My daughter wanted to be the Weeping the Angel from Dr. Who for Halloween last year. I set out to a bigger feat then I could ever have imagined. The costume should be on this site not because its been done before but because it will never be sold or given away. The memories making … Read more
When I was pregnant for my son I turned into a Pinterest Queen. I Pinterested everything from new mom tips to cute baby clothing and everything in between. One day while Pinteresting my life away I came across ideas for baby Halloween costumes. They were all so cute, but none as cute as the Stay … Read more
I don’t know if any of ya’ll have seen or even heard of BBC’s ‘Doctor Who’, but for me it is one of the greatest shows of all time! This British sci-fi show has been running for over 50 years now and is currently one of the most popular TV shows in the US and … Read more
These Steampunk costumes were created with pieces we owned, new pieces we bought, and a few pieces we rented from a local vintage clothing and costume shop. Steampunk is something my husband wanted to dress up as for years, and last year, we finally did it! We got TONS of compliments and people asking us … Read more
My husband has always loved Star Wars, and I think Ewoks are the cutest things ever so I knew I had to whip up a little something for my sons first trick-or-treating adventure. I did my research and saw tons of great ideas and ended up finding a cute little bear costume super cheap, and … Read more
Make way for Little Miss Han Solo! My oldest son and I have always been huge sci-fi fans. When he was growing up I would reward him for a good report card by buying him Star Wars figures. He would get one figure for each A on his report card. I made this easy no-sew … Read more
My 5 years old son wanted to be a robot for the Carnival. So, I and my mother started to work on the costume. I love recycling, so the basic idea was to collect old boxes and reassemble them together. I started looking on how to make a robot on internet, but the main problem … Read more
I am an amateur movie fx makeup artist. Very amateur, this was my first make up effects in years. I told my girlfriend I would take her daughter trick or treating on one condition. I get to dress up. Her counter offer was NO ZOMBIES!! So I decided to be a character from my favorite … Read more
I knew for weeks I wanted to dress up like Quorra from the movie Tron Legacy but couldn’t figure out how to pull it off effectively. I wanted originality, sexy but work appropriate- not something out of a package, so I started by searching on Coolest Homemade Costumes. After reading reviews online I decided to … Read more
Back in June 2012 , I attended the Joliet Illinois Public Library’s 3rd annual “Star Wars Day.” Part of the fun that day was a charity raffle drawing for a Tusken Raider head display, with proceeds going to purchase toy gifts for some local sick children. Earlier that day, I had ran into a friend … Read more
Halloween is by far my favorite holiday and every year I try to top the costume from the year before. My husband and I are Star Trek fans and I thought it would be kind of cool to create a Borg costume. It turned out better than I imagined and didn’t cost an arm and … Read more
This is the Death Star. It is not yet fully operational. She was built from a papier mached large beach ball. I let it sit and dry for about a week and then I cut the balloon out and spray painted the outside. I took crazy foam paper and spray painted it a darker color … Read more