My 5 year old son Brayden was dying to be the coolest Iron Man this year. My husband and I brainstormed over it while looking at pictures online to get an idea of what materials we could use (inexpensively) to pull off a very cool costume for our son. Looking at some photos I thought … Read more
This bat-baby Halloween costume is pretty simple, just a black tutu dress. I made the bracelets from flannel, and the bat logo was made from felt and sewn on. I sewed on the bottom half of a yellow onesie as well, and made the cape from a very light weight black fabric and attached it … Read more
When I decided that I wanted to do a Batman costume for a comic convention I went to with friends this past September, I went in with the thought that it would be easier to do a costume that was kind of funny rather than trying to make some epic looking Dark Knight get up. … Read more
We put this easy, super cool Ghost Rider costume for kids together for our 7 yr old son. He wanted to be Ghost Rider for Halloween. So I decided that I would figure out a way for him to be the coolest Ghost Rider ever!! He wore just simple black jeans, some boots, a black … Read more
My son loves space but do to budget constraints (we are moving) I had no money to buy a costume, then I remember the rocket outfit Gru wears as a child in Despicable Me and I started wondering how hard that would be to make. I looked and looked and couldn’t find that image so … Read more
I was Mystique and my boyfriend was Professor X. We took an old wheelchair and spray painted it silver and put the X wheels on it. For Mystique, I didn’t plan on painting my whole body blue so I went off of the old school jumpsuit she wears in XMEN first class. I got a … Read more
What initially sparked my interest was the red haired wig. I’m a blonde through and through but I always like to take Halloween as a chance to be completely different than my normal day to day self. I researched “red haired costumes” and I wanted a feminine costume that also could be converted to be … Read more
This costume was designed and worn by me. The costume was handmade as well. About 3 hours of makeup was done to create the final result. The makeup involved prosthetic scars and a half bald cap. I used spirit gum to attached the prosthetic scars. A base coat of black makeup was used and textured … Read more
Our son William was born 3 months premature and as a result of complication from his early start he has cerebral palsy. Last year he decided he wanted to be Batman so his dad Matt decided to make a Batmobile to go over his wheelchair. They spent time in the shop working on the design, … Read more
I went online and found a youtube site called “TheHeroTutorials”. The guy there explains all the steps needed to make your own costumes from certain materials step by step and they have a few to choose from. These Iron Men are made from card stock paper and fiberglass resin. I sanded them down, painted and … Read more
This original homemade costume from Batman Begins was designed and worn by me. The costume was handmade as well. About 2 days went into designing the mask. The materials used were: burlap, rope, twine, yarn, charcoal pastels/paint, and wild rice. The mask was made out of the burlap I took references from many photos and … Read more
Originally this year I wanted to be Jessica Rabbit from who framed Roger rabbit. But in April I went to a cancer fundraiser and spontaneously decided to shave my head (I raised 1051 dollars in less than 5 min). But this caused me to have to change my idea of what I wanted to be … Read more