Hello all, this is my son and I in our Jango and Boba Fett costumes that I originally made for Comic Con 2012. I am Jango and he is Boba. These are the 5th or so incarnations. I originally started with cardboard, it did not have the give and strength that I felt was needed. … Read more
As a kid, I was always enamored with The Wizard of Oz movie. This costume idea was born out of that interest and the motivation to make some new twist on an Oz costume. The tissue paper hot air balloon or Montgolfier is a product of a science demo I used to do every year … Read more
I started my costume back around February. I wanted a Mandalorian costume but I wanted it to be my own but still keeping with the bounty hunter tradition. First, I sketched out what I wanted. Then I started with the helmet. The helmet and all the armor is made from floor mat foam. I picked … Read more
My eight year old daughter is a big Star Wars fan so this year I made her a landspeeder costume. The vehicle is from Episode 4: A New Hope and is the vehicle Luke Skywalker has on Tatooine. My daughter’s wearing a Karate gee and thick brown belt to duplicate his shirt and a pair … Read more
I love Steampunk and I wanted an original Steampunk Assassin Halloween Costume that would be elaborate, but fun to make. I have listed here every item and how it was made by order of completion. Copper Spinning Gear ring: Description- A copper ring which has a cog that spins on top of a base gear. … Read more
From the moment my daughter April cracked her first smile — a wide, brilliant grin like the shape of a capital D on its side – I had a vision. She was only 10 weeks old at the time, and Halloween was over four months away, but that smile (not to mention April’s adorable baby-chubby … Read more
I love Star Wars. Not in the “I jumped on the bandwagon in 2010” way, but in the “I’ve loved Star Wars since the 80s” kind of way. So does my husband (Dorks). So we decided to be Star Wars characters for Halloween. The hard part was choosing the characters we wanted to be. I … Read more
BrainStorm is made mostly of aluminum, along with PVC, plastic salsa bowls, and a good amount of electronics. I used EL wire, an infrared security camera, a toy voice modulator, several LED’s, vacuum tubes, and a tiny laser pico projector. This robot costume took three months of solid work to design and build it in … Read more
For New Years Eve, my friend Curtis threw a “Future Theme” party. From the moment I heard the theme, I knew exactly what I wanted to dress as. I made a box robot with working robotic hands, ducting for arms and legs, LED lights, working LCD screen (connected to a laptop in my backpack), flashing … Read more
I have always been fascinated by the Tron films as a child and I finally took the next step devoting my love for the films and love for Halloween into making this homemade Tron Legacy costume. And so the planning began… I needed something to be proud of, something well thought-out and would shine in … Read more
To my surprise, my 5 yr. old son wanted to be Luke Skywalker as a X-Wing Pilot for Halloween (thanks to the Lego Star Wars games). Since it was not the popular character costume of the season, I needed to make his costume again. (I made his “Coolest Bumblebee Transformer Halloween Costume 24”). After researching … Read more
This is my Terminator 2 costume/life-sized that I finally completed. This was the most difficult and time consuming creation to date, but the end results were well worth it! I have always been a huge fan of the movies, and thought nothing would be more “cool” that to actually become the Terminator. So after many … Read more