest of a jellyfish costume and that was it thats what’s what gave her the cool Phosphorescent Jellyfish Costume idea which she HAD to be. But ummmm HOW !??? So I finally found a white umbrella at the drug store. Then I went looking from store to store, dollar … Read more
Last year my son decided to be a Thanksgiving table. This creative Turkey Head on Thanksgiving Table costume idea was super easy to create! I just cut two squares out of cardboard and hot glued them together. I also taped them together, for added security! I cut a hole in the middle, large enough to fit … Read more
I was looking for something unique but yet would help keep my daughter warm on a cold Halloween night ! I wanted something easy for her to get in and out of too. With out a ton of makeup and accessories. So I saw a devil egg somewhere and I knew I had to make … Read more
Originally, we didn’t have a Halloween costume for my nephew. We were headed to Trunk Or Treat at our church and had to quickly pull something together. We had this easy, last-minute Toddler costume idea: Hobo. Everyone loved it! People were stopping to take pictures of/with him and we were the talk of the town. … Read more
I made Yoda the Jedi Master costume from a simple picture I took from the movie. His head was made of starch and news paper with a large punching balloon for the shape. The funniest part was as I was adding the starch and paper the balloon kept it flatting. I didn’t know the balloon … Read more
Pinocchio’s and his friends Jiminy Cricket, Figaro, and Cleo. I improved on my naughty Pinocchio cage Optical Illusion costume by adding a paper mache Pinocchio head and tree nose with a bird nest, leaves and flowers. I painted the face with acrylic paints and sealed the mask with clear spray paint. I added some twinkle … Read more
In keeping with the nature theme, our daughter dressed as a flower the year, our son dressed as an apple tree! To put together the flower costume, my mom made a tutu out of green tulle. She basically gathered the tulle and sewed it to some elastic (there are lots of tutorials online with various … Read more
My son has been very creative at coming up with costumes. One year he really wanted to be an apple tree, so we did our best to oblige and this is our Apple Tree child costume i.dea We took a large piece of cardboard and cut out the shape of a tree, wrapping the trunk … Read more