My son is in 8th grade and wanted to end middle school with the best Halloween Costume. I was little worried on how I could pull this off. I first printed out pictures of the cartoon, original and new versions of Optimus Prime. We then began to search for certain box shapes. One wide enough for … Read more
This Jack Skellington costume is completely homemade. It took over four months of design and planning for one of my favorite screen characters of all time to come to life in a costume. It has always been a recurring thought of mine to do Jack every year. This year I was finally afforded with enough … Read more
We are always inspired to make our own costumes, and love doing it. This year Silent Hill inspired us. It took us five to six days out of our busy life to make these Silent Hill Pyramid Head and Faceless Nurse costumes. It was fun and not too terribly hard! We won our local contest … Read more
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
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
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 to … Read more
This is by far the biggest Halloween project I’ve ever undertaken. I gave myself over six weeks to finish it, and didn’t put the final touches on until the day of Halloween. I always try to make my own costume, but it’s usually pretty simple. This year, my son wanted to go as Rocket Raccoon … Read more
I always come up with my costume basically the day after Halloween is over for the next year. This year I already know what I am doing for next year. I always go as something from a movie. Ive been the leg lamp from The Christmas Story, The Flux Capacitor from Back To The Future, … Read more
This is my costume from 2013 updated in 2014. It is an eight foot tall “tree ent or woodland spirit”. The inspiration came from Lord of the Rings, and also when I was young I went to a renaissance Festival and saw a giant tree man waking around. I thought it was the coolest thing … Read more
I started making my own costumes a few years ago, when I realized that to stand-out I couldn’t just go buy something off the rack. I never thought of myself as a creative person, but I started experimenting with different materials and kind of got addicted. Each year I’ve tried to find a topic or … Read more
I made my son’s costume last year out a white table cloth and brown hair color to make the bloody look on the table cloth….I wrapped the table cloth around the bed foam which I glued onto the crutches for the front legs and stilts for the back and black panty hose for ripped skin. … Read more
I was looking for a way to challenge myself by creating something out of this world. The Groot costume idea came to me as a challenge. My peers said I would not be able to re-create such an intense character before halloween. There was a lot of trial and error with this costume since there … Read more