My boyfriend and I love Halloween so we decided to dressed up as Frankensteins monster and the Bride of Frankenstein. We went to Value Village and got our clothing. I got an old wedding dress, which I cut up, and shredded. By boyfriend bought a used suit, and an extended forehead wig which we had … Read more
This Jason Voorhees Costume from Freddy vs. Jason all began with the obsession I have for Halloween and all things macabre. My house is always the creepiest in the neighborhood. That being said my neighbor from 5 doors down has been depicting Freddy Krueger since his college days. He thought it would be a good idea … Read more
This is one of those costumes that started small and quickly escalated into something larger than life. My daughter wanted to be a Claw machine for Halloween. After looking at various picture on internet I decided that it would be too heavy for her to carry around on her shoulders all day, so I decided … Read more
This Katy Perry costume was a lot of work but super fun to make. The petticoat, necklace, and headband were purchased on Etsy; the blue wig was also an online purchase. The top is an inexpensive white bustier that I embellished with hundreds of varied candies. I took the time to hot glue each piece … Read more
You can either make this costume yourself as I did or even buy it at a costume shop (good luck). Stuart Townsend is the vampire Lestat, who has awakened from a century-long slumber and turned his considerable energy to rock music. Lestat ‘s powerful music reaches the ear of the slumbering Akasha (Aaliyah), the millennia-old … Read more
During a few drinks at a New Years party 2012 / 2013, my brother and I talked about how cool it would be to suit up as Iron Men to celebrate his son’s birthday party in 6 months. I had an unfinished War Machine from IM2 movie, which I made out of EVA foam, but … Read more
So, I had been away for 4 years serving in the United States Marine Corps. Every year, I always managed to miss my favorite holiday: Halloween! Once I came home for good, I had just enough time to prepare my Halloween costume. I figured a mummy would be easy enough to make and I can … Read more
Pony was our influence. Moles buckrim and tons or tulle. So many photos I started to fell sorry for stars that go through this all the time. First I bought a corset then proceeded to convert it in velvet, jewels and trim to make it my own. 50 yards of tulle cut and sewn … Read more
This epic Thomas the Train costume started out as a train for my two year old nephew for Halloween turned into an obsession for a 48 year old “child”. I started with a shipping container for the cylinder body. I then formed the face out of clay on an old fan base and wire mesh screen. … Read more
Everything in this picture is UNDOCTORED….and the experience was AWESOME. I created my Hogan costume by ordering a pair of heavyweight, professional wrestling yellow tight…then tie-dying the red into them by hand (Trust me, it sucked). I hand painted the weight belt yellow, then stenciled on the lettering. The hair is fake, and the ‘stache … Read more
My main concern for this Poison Ivy costume was finding a strapless one-piece bathing suit that would stay up — absolutely no luck. So instead, I decided to use an under-bust corset, a strapless bra, and one of my bikini bottoms. To play up on Poison Ivy’s red hair, I bought fiery orange leaves for … Read more
It took me a few months to make their costumes perfect. I don’t own a sewing machine, so I did a lot of the sewing at work while on break. The wigs were spray painted and the red wig for the Heat Miser had Christmas lights sewn in with a battery pack so it would … Read more