So for once I wanted to make a totally different costume. I usually get into creepy costumes with contacts. BUT unfortunately my contacts ripped *and they are prescribed*. I had to come up with some new. Well I got this idea for a Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween costume one day searching online for make … Read more
This year I wanted to put my creativeness to work and make a custom costume. Edward Scissorhands is one of my favorite movies! The scissors were created using foam, brats, spray paint and red paint. The costume was made with many belts around my body. Some of the belts I had already owned and the … Read more
I’ve always been a huge Halloween buff, and I’ve especially always loved Sweeney Todd. I wanted to be Mrs. Lovett for Halloween for years now, but I could never get anyone to agree to be my Sweeney Todd. Then I met my amazing boyfriend. He loved the costume idea as much as I did and … Read more
Our 4 year old daughter chose this costume. I think she did so just for the blue eyeshadow and the red lipstick. The first thing we made was the crown. We cut, covered, shaped and glued stripes of cardboard to make the crown. We then decorated it and glued it to a headband! Next we bought a … Read more
My husband and I decided to go as Alice and The White Rabbit this year. It was a bit of a last minute decision and I put these costumes together in a week. My Alice costume was based off a sewing pattern and tweaked a bit by adding the black and white striped fabric and … Read more
I have been wanting to make an Oogie Boogie costume since I one, fell in love with the Nightmare Before Christmas, and two, realized that the only commercially available costume was hideous! I finally set my mind to doing a glowing Oogie Boogie costume this year and I think it came out alright. I used … Read more
Gothic Queen of Hearts, Alice in Wonderland, and Cheshire Cat. We ended up having most of this in our closets between the three of us. Cat ears and cat tutu were bought, everything else was a last minute piece together between us three girls. Hair was ratted and makeup overdone, and fishnets all around. We wanted … Read more
This Mad Hatter Halloween costume was a blast and a challenge to put together on a low low budget. The whole costume is made from items found in a thrift store. An old checkered coat, spray painted in brown and green (camo look) with gold paint designs on cuffs for an embroidered look. Gold painted … Read more
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. For as long as I can remember I’ve always been intrigued by the spooky and the strange, which is probably why Tim Burton has always been a huge inspiration for me. This past year I decided to create my own version of one of Burton’s most likeable and … Read more
Last year ,my son was watching spooky movies during the Halloween season and decided he wanted a Sweeney Todd Halloween costume. I have always created costumes for both of my sons for different occasions and being a theater buff, I was ecstatic to take this one on! He already has long, straight brown hair, so … Read more
This Edward Scissorhands costume was the hardest costume there probably is to make. We made his body suite with pleather material. We wanted the costume to be as accurate to the real thing so we tried to find beads and belts to match it as much as we could. We sewed the belts on and … Read more
He is four, and his favorite movie is The Nightmare Before Christmas. It’s Halloween time, so he wants to be Jack the Pumpkin King, of course! How can we say no to that? Well, we couldn’t, and we nearly ran out of time figuring this one out! But, we did it, and here’s how we … Read more