My 3-legged Isabelle survived Hurricane Katrina and 2 cancers, including one resulting in the amputation of her leg, was always well dressed and I wanted her costume to reflect her sweet, extraordinary personality and life!. She was the perfect, brave Lioness! I have no craft skills, so I used an elastic waist, net ballerina skirt … Read more
Hi there…My daughter came up with this crazy idea of creating her a Falafel costume. so I’ve checked on line and tried to find to ready a ready one, but unfortanley didn’t find any. So I decided to create one from sponge. Actually it took me like 4 hours all the cuttings and painting And … Read more
My name is Emily and I live in Austin, Texas. Halloween is a huge holiday event in Austin and each year I try to be something unique, but at the same time something I personally like. I grew up on the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles series but have such a petite figure the store-made … Read more
For this year’s family costume party my mother-in-law chose the theme “Famous Couples”. My husband and I didn’t want to choose something boring or obvious like Bonnie & Clyde or Spongebob & Patrick, so we created this Lady Liberty and the Big Apple Couple Costume. I was dressed like the Statue of Liberty and he … Read more
This Little Green Alien couple Toy Story costume was a crowd favorite. Toy Story is done a lot, but most people stick with the main characters. My boyfriend and I decided to go a different way. We like to joke and have fun, so little green Alien was the best way to do that. The only … Read more
For this costume, my friends and I were salt, Tequila, and lime (we stood in that order respectively for photos). The salt and lime were relatively easy to make, and to add an extra umph to it we bedazzled the shirt dresses, which were made by stretching the collar of a large t shirt and … Read more
Each year, my daughter’s school holds an event around Halloween time called Literature on Parade. Students are able to choose a popular literary character to dress up as, in lieu of dressing up as a witch, ghost, or superhero. The skill feels as though this is more educational than celebrating Halloween. So my daughter and … Read more
I’m a college student studying botany, so of course I wanted to be a plant for Halloween but how I came to an asparagus. Well I’m not really sure, it just popped into my head one day, and I’m so glad too because it turned out great! Here is how I did it: The main part … Read more
This year for Halloween I wanted to create a cool costume that wasn’t like everyone else’s. I got tired of seeing the same old costumes every year, so I was like, hmm, what would be cool. I figured since I was in the dessert industry it would be cool to do something with food. I … Read more
This original costume idea based on the Children’s Book: Caps for Sale was inspired by one of my son’s favorite storybooks by Esphyr Slobodkina”. I referred back to the book often when making this costume, for various details. I was able to borrow most of the clothing for the costume because the actual clothing is … Read more
I think the inspiration for this super easy Jolly Green Giant costume came from a day working in the yard. I really liked the look of this costume especially since it was extremely easy to make. I was The Hulk at a party in the past and had a lot of green body paint left … Read more
This Shadows costume might be the easiest costume on earth. And from all of my costumes over the years, this one got the very best reaction. And surprisingly, the males who saw it went nuts. So, here it is….Shadows. I got morph suits in my children’s sizes. Then I added all black accessories and clothes … Read more