I love Halloween, and every year, I try to create a unique one of a kind costume that I know will turn heads. This year I wanted to be a comic book character and debated between the usual suspects of “Sexy” Super heros/Villans. I debated between Wonder woman, Poison Ivy and cat woman but felt … Read more
We are huge fans of Monster’s Inc. and when the Disney store sold out of the costume size for my son I decides to make his costume and what started as a simple costume idea long sleeve onesie, leggings, and some colored dye well, it became more twelve hours to make his costume hand made, … Read more
My husband was unemployed at the time so I had to be a bit frugal. I bought a yard of flannel fabric for about $4 and used other fabric I had already. I cut the yard of fabric into thirds and sewed them end to end to create one long strip that would be the … Read more
Easy for Robin Thicke, we used a black suit and put white duct tape on for the pin stripes, and bought black aviators and gold jewelry at the local salvation army. Then we blow dried Tom’s hair to give it the fluffy flow like Robin Thicke’s. For the Miley costume, I used clear rubberbands to … Read more
This was on son in 2012. I decided to do this costume because, again, we were very tight on money at the time. I went into the Goodwill and purchased a pair of jeans that were a little big and a button down flannel shirt. I started by getting my husband to break out his … Read more
This whole thing was thrown together and it worked perfectly. My 2 yr son with his awesome mullet, my step daughter with her cowgirl glamour and the dog had to match! We got lots of laughs through out the night, which made it so much fun! The kids had a blast!! All of our costume … Read more
Pinatas are probably my favorite party activity. I’m a big fan of candy and hitting the crap out of something while blindfolded. I always wanted to be the one who knocks all of the candy out of it, but I’m usually the one who swings everytime the pinata gets pulled away… This costume consisted of: … Read more
To start we needed a trench coat, so we went to the Salvation Army and got the perfect one for $7.99. Next a big jar of Utz cheese balls did the trick for the jar for the head. Thank goodness we had a handy neighbor who sawed off the bottom for us!! We safety pinned … Read more
I just love Halloween! It is my favorite holiday because I love dressing up! My doll costume was mainly in the makeup which was not all that difficult but turned out looking really awesome. I actually just used makeup from my makeup bag, things you would use on an everyday basis, lipsticks, eyeliner, foundations, and … Read more
Two-Face was once Harvey Dent, the clean-cut district attorney ofGotham City and an ally of Batman. However, Dent goes insane after mob boss Sal Maroni throws acid at him during a trial, hideously scarring one side of his face. Dent adopts the “Two-Face” persona and becomes a criminal, choosing to bring about good or evil … Read more
I’m one of those dads who love to make costumes for my kids. As soon as Halloween is over, I start dreaming up what my next project/costume will be. My 4 kids are growing up and not all of them really want a costume anymore. So when my daughter’s friend (a senior in high school) … Read more
So I was invited to my first ‘Anything but clothes’ party so I felt I had to take the theme very seriously. I was invited a month in advance but as any good procrastinator I did not start the costume until the morning of the party. I couldn’t think of anything original and I wanted … Read more