My daughter loves Avatar, and I of course have no clue about it, but she made me make a costume of the “fire bender” princess Azula?!?! I don’t use patterns, I just used online stills to see what I had to do to make this. The pants are store-bought velour pajama pants, because I don’t … Read more
I always like to go all out for my costumes and get creative as possible. I was having trouble thinking of one. I was in Austin, TX visiting my brother when he took me to a Halloween store that he worked at, “Lucy is Disguise with Diamonds”. Nothing was coming to mind. Then, I saw … Read more
So… being fans of the HBO show, Big Love, we decided that a great group costume would be a polygamist family (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints). All of the elements of this getup were found at local thrift stores and retailers and then altered to suit the style. My true wife, the one to my immediate … Read more
I got the idea to make this working Slot Machine costume while on a bus-trip to a nearby casino. The costume is made, excluding lighting and electronics, of mostly thick cardboard and hot-glue (glue sticks). The wheels, the important part of the “Working” slot machine are styrofoam discs with CD’s glued to the side, mounted … Read more
Every year I strive to create a cooler, more complex (time consuming) costume than the year previous. This year I knew I wanted to create stilts! I made my stilts by using the guide on gGryphern’s youtube page for Digigrade werewolf stilts/legs. They are made from plywood, plastic leg braces, bungee cords and screws and … Read more
I used several materials to put together this unique Bald Eagle Halloween costume. I first got a brown leotard and hot glued on brown feather boas to the back side of the leotard. Then using Fleece fabric as long as my arms and cut in a rounded triangle, I attached the wing to the leotard … 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
I have wanted to be a peacock for Halloween for several years now, and this year I finally decided to make my dream come true and make my own peacock costume! I spent a lot of time researching different peacock costumes online to see how other people interpreted a costume for a peacock – and … Read more
This Crayon girls group costume was half homemade. Our 12 and 13 year old LUNATICS softball team played a Halloween tournament dressed as “Lunatics” brand crayons. The T-shirts were printed by a local printer, and the hats are dollar store birthday hats spray painted, or in a couple of cases, covered with colored duct tape to match … Read more
Happy Halloween Everyone! My boyfriend and I created our own Chuckie and Chuckie’s sister costumes for Halloween 2011. We went through a lot of trouble getting the costumes together, but we made them look amazing! We got multiple reactions from people at a party we went to, and everyone loved our costumes. My boyfriend is … Read more
My son had a recent trip in 2012 to the aquarium with his cub scouts pack. This was a stay the night event that the pack participated in fundraisers to pay for. They sleep underneath the jellyfish tanks that illuminated the room as they drifted off to sleep. So of course, when I asked him … Read more
This year’s costume process was fun, creative, challenging, and end results totally gratifying! I couldn’t have been happier with the final result! We started planning for Halloween a couple months ahead of time so that we could gather everything we needed and have time to look for bargains. I knew I wanted to something that … Read more