Each year we do a family Halloween costume theme and this year we chose Snow White! I make all of the costumes or alter them from thrift store finds. I spend months planning and collecting thrift store pieces and fabric that seem like they will be perfect, then I find a way to put them … Read more
The costume idea was mine but my daughter helped in making it. I’m kind of known for living a life with the candle burning at both ends. Not much down time. A couple years ago I decided to try 5 Hour Energy drinks. I was drinking maybe 4 of them a week. A couple of … Read more
I knew I wanted to be a doll. I love looking pretty, fabulous, and of course girly. I played around with being barbie and even a sexy blow up doll, but it seemed to have all been done, so I had to think of something different. So the paper doll theme came to my mind! … Read more
My inspiration for the dress came to me when I was watching the cheesy 80’s movie Clash of the Titans. I had bought the dress from a yard sale earlier this summer. The dress is actually an old wedding dress I found in a yard sale for $8.00, I then used eight cans of cheap … Read more
For the past 15 years, I’ve been going to my friends annual Halloween party in Woburn MA. The party attracts anywhere from 200-400 people and each year I have won the “best overall” category which means that after the party, I usually begin thinking about what I want to do the following year to top … Read more
Well it all began when i stumbled across a video of Kool Aid Man (KAM) running down the beach against a bottle of cola. Cola tripped and the victorious KAM basked in his glory as he won the race. I had a beach festival coming up in the next couple of weeks and I thought … Read more
I love doing large DIY costumes each year for Halloween. I think they’re way more fun and creative than a store bought costume. Plus, I love the added challenge of trying to figure out how to make my vision a reality. Last year I created a gumball machine costume and wanted to continue with a similar … Read more
Being a person who often has body image and self esteem issues Halloween is really my favorite holiday! It is the time of year where I can be whatever or whoever I want and I never get that feeling of ew I look hideous! This costume was supposed to be super easy. Order a dress … Read more
I made this costume using 100 percent recycled parts. We are talking foam pillows. Sport shields knee pads shower hose, game console parts took 3 months to glue paint air brush and tape all made by hand. Many sleepless nights started with a base of black fabric then cut and shaped forty pieces of foam … Read more
My girlfriend and I wanted to try and do a couples costume that we were sure we weren’t going to see all over the place this Halloween, but would still be somewhat matching and have a good time with, so we picked to be famous internet cat meme’s Grumpy Cat and Nyan Cat. For Grumpy … Read more
Hello there!! My name is Trevor and I made an Incredible hulk costume from scratch! I started with a black lycra suit and added pieces of polyurethane foam with a spray adhesive. As I applied them, I used an electric Turkey carver to shape all of the muscles and to contour the foam to my … Read more
We are Fix it Felix JR, Vanellope Von Schweets and Wreck it Ralph. We are also Jennifer, Daxx and Annika. We love dressing up together every year, this year it was mommys turn to pick, why I chose a nine foot tall man with giant hands who lives in a dump is beyond me! Never the … Read more