To make the Joker Halloween costume (the Jack Nicholson version)I had to find a light coloured jacket to fit a 7 year old as I do not sew. This was no easy task as I did not want to spend a lot of money. I searched everywhere and finally found one in a charity shop. … Read more
Let me first say that I am in no way a seamstress, and am not very skilled at sewing. But I know my way around a machine and do well enough to put together costumes for myself. I sewed this Harley Quinn costume completely from scratch using this Kwik Sew pattern – A. I just … Read more
This is my entirely homemade 2009 Dark Knight Batman costume. The main materials used in the making of this costume are paper, fiberglass and aluminum. The cowl is a paper base that is siliconed together with several layers of fiberglass resin to make the cowl hard. It is finished with bondo and a latex flat … Read more
I was the Joker last year for Halloween 08 but I did it my own way but this year I really wanted to go for a screen accurate take on the Joker Costume. I think I got what I was looking for. The whole process began around the end of August. I was going to … Read more
I am a cat lover so I had to have a Catwoman Costume for Halloween at least once in my life. There are many variations of Catwoman’s costume. Michelle Pfeiffer’s makeup and Halle Berry’s costume inspired me the most to create my own version. I already had black liquid leggings, black boots, a black bra, … Read more
This Poison Ivy costume was actually a last minute idea. I thought of characters I could dress up as that also had intense red hair , so I thought Poison Ivy from Batman would be perfect. I had to purchase a few things to begin with, such as: – Green metallic leggings – Green body … Read more
Halloween has always been my Christmas so I decided that last year I would go as one of my favorite villains. I based the look of the Joker costume on the comic book Joker instead of any of the films designs. I picked up the purple suit in the ladies section of a charity shop … Read more
Made this Iron Man Halloween costume (by myself) out of 5/8″ and 1/2 inch thick(polyethylene) foam yoga mats, hot glue and other items found at thrift stores. Used scissors and X-Acto knives to cut the mats. Took about a month and devoted at least a couple of hours a day working on it. Made patterns … Read more
This Incredible Hulk Costume was a hilarious costume to wear because everyone thought I was a boy…I originally got the Hulk idea because I wanted the Hulk smash hands… so this is how it all started. I bought the Hulk t-shirt from a website, got green tights, purple sweat pants (cut the bottoms to look … Read more
I made these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costumes from green body paint for the top of the body and face. The vest top was green (we had white and green tops because ours were for a pub crawl and we had to wear the tops as our ticket), you could also buy green material to … Read more
Clark Kent is the lazy man’s go to costume? Suit, t-shirt, glasses and you are there. To do it one better, I decided to base the Homemade Clark Kent Costume on a particular comic book frame of Clark Kent running through an office storage room with the tie flapping behind him. The tie is held … Read more
This is a picture of my college roommates and I each dressed up in a homemade Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles costume, with Master Splinter, April O’Neil, Casey Jones, and the Professor from TMNT Secret of the Ooze. We made our entire costumes. The undershell is made out of dyed tanks tops and underwear. We wore … Read more