Here is our group costume at work! We are all characters from the hit series, Orange Is The New Black. We all got Dickies scrubs (or Dickies uniform in the officer’s case, chef’s wear for Red), and then added our character’s personal touches. Hand drawn rose tattoo and glasses for “Alex,” Neck tat (only temporary!) … Read more
My wife and I were thrilled at the chance for our first true family group costume. We were going to be all the “bouncy” characters from Winnie the Pooh stories! My wife and infant son would be Kanga and Roo, and I would be Tigger. We were lucky enough to find a commercial jumpsuit pattern … Read more
When I proposed the Sanderson Sisters to my best friend we knew we wanted to piece it together from scratch and not just buy the full dresses. We also knew that we would need to add as much detail as we could to create a true to the movie costume. I bought the crushed velvet, … Read more
We needed a theme and we were all girls and we didn’t want to do anything too traditional so this is what we came up with. I had to be Shaggy because no one wanted to be him. Overall it worked out , had so much fun putting Scooby Doo Gang costumes together. For Shaggy … Read more
If you love Minions, this is the costume to choose! It will fit majority of people, if you can fit in a kitchen bin, you can be this Minion! It was a long bit extremely fun process, all up about one week in time and $90 maximum per Minion. But totally worth it! There were many entertaining clips … Read more
As my kids got older I started to get more creative with the costumes. I always try to make their costumes go together. Me and my family are really big Jim Henson fans .Choosing who was going to be which character wasn’t hard either. They all match the personality as well. My oldest daughter is … Read more
I used poster board and a balloon for the body. Paper mached about 5 layers and painted yellow. I added overalls with some fabric and paint, goggles are made of sour cream cups spray painted in silver. All other details are foam sheets. They were a bit complicated but very fun to make. I love … Read more
We have serious appreciation for unique, well constructed homemade Halloween costumes! I am the oldest of six “kids” – ages 37 down to 24- and our spouses and friends all love HALLOWEEN! My brother and his wife host the annual “Aftermath” Halloween party… Everyone goes all-out for it! You’d think there was big money prizes … Read more
For this homemade chocolate candy head costume I used a large balloon (the kind that has the elastic band attached that kids like to bop around, works well) for the mold – just make sure it is a very big one. I bought wallpaper paste from the store and employ a lot of daily-journal paper. I cut … Read more
It was the evening of October 12th. As usual, my three buddies and I were discussing potential costume ideas for upcoming area parties and contests. See, we love Halloween. We take this holiday very serious. It is the one time of year when you can be anything you want. However, whatever we do, we want to make sure we’re the … Read more
After the inspiration of Smurfs 2, my boyfriend and I went as Papa Smurf and Smurfette. This costume was very easy thanks to the new second skin costumes that are so famous now. The bought items were 2 full body suits (blue), red sweat pants for Papa, red socks, blonde wig, white sun dress. I … Read more
I sculpted the Ludo mask from construction foam and created his fur suit. I altered Sarah’s dress from an existing wedding dress and added layers and layers of tulle. I hand painted the goblin King’s wig and cut and styled it to look like Jareth. His clothing is a collection of thrift finds that have been altered … Read more