Since our first son was born I have always made our costumes. The more kids we have the more fun it is getting. This year we decided to do a Flintstones family costume. It took me about 5 months of planning, sewing, airbrushing, hot gluing and painting to make all of the costumes. You can’t … Read more
My boyfriend and I dressed as Meat Loaf and meatloaf last year for Halloween. He was Meatloaf the music artist and wore a basic suit jacket that he cut the sleeves off of, a black wig, and carried a microphone with some red fabric on it. My costume was a little more time consuming. I … Read more
Every once in awhile my husband and I refer to my little destructive infant son Henry as H-Bomb, so it was quite fitting for us to choose a Bob-Omb from Mario as his first costume. I sewed the entire costume myself (except for the long sleeve top underneath) out of fleece and felt with a … Read more
I’m a bit of a Disney freak. Anytime there’s an opportunity to craft a costume I usually go for one of the characters. I’ve been everything from a wicked step sister, to Malicifent, to Snow White. I decided to be Ariel from the Little Mermaid. I was determined to win best costume at the event … Read more
We love Monty Python. Everyone did their own Monty Python group costume and we did not see any of them until we all came together. We all did it very inexpensive. Lots of looking around at Goodwill stores and fabric depot. We all watched the movie and picked which character we wanted to be. Also a … Read more
Our favorite show is Dexter so we loved the idea of creating an easy, inexpensive, yet memorable Dexter and his Victim Couples Costume. Dexter costume: Green long-sleeved Henley purchased from H&M or amazon.com Black apron purchased at craft store Face shield purchased at hardware store Syringe purchased at Party City Dexter’s … Read more
For a costume contest at work, we decided to make a “marry scary costume”. We found an old suit at the thrift store, complete with matching hat, a lace 3/4th sleeve top and the liner cut out from an old prom dress made do for the skirt of the bridal dress. By the way, most … Read more
Last year, I wanted to be a clown, and I was going to make my boyfriend Krusty, but he wanted to be Kermit the Frog! I was still in love with being a clown, and thought “why not do both?” Then the idea of “Kermit the Clown”, and “Miss Piggy the Diva Clown” couple costume … Read more
Inspiration comes in many forms, but for this costume, it came from a t-shirt. My daughter saw the t-shirt at a local store and decided to be a “vegetarian zombie” for Halloween. The t-shirt reads “Vegetarian zombies eat graaaiinnnss.” In making this costume, a person could take a plain t-shirt and write the simple phrase” … Read more
I had to make a costume that was game or anime related that hadn’t been done before, so I decided to go with one of my favorite card games, Munchkin from Steve Jackson Games. The best part was the axe that took the most of my time, effort, and money. How much? I don’t even … Read more
I planned to make a Rubik’s cube costume way before Halloween, just never got around to it until the day before Halloween hit! I love getting artsy fartsy so whipping up a costume in one day was no problem. I bought different colored construction paper at the dollar store and black duct tape at OSH. … Read more
My 5 year old nephew is nutso crazy about the transformers! I kinda have to add that I too love them dearly (heh). I’ve made his costume one time before when he wanted to be Thomas the tank engine and I HAD to deliver again this year! Based more on the classic cartoon version. I wish I … Read more