This He-Man and She-Ra couple costume took us a couple months to compile. My girlfriend dressed as She Ra and made her dress from scratch along with a modified Cleopatra mask that we had to take apart and put back together as well as attach a hair band to for the head dress. Her hair is a wig. … Read more
This last-minute Ke$ha costume was EASY to make/do! I started by making the “death to the pixies” shirt that she wears. It is available online and you can cut the neck to make it more grungey but I just got some fabric paint and free handed it myself. Next I took some old tights and cut … Read more
After thinking up the Bee Keeper and Bee costume, we spent only a few hours and about $10 putting the plan in action. Bee Keeper costume included 1 $5 painter’s coveralls from Home Depot, a borrowed safari-like hat and some fabric that mimicked mosquito netting from Wal-Mart. The bee costume was a bit more difficult. I … Read more
I saw a similar idea for a cat lady costume on Pinterest about 3 weeks before Halloween and ran with it. I went to my local thrift store and bought old lady shoes, giant old lady glasses, an old lady dress, a cardigan and a certified crazy cat lady brooch. I then went over to … Read more
I’m 20 years old, and I hadn’t dressed up for Halloween in YEARS, so when my friend invited me to her annual Halloween party and a costume was required, I panicked a little because I HATE store bought costumes. But a month before the party, we were discussing the 40’s in my American Pop Culture … Read more
My baby turned 8 months at the time of Halloween this year and I started thinking about what costume to make for her a month in advance. She had just started going on her knees and I thought by the time Halloween approaches she will be crawling all around and so I decided to make her a spider costume … Read more
I know I’m probably showing my age, but I have some pretty fond memories of Bad B-style superhero movies as a kid. (Ahh, the 80’s and early 90’s.) One of my favorite obscure superheros is Tank Girl, the foul-mouthed, smoking, drinking, mutant kangaroo-loving bad a**, who fights to save the environment/world agaisnt all types of … Read more
My husband loves superheroes! OK OK … so do I. So, for our first cosplay attempt at last year’s Comic Con, we decided on a super simple (and cheap!) Clark Kent in the middle of “becoming” Superman costume for him. (I was Tank Girl – you can check out my other submission for a how-to on my costume!) What … Read more
The same year (2012) my son wanted to be Davy Jones for trick or treating, he asked to be something easier for school. My solution…. Billy Butcherson the zombie from Hocus Pocus! It was a costume I made my husband a few years back. I pulled it out, and yay, it fit Joe! It was … Read more
I love coming up with unique, handmade costume ideas, and they’re almost always inspired by movies. Last spring, I saw a cheap 50’s style model car at a drugstore and was inspired to make this “Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman” costume. Usually when assembling costumes I go for complete accuracy, but I thought it would be … Read more
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! I love getting the chance to create a unique costume (I try to pick something very involved, crafty, and something hopefully no one else will think of). I chose a glittering Ke$ha Popstar costume! Though she is very popular, she isn’t a common costume like Gaga! And who … Read more
Take an old pair of over sized pants and cut them off mid calf and make a jagged, uneven hem for this clown costume. Use an old shirt and cut holes in it, wash to give it a frayed look, then splatter with fake blood. I picked up a pair of suspenders from the thrift store for $1 and used … Read more