I had a hard time decideing what to make this year .. since i work in a family store ,the costume couldnt be too scary .. so after alot of thinking ..YODA seemed to be the prefect costume this year . I found the perfect robe at a value village 7.99 $ not bad then … Read more
“What do we want to be for halloween?” My wife asked as she was browsing pintrest. A click here and a click there and a image of a “R2-tu-tut” costume lead us to the family starwars costumes. It was decided that we would go as, Anakin and Padame Skywalker with our children Luke and Leia. … Read more
In our house we love classic 80s movies. We wouldn’t be good parents if we didn’t introduce our kids to such favorites as The Goonies, The Princess Bride, Spaceballs, Star Wars and Indiana Jones. My kids, 7 and 9, indulged my wish for a family costume last year when we went as the Addams Family … Read more
Hi, I’m grandma. I have been making my granddaughters costumes for the last couple years. Halloween is my favorite holiday. Right after last Halloween the girls started talking about this year. We looked online at lots of pictures. They liked the idea of having a flying umbrella and a jet pack so we went with … Read more
My son wanted to be Atom from the movie Real Steel. I had made robot style costumes before, so my initial idea was to use football shoulder pads like we had used when making him Bumblebee from Transformers. I started browsing craigslist and eBay for any cheap used ones. I came across a used hockey … Read more
My son wanted to be a cyborg for Halloween. I thought to myself “how can we kick this up a notch?” So I did a little research and found the illusion costumes and away we went. The cage is made of PVC pipe. We found a grim reaper costume in a yard sale and used … Read more
This was a CHALLENGING costume! Ruby Rhod from the movie The Fifth Element. This costume was a doozy! The jumpsuit I made with lepoard printed spandex. I had no pattern so I made the pieces up off the top of my head. It has snap closures which were hand sewn on. The color is made … Read more
From one of the best cheesy movies of all time comes one of the most fun costumes I’ve ever made. They Live is a classic 80s John Carpenter movie starring Rowdy Roddy Piper. It’s about a man who finds a pair of glasses that show him the world as it truly is: the elite are … Read more
This year I decided to make a Tron Legacy costume. I don’t think I’ve ever put more effort and time into making this costume! This costume started out with so many different ideas and turned into me watching the movie a million times to make sure everything was pretty darn close to the costumes in the … Read more
This year my 13 year old son and 3 of his friends wanted to do a costume together. After tossing around a couple of different ideas, they decided to go with the Ghostbusters. At first I was feeling a little discouraged because the flight suits I was finding were expensive. I searched the web for … Read more
This is one of my Costumes for 2013, I made this Cyborge out of thing I found around the house. Like PVC pipe, Old paint can, wires and part from an old computer that was broken. sports gear from a thirft store ect. Wow I have to write 150 words and I only have 53 … Read more
Well, up until Friday the 25th of October, I has been under the impression for several months that my son, Marcus was going as a Minion (from the movie Despicable Me). This is what Marcus had been telling me for MONTHS. Friday, the morning of 10/25, my son informs me that he’s going as a … Read more