Cool Homemade KISS Group Halloween Costume

Cool Homemade KISS Group Halloween Costume

My birthday is on October 29th, so Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays. I am always looking for awesome costume ideas where I can make everything myself. This year, I was searching the Coolest Homemade Costumes site in August, and came across the idea to do a group KISS costume. I pitched … Read more

Coolest Guns N’ Roses Family Halloween Costume!

Guns N' Roses Family Halloween Costume!

Here’s the story behind our Guns N’ Roses family Halloween costume. The kids are old enough now that I try to give them free reign to decide what we do for Halloween – whether we carry on our family group costume tradition, or they venture off to their own individual costumes. They both wanted to … Read more

All-Girl Group Costume: KISS Rock Stars for a Day

All-Girl Group Costume: KISS Rock Stars for a Day

I might be a “bad” influence when it comes to Halloween but it didn’t take much – OK, any – convincing to get my co-workers to dress up as KISS for Halloween with me. Everyone did their own costume, so I can tell you how I did mine (Star Child), but the best part of these costumes … Read more

Gene Simmons Dynasty Era Costume

Gene Simmons Dynasty Era Costume

This is Gene’s Dynasty era costume. It was really simple to do. The torso was from modified hockey pads. The chest was cut out to form an arch. The arms were shaped from foam yoga mats. The horns and claws were carved using scissors from upholstery foam. To make the plaform boots, I took a … Read more

Jerry Garcia and his Dancing Bear Mom and Baby Costumes

Jerry Garcia and his Dancing Bear Mom and Baby Costumes

Started with spray painting cardboard boxes and taping them together to form a VW bus. Added some of my own touches and painted it up to look as original as possible. Found a grey beard wig and trimmed it to look like Jerry. Also spray painted my hair grey and found matching hippie glasses. Found … Read more

Gene Simmons Demon Costume Hand-Drafted and Crafted

Gene Simmons Demon Costume Hand-Drafted and Crafted

I recently got a new job, and one of the questions in my interview was, “Setting aside all limitations, what is your dream job?” I replied immediately, “I would make costumes for movies.” When she heard that I can (and love to) sew, I got the job right then! Ok Maybe also because of my … Read more

Homemade Costume from Hell – KISS the Demon

Homemade Costume from Hell - KISS the Demon

For this KISS homemade costume from Hell, I started with the wings – perfectly symmetrical. The party was a hit so no one was able to appreciate it. When I did the boots, started with sketchers boots, elbow pads, aluminum foil and felt to protect their integrity. Followed by clay and duct tape and more … Read more

Sexy Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley KISS Couple Costume

Sexy Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley KISS Couple Costume

We made these costumes (for Gene Simmons) by using a plain black shirt and putting studs on and sewing the belt. We rolled up cardboard to make the spikes. We spray painted a kid’s toy guitar. I also did the makeup by outline the black then filling it in, then the white. The boots were … Read more

Original Homemade 2-Year-Old Run DMC Costume

Original Homemade 2-Year-Old Run DMC Costume

My handsome 2 year old son and I decided to go costume shopping at Toys R Us. As soon as we got there you would have sworn the gates of heaven opened up b/c he was in his glory. I asked him to pick out a costume but he was so distracted by all of … Read more

Coolest Mini Gene Simmons Costume

Coolest Mini Gene Simmons Costume

We watch Gene Simmons Family Jewels reruns with our nine year old daughter. In the past, she has been princesses and Draculaura for Halloween. When we asked her this year, she told she wanted to be “The Demon” from Kiss. Um, okay. So I went online to see how we might go about making a … Read more

Cute Ginger Spice Toddler Costume

Cute Ginger Spice Toddler Costume

My two year old daughter is a feisty little red head. I wanted to capture that adorable spirit in her Halloween costume this year. So, I researched “famous red heads.” When I saw, “Ginger Spice” on the list – I knew that was the perfect costume! I tried to find the costume online to no avail. … Read more

Gene Simmons KISS Biker Costume

Gene Simmons KISS Biker Costume

I have always been a rocker at heart and an especially BIG fan of KISS. So when I was invited to a last minute Halloween party, I knew this was the costume for me! For accessories, I went to the local Halloween Express. purchased the wig, skull belt, fingerless gloves, and 2 skull rings. The … Read more