Creepy DIY Costume with orange Hair and Wicked Face

Creepy DIY Costume with orange Hair and Wicked Face

I decided to look through pictures for make up ideas this year. White make up has always been a challenge for me. I found a similar picture and went with it. This is How the Creepy DIY Costume with Orange Hair and Wicked Face was built: I purchased contacts, a hat, gloves, and a lot … Read more

Cool Miss Captain America Halloween Costume

Cool Miss Captain America Halloween Costume

I was inspired by a friend who makes things like backpacks and teddy bears out of duct tape. I wanted to make my own costume out of the same material and I couldn’t imagine dressing up as anyone other than my favorite super hero, Captain America. I made this costume out of duct tape and … Read more

Cool Giraffe Costume on Stilts

Cool Giraffe Costume on Stilts

This year I wanted to be a giraffe, so I began about two weeks before Halloween. I began with using chicken wire as the base of my neck and head. I began with the head first, by bending the wire and tying  it to shape the head portion, then shaped the ears and antler as separate pieces … Read more

Cool Walking Tree Costume on Stilts

Cool Walking Tree Costume on Stilts

My kids decided that they both wanted to have quad costumes, that is to walk on all fours. I am always up for the challenge but I worried that I had over extended myself by committing to two such huge projects, but they jumped in and helped and we pulled it off. The kids wanted … Read more

Awesome Electro Costume Ready to Defeat Spiderman!

Awesome Electro Costume Ready to Defeat Spiderman!

My husband Floyd is wearing this awesome Electro costume we made together. Halloween is our favorite holiday, so we thought for months how we were going to make this costume work and make it glow. We got the inspiration from the new Spiderman movie where Electro is introduced in the series. We used a motocross … Read more

Child’s Christine Daae Masquerade Costume from Phantom of the Opera

Child's Christine Daae Masquerade Costume from Phantom of the Opera

“Masquerade… paper faces on parade. Masquerade… hide your face, so the world will never find you…” My youngest literally knows every word spoken and sung for both the Broadway and the 2004 movie versions of “Phantom of the Opera,” so it really wasn’t too much of a surprise as from where her motivation came from … Read more

Homemade Scary Shining Sisters Couple Costume

Homemade Scary Shining Sisters Couple Costume

For 20 some odd years, both Kyle and I dreaded Halloween. As kids, we grew up with the standard drugstore costumes: a plastic face mask with a thin elastic strap that was sure to break 10 minutes after putting it on, eye-holes that restricted 70% of your vision, and a plastic suit with your favorite character … Read more

Coolest Parrot and Porcupine Costumes

Coolest Parrot and Porcupine Costumes

Once upon a time, there was this seemingly innocent website called Pinterest. Now, if you were to casually peruse aforementioned website, you would find some of the most amazing ideas you have ever seen. These amazing ideas will be followed my seemingly overly simple instructions to make the amazing creation that has piqued your interest. … Read more

Homemade Medusa Costume – 150 Shades of Snakes

Homemade Medusa Costume - 150 Shades of Snakes

Medusa… Let me turn you to stone! I made every single part of my costume, head to toe (well maybe not the shoes :3) I really loved how this costume came out. I received a lot of compliments and everyone had to touch my wig! They wanted to know what it was made of as … Read more

Egyptian Anubis and Nefertiti Couple Costume

Egyptian Anubis and Nefertiti Couple Costume

The idea for these  costumes is from my son Andrew Fernandez.  He wanted this year to include his sister Camila Fernandez. Knowing that Andrew loves warrior characters, we started to search on the internet for ideas. He wanted some kind of Egyptian warrior but not a mummy! So he came up with the idea of … Read more

Coolest Homemade Gremlin Couple Costume

Coolest Homemade Gremlin Couple Costume

I was inspired to do Greta the Gremlin from Gremlins 2 after seeing several costumes online. Once I got the inspiration, my boyfriend and I decided to do it together and make it a couples costume. This is the first time we had done anything like this but we had so much fun doing this … Read more

Easy Homemade Rag-Doll Costume

Easy Homemade Rag-Doll Costume

My costume consists of many different elements I found myself and put together. My Halloween costume was originally made and designed by me for a performance about broken toys I did two years ago but I brought it back to life this year with a few changes. The dress I found in an op shop … Read more