Both of my boys like backhoes and bulldozers. So of course that’s what she wanted to be for Halloween. After looking in many costume stores and online, we could not find a costume because they do not make them. The looks of my boys faces were very upsetting. They were very disappointed that they wouldn’t … Read more
My three year old son decided he wanted to be a backhoe for Halloween, not a construction worker, an actual backhoe. The he body is made with moving boxes wnile the diggers are form core and poster board. The wheels are cookie tins as we wanted the 3-D effect. we needed to make sure to … Read more
My cat’s who are named “Boots” and “Socks” love to play and sleep in their cat condo ever since I brought it home to them from Walmart. They feel safe and protected when they are inside. Upon looking at the weather for Halloween the Monday prior, I noticed that it had a high chance of … Read more
Beginning when Asher was very little, my husband would comb his hair in a certain way that he looked just like a little German baby (blonde hair, blue eyes), and we would say “Guten Tag Herr Asher.” We decided it would be only fitting for him to dress up as a “Guten Tag Boy” for … Read more
You’ve got 2 halves of coconuts, and you’re banging’ em together. Halloween was always a fun holiday as a kid because my mother was very hands-on in the making of my costumes. I’d always go with her to the craft store to pick out a sewing pattern and relevant fabrics and watch (sometimes helping) as … Read more
All my son wanted to be on his 5th Halloween was Loki (the bad guy off the Avengers). He asked me if I could make him the costume but I was far from that ability, so naturally he asked his Nana to make him his Loki costume and of course nana said “sure I can! … Read more
My wife found a picture on Pinterest that was similar to this costume, but the body in the picture carrying the box was headless. To me, it looked strange that it took such a big box to house a head. So… I came up with the idea to give the upper body a head and … Read more
I was invited to a 1980’s themed Halloween party this year. As I am a Bald by choice man, and the 80’s were all about the hair, I was frazzled. Until I remembered one of my favorite 80’s characters..Robocop. I started to look up old photos online, and found that this has been attempted before, … Read more
As a college senior swearing into the world’s greatest Air Force this May, I decided to get a headstart on training by building myself an airplane! I was inspired to build an F-16 because it’s what my dad flew, and he’s the reason I decided to fly! It all started with a big TV box. … Read more
The base was a re-purposed plain witch dress and some tight fitting black pants. We already had blue shoes to match. Making the rest is where it got tricky! I started with some bee wings and smaller bat wings, plus a wire flower for the tail. I covered both sets of wings with black felt … Read more
When I was about 5 years old I hid in the kitchen of my mother and father’s home watching “Child’s Play” for the first time. When it was over I came out to let my parents know I had been watching and I was not scared of this murderous doll. So for my birthday on … Read more
I looked for weeks for the perfect costume for my 8 month old little boy’s first Halloween costume! I wanted something that was not common and wanted him to stand out! The little lumberjack’s name that I am telling you about is Eastin Cade Sackett. One day I was looking through his clothes and came across a onesie … Read more