There are a lot of fictional characters that I love, a lot of characters who resonate with me, but none quite like Jean Grey of the X-Men. this is my Jean Grey from X-Men Costume. I have been making my own Halloween costumes for years and I always love the opportunity to spend time exploring … Read more
I decided I wanted to do something different this year…make a costume. I didn’t want just anything I can buy at the store so I started researching online. I wanted to go ALL OUT! I then found Mystique and I couldn’t get the idea out of my head! I knew however which way I would … Read more
Bride of Frankenstein: The dress was given to me from a client from her wedding in the 80’s. I cut the sleeves off and shredded what was left at my shoulders. I also cut and tore some rips into the dress, then safety pinned it back together… like a zipper of pins. I also added … Read more
This Captain America Woman’s Costume is a female version of the superhero Captain America, very easy to make and looks great! Started with an old red corset and sewed strips of white material down it to create the stripes. Sewed shiny blue material around the top of the corset and ruched in the centre. Using … Read more
My daughter loves the movie Kick A** she thinks Hit Girl is the best, so when its time to go Halloween shopping all she could think about is Hit Girl. I looked high and low for a Homemade Hit Girl Halloween Costume Idea, nobody had it, so I had to make it MYSELF. I download … Read more
This homemade Mystique from X-Men costume took us about a week to complete. We went to different dance stores looking for a navy blue leotard but no one had one in the store; we ended up buying a beige one and dyed it navy blue. We used fabric paint to make Mystique’s skin pattern. Each … Read more
The Homemade Gambit from the X Men Costume was pretty simple. I spray painted a car mat and cut it to size for my shin guards and black under amour pants. A tight pink shirt with drawn on muscles. I got the trench coat from Goodwill for $10. A metal pole for my bow staff … Read more
First, I spent awhile making the physical outfit. I used a bikini bottom and a strapless bra. I bought foam pieces and cut them into various shapes that were similar to Mystique’s scales. I glued the pieces over the bra and swimsuit. I also had some foam sticking from the top of the bra, to … Read more
The dress and bandages were purchased at a thrift store, make-up at a 99 cent store and the hair at a Sally Beauty supply. The dress is a simple long dress. With regular bandages, I wrapped the left arm up to the shoulder, through the dress to the right shoulder and down again to the … Read more
This is my version of a Captain America costume.. I wanted it to be as comfortable and as practical as possible.. After looking at as many Captain America costume pictures I could find, I used the idea I had in mind, mixed with any other input I could find online, including this site.. The Captain … Read more
I made this homemade Kick Ass child costume by turning a Spiderman costume inside out and copying the pattern onto the green fabric. Then I glued the yellow pin stripes on and painted the sticks black. The gloves are cleaning gloves! This was fun to make and my son got to paint the sticks!
I created this Rogue from the Xmen Costume almost entirely from scratch. I purchased a sewing machine just for the occasion and the 2 colors of spandex at a local fabric store in Boston. I made the body suit, added a zipper at the back so that I could get in and out of the … Read more