Our love for horror movies took us to the top of the genre! Pyramid head & Claudia Wolf from “Silent Hill 2” are impressive monsters and posed a challenge for this years creation. scaring children is so “yesterday”, we wanted to scare full grown adults! my name is Chad, and i am wearing pyramid head … Read more
The blood, sweat, and tears of recreating “tangled”… As an avid Disney fan, it was a no brainier LAST Halloween when we found out we were having a little boy, (after a long journey of trying to have a child, which is another blood, sweat and tears story in its own regard) that we would … Read more
I chose to wear the costume myself as I really get into the Halloween spirit by being creative and creating my own costumes. I loved the movie “Predator” and wanted to be something unique this year and not like a lot of other costumes. I definitely was the ONLY one who had a Predator costume … Read more
This family Monster’s Inc. group costume was planned as soon as I knew that I was going to be pregnant during Halloween. I knew I wanted to dress as Mike Wazowski and have my pregnant belly serve a purpose! Also, my daughter was at the perfect age for Boo since she was just beginning to … Read more
My mom and I make my costume every year. This year’s inspiration was an Emmy award. Gold, Gold, and more Gold! For the Emmy Award costume I started by buying a gold dress, battery operated Christmas lights, gold body paint and one of those expandable ball toys. Then it was off to the craft store … Read more
Every two years my family and I host an EPIC Halloween party… we call it the Boo Bash (#BeelerBooBash)! It is held in what we call “Ye Ole Haunted Barn” on Gore Orphanage Rd, Vermilion Ohio (Google the spooky urban legends!!). Since we knew this would be our last Bash, I was determined to go … Read more
This year I wanted to make a very unique and different costume. I settled on an octopus because I thought it was pretty unique and would be big and flashy. I taught myself basic sewing a few years ago so I thought I would give it a shot. Making the Octopus Costume First, I made … Read more
Every Halloween, I try to choose a costume that nobody else will be wearing out, and since Buzz Lightyear is popular year after year (and even though I love it every time), I decided to go with his slightly less known version: Mrs. Nesbitt. Construction of this Nesbitt/Buzz Lightyear costume took 2 months, starting in … Read more
I am a big fan of the TV show Doctor Who. I wanted to make a costume/cosplay that would get a big reaction at comicon, and so I chose a difficult, but fun, subject: a weeping angel. Weeping angels are beings who have a perfect defense system. When you see them, they turn into stone. … Read more
A long time ago in a neighborhood far far away (1991 in the suburbs of central NJ), two lifelong 7 year old best friends Brendon (Han) and Alex (Lando) swore someday, when closer in age to the actual stars in the movie, they would pull off a perfect Han/Lando Halloween costume. 24 years later, still … Read more
Pumpkin Queen is an original costume design created for Halloween. She is a villainess who will do ANYTHING (even kill) to stop premature Christmas decorating. I have been planning this costume for over a year. The costume and jewelry are steampunk inspired and completely handmade and designed by myself. I began this Steampunk inspired Pumpkin Queen … Read more
Every year my friend Andy and I like to make an elaborate Halloween costume and wear it to the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival. It is usually movie themed and we try to do something that has never been done before, most of the time including a vehicle or an inanimate object. This year we had … Read more