Hilarious Homemade Costume: Man with a Tiny Head

Hilarious Homemade Costume: Man with a Tiny Head

I always thought I could make this idea for a man with a tiny head work and I finally gave it a try this Halloween. I have never gotten such a fantastic response to a costume I have made. I made a small false eyes and nose from Sculpy and baked it in my oven. … Read more

Homemade Mike Wazowski Costume was a Monster Hit!

Homemade Mike Wazowski Costume was a Monster Hit!

This year I decided to finally create this Mike Wazowski costume I’ve had in my head for years. I was always doodling what I imagined it’d look like and made prototypes to make sure it was made to scale. It is made entirely by hand. It is essentially a nursing pillow with foam pipe insulation … Read more

Awesome Duck Dynasty Transforming Truck Costume

Awesome Duck Dynasty Transforming Truck Costume

I have always loved Transformers, and now I love watching Duck Dynasty….so we decided to make a Duck Dynasty themed camo transforming truck! Four years ago, we (my dad and I) set out to make a transforming costume, and successfully made a Bumblebee transformer. Every year since, we have made a newer, bigger, and better … Read more

Cool Homemade Wall-E Costume with Moving Parts

Cool Homemade Wall-E Costume with Moving Parts

I had this idea for a Wall-E costume with moving parts for about a year and it ended up being pretty good and winning a couple of competitions.  I’ve seen some Wall-w’s on here but none that moved their arms, hands, head and on wheels, so I thought I’d give it a go.. It comes in 5 … Read more

Coolest Homemade Purple People Eater Costume

Coolest Homemade Purple People Eater Costume

After building several other large originals thru the years, I thought how about the one costume that has it’s own song but rarely ever seen ? It’s an oldie but a goodie, throw back Halloween, the Monster that started it all,  the 1 eyed, 1 horned, flying purple people eater. So I listened to the … Read more

Homemade Jesus Riding a Raptor Illusion Costume

Homemade Jesus Riding a Raptor Illusion Costume

I wanted to make a challenging costume this year, and my roommate, Gregg, came up with the concept of Jesus riding a Raptor. The idea was funny and poignant [and potentially offensive] enough to be worthy of the effort. Additionally, it presented an opportunity to sculpt/create a large-scale creature, which was something I wanted to … Read more

Over-the-Top Despicable Me Family Costumes – Entirely Homemade!

Over-the-Top Despicable Me Family Costumes - Entirely Homemade!

Every year we go pretty overboard on Halloween costumes.  2013 one was no different. After much discussion we decided to do a family theme with Despicable Me.  Dad (me) would be Gru, my wife would be the super cool Dr. Nefario, and the kids, of course, my Minions.  I know, Minions were very popular this … Read more

Award-Winning Miss Argentina Halloween Costume

Award-Winning Miss Argentina Halloween Costume

Forget the “ghost with the most!” Civil servants are the REAL spooks in town, and none so popular as former 1939 beauty queen and Netherworld receptionist supreme, the MISS ARGENTINA Halloween costume! Oh you don’t know what I’m talking about? *sigh* You probably haven’t even read through the manual completely yet…. Attention K-Mart shoppers! Without … Read more

Over-the-Top Group Halloween Costume: Biggest Nintendo Ever!

Over-the-Top Group Halloween Costume: Biggest Nintendo Ever!

The halloween 2013 , was prepared since 2012 . Like every year , we decided to challenge ourselves for Halloween creating a costumes that is interactive , visually striking and allows us to let go of our imagination! With this in mind, we decided to build one giant Nintendo from our childhood, and functional to … Read more

Coolest Gru and his Minions Family Halloween Costume

Coolest Gru and his Minions Family Halloween Costume

Up until this year, I had been making my son a Transformer costume in much the same way, but this year, it was going to be the Minions, and not just for my son, but for my daughter as well.  I created the Minion costumes from corrugated cardboard.  I measured my children (Ashley, 8; and … Read more