Coolest Homemade Carnage (Spiderman Villain) Costume

Coolest Homemade Carnage (Spiderman Villain) Costume

My son is a huge Spiderman fan and asked if I could make him a “Carnage” costume. If you are not a comic person… Carnage is the offspring of “Venom” (seen in Spiderman 3). Venom is a symbiote 1/2 alien that merges with a human host. In the comic series, a piece of the alien disconnected from … Read more

Glowing Mrs. Captain America Costume – Light of the Party!

Glowing Mrs. Captain America Costume - Light of the Party!

This is me in my Mrs Captain America costume. I was inspired by the Avengers this year and liked the possibility of growing this into a group costume at some point. I did start with a pre-made dress, mask and shield for Mrs Captain America but it definitely needed more pizazz! I’ve recently fell in … Read more

Totally Awesome Ninja Turtle Costume for a Little Boy

Totally Awesome Ninja Turtle Costume for a Little Boy

My son wanted to be Raph from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles so I knew I would have to make something homemade. What is funny is that several years back my friends and I had dressed up like the Ninja Turtles and I too was Raph. The first step was to find a matching green … Read more

Original DIY Couple Costume: Ninja Turtle and Shredder

Original DIY Couple Costume: Ninja Turtle and Shredder

Everything in this Ninja Turtle and Shredder Costume expect for the weapons and the Ninja Turtle nose, were homemade. The Ninja Turtle Costume: Round Sledding Disk Green Sticky Foam Yellow Sticky Form Brown Foam Red Fabric Ninja Turtle nose bought online Green Fabric Green Paint Brown Spray Paint The most work was put into the shell … Read more

A HULK of a Homemade Costume!

A HULK of a Homemade Costume!

Hulk and the Avengers were always my favorite characters ever. I have seen those movies dozens of times and wanted to bring the energy from the big screen to life. I sat down at my kitchen table one night trying to come up with my next great costume idea and it hit me, what better … Read more

Best Homemade Wolverine X-Force Costume Ever!

Best Homemade Wolverine X-Force Costume Ever!

I made this costume for my son, Isaac he is 9 years old and loves all of the comic book super heros, This year he wanted wolverine, I made him a Batman last year that was pretty great so I had to up the ante this year on this wolverine costume. I wanted the claws … Read more

Last-Minute $5 Bride of Frankenstein Costume for a Girl

Last-Minute $5 Bride of Frankenstein Costume for a Girl

My daughter was obsessed with Monster High but we both knew there would be a million Monster High characters and we wanted something more creative. So one day, as we were cleaning out an old closet at my paren’ts house, we found my mom’s old First Communion Dress. It was yellowed and tattered. After all, … Read more

Sexy Homemade Costume Idea: Don’t Mess with Hit Girl!

Sexy Homemade Costume Idea: Don't Mess with Hit Girl!

Every comic book fanatic or movie lover knows about “Hit Girl ” from Kick Ass. All you really need is a purple short bob wig, a black mask, gloves, a sweet vest or top, black boots, and a creative mind. And do not forget a kick ass attitude. The best part of this costume is … Read more

Sexy Badass Femme Ironman Costume

Sexy Badass Femme Ironman Costume

After a several months of deliberation I decided to be Ironman, ehh… Ironwoman… Ironlady… Lady Ironman?  …ok whatever, you get the idea!  I figured now would be a good time, since the third Ironman movie came out this year.  My version is a mix of the comic with the movie version and just my own … Read more

Coolest Homemade Hawk Girl Costume

Coolest Homemade Hawk Girl Costume

My daughter Linda wants to be Hawk Girl this year so I started brainstorming as to how I was going to do this. I used pictures as reference and started immediately on the helmet. The helmet is finally done. Was a trick to put it together, looks good but it was a monstrosity to put … Read more

Sexy Homemade Two Face Costume

Sexy Homemade Two Face Costume

With all the Batman movies that came out, I decided to play it up a little bit and make the costume sexy but fun. I decided to dress up like the character two faced. I created the bustier, bra, and jacket. The body paint was professionally done. I got a regular blue dish glove and … Read more