I feel like an 8-year old trapped in the body of a 42-year old. I LOVE Halloween and I LOVE Legos! Every time I see Lord Business, I crack up over his unbelievably large coffee cup helmet. After seeing “The Lego Movie”, I knew exactly what I wanted to be for Halloween, even though I … Read more
It all started with the tornado. On a sunny day in August my darling 9 year old son came to me with his Halloween requests. He had decided on a costume, and much to my surprise it had absolutely nothing to do with a super hero or a video game! He wanted to be a … Read more
The story of this costume actually starts with my 2013 Halloween costume, which included a large homemade pumpkin head I’d made out of an old piece of upholstery foam. The costume-making mess left me with a large garbage bag full of foam scraps that I really didn’t want to toss in the landfill, so I … Read more
I was debating whether or not to take my daughter, who is only 15 months, trick or treating for the first time and I knew if I was going to, I was going to be creative with her means of “transportation”. I was looking for a fun way to complement my daughter’s pirate costume, and … Read more
After a few visits to the local costume stores, with nothing jumping out at me, I decided I wanted a unique and witty costume for this year. After thinking back to childhood Halloweens and childhood toys, I was blinded by the idea light bulb of a Barbie doll, with an adult twist! I started with … Read more
My nine year old son, Brodie Henry, decided he wanted to be a Dalek from Doctor Who for Halloween. We worked with a family friend to build his costume from a drawing of a Dalek, with much direction from Brodie. Scrap wood is the main item used in building the costume. The only thing new … Read more
Our six year old started asking in mid September for a Ghostbusters costume. We thought that was pretty surprising, as he has never seen the movie and scares pretty easily. He was insistent though, and we got to work on building it. We live in a small town, and it proved impossible to find anything, … Read more
This popcorn box costume was homemade by my eleven year old daughter and myself. It was inspired by the walking refreshment characters that used to come on before a movie. I had some old-fashioned popcorn boxes left over from a party that I used as my template for the design on the box. To form the box, … Read more
I love the game Halo and I was looking for a challenge this year and to do more than I did the year before. I searched many online forums and couldn’t find any well made Master Chief costume tutorials, so I pulled out the Master Chief figure and custom made each piece out of cardboard. … Read more
This year we created a grand champion chicken costume for our toddler for Halloween. We have joined the sustainable living bandwagon and living in the heart of Dallas, Texas it was a challenge to introduce our love for chickens. Neighbors would drive-by so slowly and walk down the alley just to get a glance into … Read more
My son decided the Tuesday before Halloween that he wanted an Edward Scissorhands costume. Prior to this, he was going to go without a costume because the kids at school told him homemade costumes suck. I have never been one to buy costumes, so we found ourselves at a standoff. Once he came to me … Read more
When Maleficent came out in theaters this year, I promptly went to see it. Having grown up watching Sleeping Beauty, she became the most trancing Disney character I’d had ever watched. Maleficent was so inspiring visually. I was very taken from beginning to end by the graphics in the movie, but Maleficent’s look and wardrobe … Read more