Lilly wanted to be a Haunted House. We had an awesome time creating it. With the trial and error of boxes, cardboard, chicken wire, paper mache, and many other props we finally had a great finished costume. We put a lot of detail into it. Using the boxes, chicken wire and paper mache’, we created … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to come up with a really creative and unique couple’s costume that we have never seen before. We started thinking of ideas, but our Castaway Couple Costume idea didn’t form until one day in August. We were flipping through the TV channels, and we stopped on the movie Castaway. Tom Hank’s relationship … Read more
When I asked my six year old son, Ethan, what he wanted to be for Halloween this year, it came as no surprise when he confidently responded “the captain of a cruise ship – the Titanic!”. You see has has been obsessed (to put it mildly) with ocean liners ever since he saw the movie … Read more
This year for Halloween I asked my almost 3 year old what he wanted to be for Halloween, and due to his obsession with firetrucks of course he said a firetruck. So I Googled images of firetruck costumes after looking at various other costumes I thought to myself, it cant be that difficult. So to … Read more
I work in a bar/restaurant and the bar has a game called Lobster Zone. It’s a claw machine, but instead of trying to win a stuffed animal, you try to win a real live lobster, and if you succeed the kitchen will cook it for you. Patrons of the bar go nuts over this tank, … Read more
This Ammonite King costume began as four sheets of window display poster board backing. I glued with adhesive spray poster board and cut desired shape. Then duct taped seams. I used cotton balls and glue to make ridges on the shell. I painted design and sprayed with clear coat. I added stone spray paint to add texture … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I really wanted to turn heads this year. This costume does include my full body… no amputations necessary. Really! Take a second look! I made this costume from second-hand clothes, an old comforter, a styrofoam manikin head, and (of course) fake blood! I spent weeks adjusting the stuffing from the comforter … Read more
My son wanted to be a Minion for Halloween but at the store the costumes we saw looked like sacks. I knew I could do better than that. Since I work all the time, I could only do the costume on weekends. I got a paper and pen and drew a schedule for how long I had until Halloween. I … Read more
P.S. if my English is bad, excuse me, I am a French Canadian. Last year, a friend of mine and me decided to do Lego costumes for Halloween and won 1st place in two different bars, so we decided to participate again this year. We brainstormed for about two weeks and ended up with the … Read more
To make the bag I used : Medium sized box Quilted black fabric Metal Chain Gold Spray Paint I Cut the fabric to size then I used fabric glue to stick it to the box, kept the box intact as I experimented with many boxes and took them apart but they lose structure! I then … Read more
So each year, I make costumes for my family. At the time, I had a two year old and was 7 months pregnant. I wanted another Pixar theme so I made Monsters Inc. costumes. Plus I found a great way to incorporate my then in the womb daughter! She was Mike Wazowski’s eyeball (posterboard, stretch … Read more
I have two boys and we try to make the most out of every day together. I try to focus on spending quality time together; doing things is a must as well as establishing traditions and memories for years to come. Lives are so busy with sports and school and growing up it seems that … Read more