I went to high school with Uma Thurman, so I always felt a little personal sting (along with a thrill for her) when she got to do such cool things on film as play Baron Munchausen’s Venus, dance with John Travolta (I mean- WOW!) and to also to be a super villainess in a Batman movie. Alas, … Read more
I originally wanted to make a Spiderman suit for comicon, but alas, I did not finish it in time. So pressed on to have it done by Halloween, it cost $65 in materials, and 5 and a half months to complete. I used about 4 yards of spandex that I sewed together, then spray painted … Read more
Why so serious? Miss Joker! Well as usual I like to be a guy’s costume but make it my girl version so I decided on a girl Joker costume, besides the Joker is creepy looking and most girl just want to be girly costumes. So I started thinking on what to get to make it. … Read more
We made this Kick-Ass and Hit Girl couples costume! I found the green sweatpants at a thrift store, bought a green ski mask and used yellow electrical tape to make the stripes for the Kickass costume. For Hit Girl I had the purple thermal. Bought purple leggings and the cape. I made the belt buckle … Read more
Hope you like our homemade couples Batman and Robin costumes. We got the shirts at Spencer’s thinking we would just wear those for the day, but then we decided to go out so we got tights and shorts. Threw on some boots. And made myself a mask. That was the hardest part. The week of … Read more
My daughter’s love for Lego Batman led to a request to be perky villaness Harley Quinn for Halloween. To create this girl’s Harley Quinn costume Minifigure style, I modified a few sewing pattern to suit my needs. The pants were easy, used a simple elastic waist lounge type pants and made one leg red, one … Read more
I wanted a quick and easy Poison Ivy costume. I was going to buy one, but they all seemed very simple and cheap. Since I’ve made some costumes other years I decided to do it myself. I bought a corset at Party City which cost me around $35.00. At the end I realized I could’ve … Read more
Horn Stumps – Permatex red RTV silicone from the local auto parts store. I emptied the whole tube into a plastic cups and let sit for 2 months to harden up. When cured I used a electric hand grinder to carefully grind some grooves across the tops to give it the right look and the … Read more
As a guy in my late 20’s, I grew up on the Ninja Turtles. Now that a new show has started up, my son, who is 2.5 also loves them. When my wife asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween, he said he wanted to be Leo. My heart filled with pride, and … Read more
My son really wanted to be a Ninja Turtle for Halloween so we checked out costumes online and they all looked so cheesy so I decided to create my own Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Costume but modernizing the color. First I went to a store that sold ninja turtle shell t-shirts (Spencer’s or Hot Topic) and … Read more
The birth of this idea of these Batman and Robin Optical Illusion costumes came after hearing my 7 yr old twins arguing for two days about whether or not they were going to dress as heroes or villains. One wanted to go as Batman and Robin. The other Penguin and Cat woman. Picking one hero and … Read more
I’d been wanting to do my own version of Two Face from Batman: The Animated Series for about 6 years now. However, I wanted to do my own take on the character. I love polka dots so I KNEW I had to make this costume my own. I used commercial patterns and instead of cutting two … Read more