Frankenstein’s monster with a twist Everyone does the Frankenstein’s monster the same way, rubber head piece, a ton of green makeup, platform shoes and an old black suit coat. I wanted to be able to dance in mine so the platform shoes are an issue. What I came up is called a walk- about puppet. … Read more
This year I decided to go as Doctor Octopus (the version played by Alfred Molina in the 2004 movie Spider Man 2). I started by selecting the clothes I would need: a long brown trench coat ($10 at a thrift store) and a long green trench coat (which I happened to own). Underneath I wore … Read more
Heroes Among us! These are my four kids, at the time I made these costumes they were ages 13,10,9,4. Everyone of them had their own ideas of what characters they wanted to be, I had the task of creating them. I first started with the one that would take the most time which was The … Read more
My friends and I decided to dress up for Halloween as a group and the theme we picked was captains. We had Captain Morgan/Crunch/Lela/Kirk with me as Captain America. Since there were so many store bought versions of Captain I decided to make a cheap one out of Card board and Colored Duct Tape. I … Read more
I started making the boots by using an old pair of ballet flats with knee socks over top and covering them with blue duct tape. I used many layers so that they would keep their shape when I cut down the back of the boot to add grommets (about an inch apart) and ribbon so … Read more
I was so pleased with how “on-the-cheap” this costume came together! It helped that I have a lot of hair and didn’t have to spend a bunch of money on a wig to achieve the classic “bride” look. I started with a $6.00 dress from Goodwill (a near perfect fit– wow!) I work in a … Read more
This Ironman costume has come a long way and was made before the first movie came out. As each movie was released, the costume went into stages of armor evolution and transforming it into this unique design of Warmachine. This costume is purely made from cardboard and we were just really inspired by the movie … Read more
My 8 year old son, Thomas, has Asperger’s and wanted to be something totally different from anyone else! As always, every year, we make a costume rather that get a shop bought one, we like to be unique! He said he wanted to be Frankenstein’s monster. We started by thouroughly cleaning out a car fluid … Read more
We are big Marvel fans in my house. We have done numerous costumes with the Marvel characters. This year my 10 yr old wanted to be Dare Devil (the blind super hero). I decided to get a red morph suit and adapt it. I found a men’s size medium for $20 at walmart. I first … Read more
My boys and I love Halloween! We usually have our costumes figured out by May :-) But this year my 7 yr old just couldn’t decided what he wanted to be. His 3 brothers had all decided on costumes that would take some work on my part. So I have to admit I was not … Read more
While watching Iron Man 2 with my wife a few months back. I started thinking how cool it would be to have the Iron Man armor for myself. I mentally slapped myself back to reality not by realizing the suit is scientifically impossible but by thinking “I’m not a Billionaire so it will never happen”. … Read more
First off, I have always wanted to do this costume…so I started planning in June. I came across this website and read through all the Mystique entries to get ideas and to combine what I thought were some of the best techniques. I also viewed several YouTube videos on makeup ideas and techniques on how … Read more