This Carmen Sandiego costume was an easy costume to make, and was items I could re-use after Halloween so it was a total win-win! Everything was right at Charlotte Russ: Red Pea coat, Yellow tank top- folder up so the top part would hang down, Halloween underwear that said “Boo” on the back, and the red … Read more
Who didn’t love searching the world for Carmen Sandiego growing up? The mystery, the intrigue, the geography lessons. Those were the years when Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego were the go-to computer games—the years of my childhood. Now that I’m grown up and have long hair for the first time in years, I realized I … Read more
We had a great time making this Price Is Right Costume. We got corrugated board and spray painted them green. Then we vinyled all the letter designs. Tied a string through it to hang. We also made the shirts. The fronts says “I $ Plinko” and the backs say “Spay and Neuter your Pets”. We … Read more
This Double Dare couples Halloween costume was a HUGE hit a few Halloweens ago, and our friends still talk about it! If you are a child of the 90’s and remember watching the show Double Dare on Nickelodeon…you and everyone else will truly love it. My husband and I really got into “character,” which … Read more
Cardboard Box + grey spraypaint + construction paper + whiteout + sharpie + red reflective sticker + pen + ribbon! I made the box pretty obviously. I used the reflective sticker for the red squares at the top and attached a pen with ribbon as my clicker. To make it a little bit more sexy … Read more
Last year my friends and I decided to go as Global Guts contestants. It was a fairly simple to make. We used bought blank t-shirts and ironed on the Guts logo. We then bought arm pads, knee pads, and helmets (which we covered with yellow duct tape). Underneath we all wore black spandex tops and … Read more
For Howie, he simply wore a suite that he already had. The shirt underneath had red stripes with a red tie, since Howie wears red or purple a lot. We put hoop earrings in, and drew the facial hair on with black eyeliner, he is already bald. There is a bottle of hand sanitizer in … Read more
This is a homemade Price is Right contestant costume. It is made to look like I bid the winning number and am ready to ‘come on down’ to contestants row. I made this with a sturdy white board that I purchased from a convenience store and carefully placed yellow and green construction paper to make … Read more
For the Legends of the Hidden Temple costume we bought skate helmets and spray painted them yellow to match with the logos on the shirts (which we did order online). Other accessories we got where padding/ wrist guards, mouth guards and WATER SHOES (what we could find in October, buy them in the summer!). We … Read more
We were going back to our college town for Halloween and needed an awesome group costume – Double Dare from Nickelodeon. We hadn’t seen the costume done before and we wanted to make our costumes as authentic-looking as possible. We had a red team and a blue team just like in the show – girls … Read more
I have been watching the Price is Right since I was a little girl and love the show! One day while watching the show, I realized that my husband resembled Drew Carey (the new host), and thought that it would be the perfect Halloween costume since I have always wanted to be a contestant on … Read more
We have had 12 Halloween Costume Parties and it is harder and harder every year to come up with something original! I searched and came up with this American Gladiators Couples Costume idea. For my costume (the girl) one of my friends had dropped off some clothes for my son and accidentally put in her … Read more