Favorite/best costumes?

[psusue]

I was Charmander two years ago. Best.costume.ever! I made the whole thing myself too. I took a red sweatshirt that I had and sewed yellow felt on his stomach, stapled a cardboard tail to red sweatpants (complete with tissue paper "fire"), put eyes on the hood, and even sewed little white triangles of felt onto red gloves to make "claws". I did a similar thing with red and white felt onto my sneakers to make feet. It was the best, warmest, and cutest costume ever.

Nittanygirl, I was a Beanie Baby too one year! I think I was the Dalmatian though, haha.

[aephi alum]

When I was a little girl, I had a Raggedy Ann doll that I adored. (I still have her, and several others, and a few Raggedy Andys too.) So, for several years, I dressed as Raggedy Ann. At first I wore the stupid store-bought costume with the cardboard mask and plastic bib thing. But when I was maybe 8 or 9, my mother bought me a blue floral-print dress and made me an apron and red-and-white striped stockings. She also bought me red lipstick to color my nose and mouth, and black liquid eyeliner so I could paint Raggedy Ann's eyelashes and smile onto my cheeks. It was a big deal - I attended Catholic school at the time, and on Halloween we were allowed to wear costumes instead of our uniforms. Of course, then I would go home and get about half an hour to trick or treat before having to change into church clothes for All Saints' Day vigil Mass

A few years later, when I was 12, I got hold of a sewing pattern for a Starfleet uniform. (I've been a Star Trek fan since my first exposure at the age of 6.) I went out and bought some black and red spandex, borrowed my mom's sewing machine, and made myself a uniform. My mother and I have matching gold flat disk earrings, which I used as my rank insignia (would I be anything less than a captain? ), and I bought a combadge pin from some catalog (yes I am a nerd). The costume worked out great, and I got a lot of compliments. I'm still damn proud of having made that costume myself, even though I will never be able to wear it again, as I've grown boobs and hips since then.

[FHwku]

condensed with links to some of the steps, because it would take up a whole page with pics.

first, there was the muse.
then, what the industry calls a fiber drum. this one was cheap because it was used to ship garlic.

more base work.





*this is my friend, jon weston.

[psusue]

Wow, you're a pretty talented artist. And clearly a lover of beer. Well done.

[nittanygirl]

that is an impressive beer costume

[LucyKKG]

I found an awesome website for homemade Halloween costumes!! It's http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com. You can search for stuff (gypsy, Elmo, whatever) or just use the links on the side. I think I'm gonna be a peacock this year! That section has some cool ideas, and I can't wait to do fancy purple/blue/green makeup.

[amanda6035]

I'm doing to 50s sock hop thing this year....and I found a great store on ebay with the accessories:

http://stores.ebay.com/heidishavetohaves

[psusue]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

I found an awesome website for homemade Halloween costumes!! It's http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com. You can search for stuff (gypsy, Elmo, whatever) or just use the links on the side. I think I'm gonna be a peacock this year! That section has some cool ideas, and I can't wait to do fancy purple/blue/green makeup.

Thanks so much for the link, it gave me a great idea! My boy and I are going to be C3PO and R2D2, respectively. It would be fun to make, Star Wars related (a plus), and cute because they're best friends!

[lovespink88]

Alumiyum...I LOVE your costume idea...it just might have to go on my list of possibilities...

[nittanygirl]

that costume website is awesome!
I got a couple of ideas from it that wouldn't be too expensive!

[LucyKKG]

I found a dress for my peacock costume!!! It's teal and satin-y. My sister is going to figure out my makeup, and shoes are no big deal. I just have to order some peacock feathers online so I can make a tail.