For my Lady Gaga Costume I started with the wig. I bought a blonde wig in a costume shop for ten euro, I couldn ‘t find a ponytail style wig so I made my own. Firstly I sprayed the wig pink. I tied my own hair into a high ponytail and then attached the wig … Read more
For Halloween we went as the Notorious B.I.G and Lil Kim the Queen Bee! Lil Kim’s costume was inspired from the crush on you video. I bought blue furry fabric and made the coat. Definetly not as easy as I thought it would be! For Biggie I just hot glued the word “Coogi”, the famous … Read more
From left to right we had Christina Aguilera from “Moulin Rouge”, Katy Perry from “California Girls” and Lady Gaga from “Poker Face” then Britney Spears from “I’m a Slave for You” VMA performance . Figured I’d do Britney, she’s sexy and this costume took 5 hours to make. I took a fake rubber snake and … Read more
My husband and I dressed up for Halloween in 2006 as Britney Spears and Kevin Federline, right before they split. The Britney Spears and K-Fed Costumes are pretty self explanatory. We went to Goodwill and got the cheapest tackiest clothes that Britney would wear, some high platform shoes, cowboy hat and aviator sunglasses, and I … Read more
I had tickets to a celebrity look-alike show, and decided to work with what I had – short, bright red hair, and a sewing machine. The particular homemade Ziggy Stardust costume I chose to make was striped with pink, blue and silver, with a green, silver and orange striped collar and shoulder pieces. Naturally, it’s … Read more
I have been a big Madonna fan for a long time. I decided to try to make a famous outfit of hers from a plain piece of canvas. I pleated it, then treated like a one piece swimsuit-like piece, then corseted them all together so it laced up on the sides. It snaps on the … Read more
This coolest homemade Flavor Flav costume was relatively cheap last Halloween. It was company appropriate and everyone enjoyed it. I got the viking hat from any regular costume store. The clock had to be right so I found one with some ling on it. The jump suit came from Walmart, nothing too fancy, it’s just … Read more
Lady Gaga in “Born this way” video is my youngest daughter’s costume this year. I used her regular clothing; black pants, white tank, blazer type jacket, in which I stuffed plastic bags in her shoulder pads to make it look rounded. I made a black bow tie with a piece of garbage bag. I purchased … Read more
This Homemade Carmen Miranda Halloween Costume was fun to make. Most people today, I imagine, do not even know who Carmen Miranda was! First, I went shopping for all kinds of fruit and bright material. I took an old lime green top and sewed layers of bright material onto a piece of material and then … Read more
Inspired by Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” music video, I did my own version of the cupcake bustier top outfit Katy Perry wore. I made the bustier, the high-waisted shorts, candy necklace, hair bow piece, shoes, and finished the costume off with some fun jewelry I had to accessorize the outfit. Materials Used: • Bra • … Read more
My sister and I decided it would be fun and unique to be Lady Gaga and her male alter ego, Joe Calderone, for Halloween. First, we came up with not just one specific Lady Gaga costume, but kind of a mixture of a lot of her different looks. We found a dress and hot-glued some … Read more
My 11 year old son Cole loves the latest rap star Soulja Boy so he asked for a Soulja Boy costume. I bought a white extra large jacket from a sports shop and painted Soulja Boy’s jacket artwork myself that I saw online. He also wears writing on his sunglass lenses so I copied that … Read more