My son wanted to be Cousin It this year. I started looking for hair i found hair at 79 cent a package at a beauty supply house. I bought 28 packages. Then I got a yard of black fabric, black glasses, and a black derby hat which I found at a costume store. I first … Read more
This is my daughter Kylie. She wanted to be the Queen of the Nile. This costume started out pretty simple to make. It took me about 7 hours to make it. Towards the end my sewing machine stopped working properly. That’s the worst when you are making a costume that’s completely made by sewing!! I … Read more
A group of friends decided to dress up as various characters from Venture Brothers for a local science fiction convention. Enter the Monarch and his Henchmen. I was one of four. We decided to get together and decide how we wanted to execute the costumes and then made 4 identical costumes. We were a huge … Read more
When I was in high school, I participated in another school’s theatre program. Every year the theatre department had an Awards night, with an awesome theme. The theme the year that I went was Superheroes Vs. Supervillains. My Mom and I were searching for a super (heehee) cool costume for me to wear. We decided … Read more
Here’s how our sweet little orphan Annie costume came to life. Ellis is the first girl after 4 boys, so I knew her costume this year would be amazing. I’d been waiting 11 years to make a girl costume. And when she was born with red hair, I wanted to be sure to celebrate red … Read more
This was a last minute idea as I procrastinated and the parties snuck up on me! It got me first place at party #1 of the season. I first applied a liquid to powder cover up that was a few shades darker than my skin color (not necessary but helps to ‘disguise’ yourself more). Then … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Moana family costume. My daughters and niece are huge fans of the movie Moana, and decided they wanted to dress up as characters from the movie for Halloween. We incorporated their costumes into their birthday party, as they have birthdays before and after Halloween. I agreed to get into the … Read more
We were attending a movie themed fundraiser event in which each group attending would pick a movie theme for their table. Our group chose Toy Story as our table theme. Being that its nearly impossible to find any pre-made costumes from Toy Story besides Woody, Buzz & the female cowgirl, I knew I would have … Read more
Every comic book fanatic or movie lover knows about “Hit Girl ” from Kick Ass. All you really need is a purple short bob wig, a black mask, gloves, a sweet vest or top, black boots, and a creative mind. And do not forget a kick ass attitude. The best part of this costume is … Read more
I’m a Rainbow Brite collector — I collect pretty much anything I can get my hands on having to do with this awesome 80’s cartoon. I found some awesome rainbow knee socks on sale at a Halloween store and suddenly knew exactly what I wanted to dress up as for Halloween. A few years ago … Read more
I love food. I love my Mexican-American heritage. But above all, I love humor. In keeping with my theme of modeling my yearly Halloween costume after an inanimate object, Ipod and a piece a sushi to name a few, I had been searching for a good idea. Then, late last month while in the lunch … Read more
So my 4 year old decided he wanted to be coffee, coffee, really what the heck crazy kid. So after scowering the internet I found some ideas but none that I really liked, bought or wearable for a kid so I got to thinking. We went to Joann’s fabric, bought some light brown fabric, some … Read more