Baby Groot is getting down to an Awesome Mix of tunes. For awhile, I have wanted to try making a paper costume. I bought a large roll of brown paper from the home improvement store and a large bottle of white glue. I wanted to make a simplified version of Groot that the average crafter could afford to … Read more
This is what Thor’s evil brother Loki looked like when we first meet him in Journey into Mystery #85. I wanted to make a Loki costume but I did not want to use the movie version. So I went old school. 1962 the costume was all made from scratch. This was my 1st time doing … Read more
This Iron Man costume was was born when I was asked to participate in a costume bike ride. I was already looking into people making these amazing Iron Man costumes, so this was my chance to make one for myself! I started with the helmet and made it using a program called Pepakura which allowed … Read more
Who dares summon Eternity? Eternity is a Marvel comics Cosmic being from Dr Strange comics. I started this costume with a trip to the value clothing store around Halloween. There I picked up the basic black material to start with. I used 5 ghoul costumes as a start because I found one had a pants … Read more
I thoroughly enjoyed coming up with the design to complete this Mystique costume. I decided to scrap the body paint idea (it’s cold outside) and just use a unitard instead. I chose to use sequinned material to add the scales effect. I cut and attached this while wearing the unitard which probably sounds just as hard … Read more
My boyfriend Josh hosted a Halloween party this year and wanted to go for the Boris Karloff version of the Monster (I went as Betty Boop but I don’t think my costume came out nearly as well as his). He bought a tight jacket, old dark pants and chunky black boots from Goodwill. He used … Read more
I decided that I would go as the Bride of Frankenstein for Halloween this year. I am getting married in a few weeks, so it seemed fitting. I started by buying 3 yards of muslin fabric and 3 yards of the mesh fabric. I folded these in half and sewed a seam along the edges, … Read more
I play in an adult competitive dodgeball league in West Hollywood where the names of the teams are usually some fun pun (like What Would Jesus Dodge or Game of Throws). This season my team decided to be a costumed mash-up of the English TV show Absolutely Fabulous and Marvel Comic characters calling ourselves Absolutely … Read more
My boyfriend is a high school special education teacher in Brooklyn, New York. Once he decided to grow out his hair to donate, all of his students started telling him how much he looked like Thor and well, they were all right. He decided to be Thor for Halloween to try to inspire his students … Read more
I’ve been a fan of the Avengers for over a year now, and I’ve always had a soft spot for Loki. In the Avengers, Loki does have a good heart and good intentions, but he portrays them in a villainous way, and because of that he is very misunderstood. I can definitely relate to that, … Read more
My costume evolved from an idea a band I was listening to one night gave to me. They were telling me they were sponsoring a costume contest on Halloween, and then told me how they were all going to dress up. All the band members were going to come as their individual versions of mad … Read more
To create my Wolverine (2009 “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” version), I created the first 10-inch cardboard claw, shaped to fit in and protrude from the spaces between my fingers realistically, and then used it as a template for the other claws that I would use. Then I covered the claws in two layers of duct tape, … Read more