This is a guide about making a Wolverine costume. This well know character from Marvel's X-Men comic books has been featured in movies and cartoons as well, with different costumes over the years.
This is a girl pirate costume. I used nearly all things I had in my closet or Halloween trunk, except for the striped tights (new) and the off white blouse (Goodwill). It's more fun to make a costume instead of buying one
My grandaughter wanted to be a cowgirl for her first Halloween
Halloween Costume: Doom Shroom (Plants vs. Zombies)
At the last minute, my son decided he wanted to change costume ideas and be a Doom Shroom from the game Plants vs Zombies. So with some quick thinking between my wife and I, we were able to put together a pretty decent costume.
Halloween Costume: Wolverine (X-Men)
This is a costume of Wolverine from X-Men. This is the Hugh Jackman version, not the comic book blue/yellow version. Total materials cost about $36.
Halloween Costume: Flower Petal
My great neice Brooke turned 1 a few days before Halloween. She loved dressing up in her petal costume. She is so cute!
Halloween Costume: Big Little Ranchers
Since crafting has always been a huge part of my life, making our sons' Halloween costumes was a huge event. The boys enjoyed it as much as I did and really had some good ideas.
Halloween Costume: Carmen Miranda
As soon as I found an old photo of Carmen Miranda, I knew her colorful style and punchy attitude would make a perfect Halloween costume project. I had the photo up in my bedroom for months and built the costume piece by piece for just as long.
Embellishing Dollar Store Costume Items
My husband is a Viking for Halloween, because a few years ago we found him a marvellous plastic Viking hat complete with HORNS. This year, we added other plastic elements from the Dollar store.
Halloween Costume: A Man and His Dog
One Halloween, I dressed the older boy in a dress shirt, vest, bow tie and dress trousers with leather Sunday shoes. The younger one wore a black sweatshirt and sweatpants, with a simple black woolen cap to which I had sewed stuffed black socks for "hang dog ears".
Halloween Costume: Nerds Candy and Mr Wonka
These are some nerdy nerds. They asked to be nerds, I asked what kind, and turns out they wanted to be the candy kind, but also be nerdy about it. They are accompanied by Mr. Wonka and a rat terrier Ompa Loompa.
Halloween Costume: Rainbow Brite
I made this costume in the 1980's for my daughter who was a big fan of Rainbow Brite. In those days $40.00 was a lot to spend on a homemade costume. But it was worth the smile on my daughter's face.
Making an Incredible Hulk Costume
This is a guide about making an Incredible Hulk costume. The Incredible Hulk is one of the most famous characters in comic book history and makes a great Halloween Costume.
Halloween Costume: Half Man - Half Woman
One half of my body looked like a man, and the other looked like a women. Very inexpensive. Go to a used clothing store to get the clothes.
Halloween Costume: The Incredible Hulk
This is my costume for the Incredible Hulk. It consisted of ripping up a white T-shirt, tearing some jeans and dying them purple, wearing green contact lenses, and spending nearly 3 hours getting airbrushed and detailed with green and purple paint.
Halloween Costume: Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Child becomes the grandfather clock in the nursery rhyme, Hickory, Dickory, Dock.
This Mad Hatter costume was perfect for her personality!
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This costume was got so much attention. I was so glad I went through the effort in making a handmade costume. Most of what I do is just trial and error so don't be afraid to try.
Halloween Costume: Bun in the Oven
My daughter was pregnant at Halloween time so they made a "Bun in the Oven" costume. Her husband was outfitted with a white apron and chef's hat and carried a mixing bowl and wooden spoon.
Halloween Costume: Deviled Egg
The instructions are quite simple. First go to the fabric store and pick up a couple of yards of white felt and 1/2 a yard of bright yellow felt. You also need store bought materials for being a devil, such as the the red horns, the tail and the pitchfork.
Halloween Costume: Little Lady Bug
First, cut parallel to the 8.5 inch side of the black adhesive-backed felt in 4 or more strips. Then, horizontally stick the black felt strips to the front of the red leotard.
