Vincent’s mom said he has such big cheeks we should make him the Marshmallow Man. We procrastinated, but after one run that looked great to us, but not so comfortable for Vincent, we figured out to make pillow cases for each section and only s stuff the front portion. Not only was he comfy, but … Read more
Leeloo Dallas, Multipass! This fifth element costume is mostly bare-skin. How hard could it be?? Actually, it ended up taking me WAY longer than I expected. There are twelve straps total and sewing all of them together was a complicated process that involved LOTS of white fabric (about 2.5 yards) and time (4 days). I … Read more
As a child I grew up watching ET and was fascinated. Eight years ago I met my best friend and we both discovered our love for aliens. So much so, that for my first tattoo on my 18th birthday I got “UFO” tattooed on my inner lip. Every Halloween I try to outdo myself, thinking … Read more
Everyone has seen James Cameron’s 3D blockbuster that was years in the making. As we are always up for a challenge, my girlfriend and I decided to take a stab at the Avatar costumes despite the really funny looking outcomes we saw pictures of online. Going into it, we knew the most important parts for … Read more
On this year, I wanted to be the acklay, the crab-like arena beast from Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones. It was going to be life-sized, standing nearly 10 feet tall when the neck was raised. This costume took more than 4 months, and much of the space in my garage, to complete. … Read more
For Halloween this year my boyfriend and I were visitors from space. We gallivanted through town and told people we were just visiting Earth for a short vacation. We spoke in made up languages, shared epic stories of our travels, shot people with the laser gun “dance blasters”, figured out ways to drink and eat … Read more
As I created my Quorra costume, I discovered many things. One such discovery was the fact that when working with electric light tape you can shock yourself rather easily. I began by searching every store in my town for pleather. I found out that pleather is apparently scarce in Texas. Eventually I ordered some pleather … Read more
All my friends are dressing their babies up as fuzzy zoo animals or some costume that came in a bag from the store. That just is not my thing. This was my daughter’s third Halloween, and her third Halloween being something unique and not baby-y. In September I had the idea I wanted her to … Read more
This year I started my costume before I was outta time! One night I was the Delorean with Marty and Doc, then Marty McFly and the Delorean for the work party (I won best costume this year!). The Delorean is made from a Home Depot moving box, spray painted silver with black detailing using paint … Read more
I bought some ghostbusters patches of Ebay and a brown/khaki boiler suit. I went to a local sports shop and bought some small knee pads for the elbows. The back pack was a large cardboard box with an old ruck sack in it for the shoulder straps. I went on Google and lots of forums … Read more
Meet Dalek Caan. Dalek Caan is an elite Dalek and the last of the cult of Skaro. Instead of following the collective mind like the rest of the Daleks, he was made to imagine; think slightly different, creatively even. This is highly unusual Dalek behavior. He is especially important because, Dalek Caan ends up helping … Read more
I wanted to be dark helmet the first time I saw Spaceballs back in the 80’s. Something different and stands out. I built the helmet from vacuum forming the lid off a Weber outdoor grill. I then added the skirts from syrene plastic. After dozens of rivets and glue bondo and a ton of sanding … Read more