I originally had a different idea for my costume, but when I went to goodwill I couldn’t find exactly what I wanted. My friend pulled this dress off the rack and suggested I use it. I tried it on. It fit like it was made for me! I spent $10 on the dress. $8 on … Read more
My boyfriend and I absolutely love the movie, Wreck-It Ralph, so we decided to be Ralph and Vanellope Von Schweetz couple costume for Halloween this year. Looking at cosplay for inspiration, it seemed easy enough to thrift and DIY everything we needed. All of the clothes pictured we got at thrift stores (Savers, Goodwill, etc.) … Read more
Preparing for a local “zombie” 5k with my 11 yr old daughter was so much fun!!! She is such a crazy kid, but look out for her. She is going to be the next big special effects make-up artist in 8-10 years!! How we made ourselves look disgusting: 1st Bed head-no brushing or styling. How … Read more
This costume was all about the hair and makeup for the “wow-factor” I wanted to give everyone that saw me. I had a polka dot crop top from Forever 21 and a skirt from goodwill that luckily worked together well for the actual outfit. For the hair, I used rollers and lightly sprayed in with … Read more
I am big into Halloween and always am looking to do something new and different each year. I decided to be Rufio because not only is Hook an amazing movie, but he is such an iconic character of my childhood. The best part? I was able to show him pictures of my costume at Comic-Con … Read more
In order to keep with the frightful spirit of Halloween, I decided that the perfect costume would be one that really represents the theme. I knew exactly which feeling I wanted to elicit from people- and that was shock! So instead of going the other way and wearing a sexy costume that would shock most … Read more
Preston loves baseball and when a local fair costume contest was announced he was bummed out that the theme was not sports this year. The annual town fair has a kids costume parade that awards ribbons based on the theme. This year theme was “Under the Big Top” circus carnival theme. Preston’s mom with the … Read more
I worked as a financial planner at a college out of town from 2006 through 2010. Every year we always dressed up in Halloween costumes to entertain our students who happened to be there on that day for classes. Well, SOMEHOW, in 2010 I forgot all about wearing a costume for work. I guess I … Read more
For this Thomas the Train costume, you will need some cardboard paper boxes. A tube to create a nice curve along the top and circle at front. I used an 8″ cardboard tube intended to be a form for concrete columns. I printed a picture of Thomas’s face off the internet and just used spray paint … Read more
I’m not gonna lie…it took people a little while to figure out what we were. And if you’ve never watched Big Bang theory then you probably wouldn’t get it even after we told you what we were. The rock was made using a trash bag stuffed with news paper. The paper was made using a … Read more
This one was inspired by the fact that we already had a gorilla outfit. And I might add that the girl wearing it actually played four points of the match with the face one and played an entire game with the body part on before the Louisiana heat got to be too much! Major props! … Read more
This one was especially fun to make because it was so easy. For each one, just use a plain black shirt. Because you’re using duct tape, you can actually use a shirt you already have in your closet. Take plain regular yellow duct tape and run it around each shirt. Remember, if the shirt is … Read more