Halloween is my Favorite holiday and I always enjoy coming up with really creative costumes! Home made are the best, because they are original and different. One of my favorite movies is Fargo, I just love Frances McDormand and thought she did a great job! When I found out I was pregnant I was thrilled, … Read more
My 4 year old wanted to be Sonic the Hedgehog. But I had a 1 year old son who in my eyes, HAD to have a matching costume. The only other choice was Tails. But they do not make a Tails costume. Everyone kept telling me Tails was a girl. I looked it up online … Read more
I work at Adobe Systems and they have an annual Halloween party that is out of this world! I am always trying to come up with a costume that rivals those that win the grand prize. I decided a few years ago to give it a try and didn’t win the grand prize until this … Read more
Day 1 – decision to be Gir Day 35 – Bought patterns and fabric from local fabric store. I used a general pattern for a dog costume with the green and black fleece fabric. Hot and full of static but oh so amazing! Day 46 – Finally start the cutout of the design and making … Read more
This was my Black Swan costume for 2011. After I saw the film I wanted to do the costume and also a lot of people started telling me that I look like Natalie Portman. I already had the pointe shoes and tights. I bought a rehearsal tutu online. Then I bought a zipper up corset … Read more
For my child’s 5th birthday we decided that we wanted a mascot to visit to present the birthday cake, at that time their favorite Disney film was Toy Story. I spent many hours trawling the internet for a decent looking mascot to hire for the event but felt none of them were worth the money … Read more
Every year my son and I agree on a costume design. After agreeing, we begin to gather items from second hand stores. Last year (2012) we decided to build our version of a Bouncer – a character from the video game Bioshock. The boots are an old pair of children ski boots ($5). The breast … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to recreate the craziness of celebrity couple Katy Perry and Russell Brand couple costume (before they split!). We did this shortly after the concert so we did one of her outfits from the concert and an outfit for Russell that he would have worn to her concert For Katy’s look, … Read more
The Lego idea Who does not know Lego minifigs? There’s no doubt, those little men, born in 1930, have now conquered the entire world! I think there’s no person out there who does not know them. This is a basic concept, is the first rule for a successful costume: If you want to impress people you must … Read more
I started off this Gumby Halloween costume with tracing my entire body on a large piece of paper I got from the newspaper printers. I got the outline and then drew the shape of Gumby over the pattern of my body outline. Cut the fabric pieces out from the new pattern and made the eyes out … Read more
Before I get started on this, let me just say that I cannot sew for the life of me. I have tried several times – astoundingly awful, but I have a real liking for costumes, so I improvised a lot in this, to say the very least. My friend here in the pictures is not … Read more
This is a build for two people, but unfortunately I had to do the construction alone. I turned my garage into a robot laboratory, and spent all of my free time working on these costumes. I tried to keep it simple and use any recyclable materials I could find. I got some help with the … Read more