We won three local contests with these masks of the Maitlands couple costume! Words cannot express how PUMPED I was winning money for something I love to do that cost about $50 total. I got to pay for super grown up things like tires for my car, student loans, and food! Oh happy day. I … Read more
I grew up with He-Man and She-Ra, and I was delighted when after watching some old episodes together, my daughter got really into She-Ra as well. But when she told me that she wanted to be Catra for Halloween, I was a little skeptical. My first thought was, nobody her age is going to know … Read more
My husband and I love Halloween. We kinda got together on Halloween several years ago and every year we try to go big. Well, at least I do and I think my husband is just fine to go along for the ride because he knows how happy it makes me. In 2009 we decided to … Read more
I really wanted to make a cupcake costume, but we also enjoy dressing up together as a family every year. So I started brainstorming about how we could incorporate a cupcake into a theme for all of us, and the “party of 5” concept grew from there. My youngest daughter was the cupcake, my oldest … Read more
For this Draculaura Monster High Doll costume and makeup we purchased a pink long sleeve shirt, a black lace shirt and a white skirt from our local thrift store. I cut the sleeves off the pink shirt. We added white tulle trimmed with hot pink and black tulle accents to the skirt. I finished the skirt … Read more
Falcor and Atreyu Costume from Never Ending Story. Growing up I used to watch this movie all the time and after many years I finally figured out how I could make it into a worthwhile costume. In order to pull it off I needed to be able to have the base if the costume be … Read more
This year I let my husband chose our costume theme and he choose skeletons. I thought ok, easy enough. But was it too easy? I thought the sugar skull theme was done last year and I wanted to stand out. So my original idea was “Santa Muerte” Saint of the Dead. Sounds pretty scary, right? … Read more
Originally my sister and I weren’t planning on dressing up at all this year since we had just moved and free time was very scarce, but as the day got closer we decided that we could at least dress up in a very simple costume. Being as we always dress in “couple costumes” we decided … Read more
My husband of 43 years passed away in September, and I decided I could sit around sad and empty OR stay busy busy with sewing, crafts, etc. My grandchildren already had planned costumes, so I decided to make a minion costume for their enjoyment. They absolutely adored the movie “Despicable Me”. I made myself a … Read more
My Little Pony EG Princess Twilight Sparkle costume, in humanoid form. Costume deluxe. Complete set with wig, ears headband and crown. Homemade by Izobel (me). This little number was inspired by the My Little Pony Equestria Girls the movie. It premiered June 16th, 2013 and showed at select theaters later in the month for only … Read more
My name is Lucy, I had no clue on what I was going to be for Halloween, until I stumbled upon a model who was dressed as a phoenix (she had barely anything on). I wanted to be something that was going to catch peoples eyes, spark interest. I wanted it to be out there, … Read more
I used different kind of cardboard boxes, yellow, silver, gold and black paint, a lot of tape, bottle caps, 3 LED lights (on eyes and at the front), bicycle helmet, gloves, Velcro. Front can be open up and close (I used Velcro) and my son collected there his sweets. My son collected twice as much candy on Halloween night than … Read more