No! It can’t be… It’s the Stay Puft Marshmallow Baby . This is my 9 month old son and I, right out of a scene from Ghostbusters. This is my first attempt at sewing in about 15 years, but I got the idea and just had to make it! I used jersey fabric and pillow … Read more
We started with the idea from last years thanksgiving NewYork parade. I went down to the near homedepot and got a sheet of foam. We cut out circles and staked and glued them together. It took hours to sand the foam down to the shape of a peanut. We also made the hat out of … Read more
Initially I told myself my baby was only 4 1/2 months old, so I wasn’t going to dress him up in some over the top hot costume, especially because we live in Florida, and it is always hot on Halloween! But I kept thinking about him possibly being a pirate, then I could put him … Read more
The idea for this costume came to me after i visited the NYC Halloween Parade for the first time in 2013. I decided that i had to come back the next year but in costume. It immediately came to me, i knew i wanted to incorporate lights into the idea and also wanted to make … Read more
My son, like 99.9% of all 7 year old boys absolutely loves Minecraft. So naturally this year, he just HAD to be Steve. Since I’m also a little obsessive about making his costume each year, I had to oblige… Now no store bought Steve head would do. I wanted something that could survive a couple … Read more
I got the inspiration for this costume from a shirt I bought from Kentucky for Kentucky designed by the talented Rachael Sinclair. This year I was inspired to dress in something that ties me to my roots, I am a Kentucky native after all. I also wanted to spread the news to all those city … Read more
My Mario costume is too simple I need something nice! I should totally make a Kart! That is what I said thinking it was going to be simple and easy! But not at all, it is a lot of work and it took me three days. But it was totally worth! The kart was awesome … Read more
The trick to making this costume for under $2 was to plan ahead. My son knew he wanted to be a minecraft character for Halloween because this year he has been crazy about the game so it was easy to choose a costume. We knew back in June that we wanted to do a Herobrine … Read more
My son Finley has awesome crazy curly hair, and the funnest most loving personality. One day while he was playing around, I looked at him and I thought he looked just like Gene Wilder. So of course he had to be Willy Wonka for Halloween! I found a white top hat, spray painted it brown, I … Read more
This year when I asked my two and a half year old son what he wanted to be for Halloween, he replied with the name of a little girl he likes in his class. While I knew that wouldn’t happen, I also didn’t want to take him to the store and let him pick out … Read more
To say that my 4-year-old son, Henry, is obsessed with the Bowser villain from the Mario Bros. video games would be an understatement. So, it was no surprise when he told me several months ago that he wanted to be Bowser for Halloween (hey, at least he gave me ample notice!). At first I … Read more
This costume is completely handmade from head to alien toe. I used mostly EVA foam and various techniques of paint, sewing and lots of cutting and gluing. This is a completely freehand. I shape the foam pieces by cutting angles into the foam then gluing the many pieces together like a big puzzle. I always … Read more