Coolest Homemade Mr. Wing Costume from Gremlins

Coolest Homemade Mr. Wing Costume from Gremlins

Hello.  This year I dressed as Mr. Wing (Grandfather), the shop owner from the movie, Gremlins.  This costume came to me at the last minute after I’d already searched everywhere for a few months for parts to my other weird costume ideas. With only a week or so left, it was too late to get … Read more

Awesome Yellow Submarine Costume for a 5-Year Old Girl

Awesome Yellow Submarine Costume for a 5-Year Old Girl

She told me all the way back in January what she wanted to be. I’m an animation student and we had an assignment to design a new product. I decided to use the costume as my product. I designed the costume in 3ds Max. Then my mom gave me some old couch cushions and a … Read more

Cyborg Halloween Costume for 11 Year Old Boy

Cyborg Halloween Costume for 11 Year Old Boy

My son chose to be a cyborg this year and so I began to research. I had been dying to try using foam as a medium so this gave me a perfect excuse. I bought the pvc foam from a swap group, 12 blocks for $7. I then drew out a sketch of what I wanted … Read more

Space Chimp Flying on Rocket Illusion Costume

Space Chimp Flying on Rocket Illusion Costume

I really enjoy making my own Halloween costumes, especially costumes that take you brain a second to figure out. I didnt have any specific idea this year so I randomly chose to make a chimp strapped to a rocket. I didnt think I could pull it off so it was fun building something I had … Read more

Cool Homemade South Park Family Costumes

Cool Homemade South Park Family Costumes

Here’s how our South Park family costumes were made… So this is the fifth year that I have been making our family’s costumes from scratch. I think that this year is not only the best one yet, but also the funniest! Why? Well first of all, we literally live on the south side of our local park haha! … Read more

Amazing Damsel-in-Distress and Villain Couple Costume!

Amazing Damsel-in-Distress and Villain Couple Costume!

Every year we have a pretty intense costume contest at the school where I work.   We compete for the best costumes, in five different categories.  Personally, it’s the Most Creative Costume category that I covet.  In general, I delight in designing and creating a creative, elaborate costume, and this year was no exception. This year, … Read more

Fantastic Barbie and Ken (in the Boxes!) Costumes

Fantastic Barbie and Ken (in the Boxes!) Costumes

Every Halloween at work, we have a costume contest. The students are not allowed to dress up, for safety reasons, but the staff all gets dressed up to compete in a ‘Best Costume Competition.’ The winners have varied from entire groups from movies or t.v. shows, to singular creative character (such as my friend’s bed … Read more

Baby Nacho Libre Costume – Need I Say More?

Baby Nacho Libre Costume - Need I Say More?

“Oh my gosh, it’s Nacho Libre!!” was the sound echoing all throughout the office as I walked around with my little luchador on his first Halloween.  He had his own paparazzi the whole time, making it a bit difficult for me…I mean him to go trick-or-treating. Jack Black would be jealous. Creating his costume was … Read more

Coolest Milwaukee Brewer Racing Sausages Group Costume

Coolest Milwaukee Brewer Racing Sausages Group Costume

If you are a Milwaukee Brewer fan you know that one of the best parts of going to a game is watching the Racing Sausages take the field. A couple of our friends are huge Brewer fans and we came up with the idea of making Racing Sausage costumes for Halloween this year. I started … Read more

Homemade Seattle Barbie in a Box Halloween Costume

Homemade Seattle Barbie in a Box Halloween Costume

Items Used: Wardrobe box, chrome duct tape, douple sided tape, wrapping paper, spray paint, two small boxes, drawstring, and clothes I already own. How I made it: I cut the box, spray painted with a primer, then with watermelon pink. I bought chrome duct tape to use for the rough edges, wrapped the inside with wrapping … Read more