Awesome Homemade Hulk Halloween Costume

Awesome Homemade Hulk Halloween Costume

I have always wanted to attempt a large project for Halloween and this year I decided to go for it and create a Hulk costume. I am already a big guy (6’7″) but needed to have the massive muscles that make a Hulk costume. With this in mind I planned out how to create a … Read more

Epic Homemade Halo Reach Spartan Costume

The costume was made from two kinds of foam. The kind that you put under a sleeping bag when camping, and the kind of interlocking foam used to suppo

The Halo Reach Spartan costume was made from two kinds of foam. The kind that you put under a sleeping bag when camping, and the kind of interlocking foam used to support  a treadmill. I measured and made cardboard mock ups then cut the foam out. Had to make a lot of right angle cuts … Read more

Awesome Homemade Flasher Gremlin Costume

As soon as the thought of being a Gremlin from the movie Gremlins came to me I got super excited.  I grew up watching the movie and loving it so

As soon as the thought of being a Gremlin from the movie Gremlins came to me I got super excited.  I grew up watching the movie and loving it so I made a trip to the video store to rekindle the thoughts and images in my mind. I decided to go above and beyond anything … Read more

Best Home Made Roger Rabbit Halloween Costume

Best Home Made Roger Rabbit Halloween Costume

Here is My Epic Roger Rabbit Halloween costume!  Hope You all enjoy it as much as I did making it and showing it off!! Things you will Need!!! or at least what i used!! Number 1 and most important!  A creative mind!  you will need this! 2. Sewing machine. Needles and pins!! 3. about 3 … Read more

Coolest Homemade Centaur Costume with Moving Legs!

Homemade Centaur Costume

After going to Ren Faire last year, I sketched out a design for a Centaur costume with moving legs. The skull is pipe foam covers held together with masking tape and covered in Claycrete. The front hooves of the Centaur costume are high-heel boots with the heels ripped off and a sizable wood platform attached. … Read more

Coolest Man Spider Costume

Homemade Man Spider Costume

This year’s costume had to be comparable to last year’s Oscar the Grouch costume. I wanted something that was both mechanical, and unique. I decided to create a half-man / half-spider designed similar to a Centaur (upper half is man, while the lower half is animal). The materials were relatively inexpensive, but the time investment … Read more

Coolest Fenris Wolf Costume

Homemade Fenris Wolf Costume

Meet Fenris. A Norse Mythological creature! A ferocious Beast! I read a story about the creature Fenris, and with wolves being my favorite animal I couldn’t refuse challenging myself to make this fluffy beast. The Homemade Fenris Wolf Costume is a quad-suit, which means there is one person inside walking on all fours with the … Read more

Coolest Terminator 2 Costume

Coolest Terminator 2 Costume

This is my Terminator 2 costume/life-sized that I finally completed. This was the most difficult and time consuming creation to date, but the end results were well worth it! I have always been a huge fan of the movies, and thought nothing would be more “cool” that to actually become the Terminator. So after many … Read more

Coolest Homemade Darkness Costume from Legend

Homemade Darkness Costume from Legend

This Homemade Darkness Costume from Legend was my second attempt at creating this iconic movie monster; Darkness from “Legend”, a fantasy movie from the 80’s starring Tom Cruise and Tim Curry. Looking back at my previous effort, I must say this one came out much better. I learned a great deal from Halloweens and conventions … Read more

Coolest Homemade Beetlejuice Halloween Costume

Handmade Beetlejuice Carousel and Hammerhands Costume

Here’s a costume I started in 2006 and finally finished in 2008. I’ve worn it on two Halloween nights and the response has been awesome – for which I am very grateful! The kids just love it because the carousel lights up and rotates, plus the hammer hands are really long and huge…I’m like a … Read more

Coolest Frankenberry Homemade Costume

Homemade Frankenberry Costume

Of the three monster cereals, Frankenberry was always my favorite as a kid. But I had to wonder, now that I’m all grown up, what Frankenberry would be like today? So I went out to create a larger-than-life-size, pink, reanimated, mechanized corpse that’s all hopped up on his own sugary sweet breakfast cereal. I started … Read more

Coolest Aliens Powerloader Costume

Homemade Aliens Powerloader Costume

Every year we host a Halloween Party and this year’s theme was Sci-fi. For her costume, my girlfriend and I recreated one of the most memorable pieces from modern sci-fi…Ripley’s powerloader from Aliens. It took 180 hours over the course of 10 weeks, stands over seven feet tall, and of course has moving legs, arms, … Read more