This Marie Antoinette costume took forever but was a lot of fun! From the top down… I bought a wig and wired in a ton of birds, flowers, plastic beads, etc. Then I glued a large pink ribbon in a loop, glued a big fake jewel over the overlap, and pinned it over the wig. … Read more
My son Nicholas absolutely loves emergency vehicles, the lights, the sirens, everything, so it was no surprise that he requested to be a fireman for Halloween. I thought I was doing well by finding a black firefighter suit that I enhanced with yellow reflector tape, however once I showed him them the finished product, he … Read more
Aleidian here is quite an adorable monster indeed. Always well-received, it’s nice when people run up and ask for hugs and tell you how cute you are. This character is very fun to dress up as and act out, by being affectionate, lively, and of course, adorable. This costume mask features “follow-me” foam eyes, plastic … Read more
My son comes up with some crazy ideas. He loves weather, especially tornado’s, so that’s what he wanted to be. I started with a base of chicken type wire rolled to make the shape. Covered it with Halloween spider webs. Lightly sprayed it with gray spray paint. Then attached small toys like cars, trees, animals. … Read more
I used a laundry basket as the base for the shell. Started with an old sheet cut into 8″ wide strips and sewn into long tubes. Stuffed them with paper and then sewed them to the basket using fishing line.( I tried to hot glue but they wouldn’t stay on.) Next I used paints to decorate the … Read more
My daughter wanted to big beautiful butterfly, so we got at the sewing machine and paints and got to work. Used newspaper to make a pattern to cut the wings out evenly. Used a purple silk doubled to get it a little more stability. Used paints for the wing designs. Used a headband for the antennae.
I love Scrabble, so I decided to be the game for Halloween! I bought a bag of 1000 tiles online and got to work. I made a belt, headband, bracelets, earrings, and rings out of the tiles. For the headband, I bought a plain plastic headband and glued the tiles in a way that created … Read more
With the exception of the coat and dead dog purse all the pieces of this costume were purchased individually and then put together. The coat is really just two pieces of fabric (furry and red lining) sewn together much like a blanket and then I stitched the corners together to create an overcoat look. The … Read more
October of last year (2012), I had been very busy. My best friend’s wedding was the weekend before Halloween, and on top of that, I was very busy with a 2 week long Halloween event at my place of employment. Needless to say, I did not have the time, energy, or disposable income for a … Read more
This makeup was a last minute job. I received an invite to a Jagermeister Halloween event that was free, had food, kegs and unlimited Jager in September, lol. It was a bit odd, but since I LOVE Halloween, dressing up and free things (especially booze! lol), I decided I HAD to go! So I pulled … Read more
This was a last minute costume. I had wanted to be Medusa for a while, but could never afford to pull it all together in time. Until last year! All on the day I was set to help my friends do their makeup and go out for the night. I bought some cyber dread falls … 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