2006 Completed Costumes Scrapbook! (completed project pictures & links go here!)

[Tiegan]

My Husband and I as Calvin and hobbes- yes, he has on red Chucks.
I made this from scratch.  And I made one for my dog too.  He came party-ing with.

Calvin and Hobbes I LOVE it! Brilliant!!!!! Great wig for Calvin & I
Love how your husband's "Fallen" striped t-shirt works perfectly!
Your sewing skills are much much better than mine ,your costume looks very well done!
Thanks for sharing!
Hugs
Elphie

[nicegirl512]

Crulla de Ville!  Lots more pics on my yahoo photos, and a thread about the creative process.

[karmikins]

Oh my.

[spindle]

April that is so darn cute, I love it!!!!!!!

[crazyqt13]

I decided I wanted to be a vampire this year.. Not too great with makeup though


Then my boyfriend had a fit because there were no ninja turtle costumes in adult sizes. Jenn to the rescue:

[Nerfernie]

I didn't even know I was going to get to dress up until the night before, so I scrambled to put something together. My friends are always making fun of me for being the "ultimate lightweight" so I decided I would turn it into a costume.

I bought the blue leotard at a thrift store. For the silver sequin bottle, I cut out a liquor ad, used the bottle as a guide to cut out a piece of fabric, and then applied a whole lot of hot glue and sequins. I made the cape out of skirt someone gave me that I knew I would never wear but I keep anyway. Ha! It did come in handy! The fishnets are actually thigh highs that I pinned up to the leotard.

[sookie74]

I went as "Snakes on a Plane" (from the uber cheesy movie that came out earlier this year).

I did Iron-on pics down the sides of the shirt to represent windows of the plane. The first passenger is Samuel L Jackson and the quote from the movie is coming from him. The other passengers are members of the band I saw last night (they had a big halloween concert where everyone dressed up).

I used foam for the tail, wings and propeller cap. Glued rubber snakes all over them. Attached the wings to my arms with elastic and used bobby pins to keep the beanie on. Made a duct tape skirt to look kinda like the metallic underbelly of a plane. And even made a white duct tape purse to go with. I drew wheels on it and said it was my landing gear   It was a lot of fun to wear and easy to dance in or take off if I needed.
My friend went as a Hooters girl. I made her plate of hot wings using crayola model magic and acrylic paint. I attached elastic to the bottom so she didn't have to hold it. Unfortunately, by the end of the night, a bunch of the wing "tips" had broken off by being smooshed up against her fake boobs! I'll have to repair them before we go out on the 31st!!





here's a shot where you can kinda see the purse. I used file fasteners as closure

[smashergrl]

Here's Little Dead Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. 

See what happens when you take candy from strangers?


Closeup of Neck "Wound" - (sorry it's a bit blurry)

[gooti]

All Hail the Tiki God!



Me and the hubby.

I made the mask out of papier mache.  I got the plumage on sale at a craft store.  The shirt was his.

The dress was kind of thrown together.  I wasn't about to go anywhere in a coconut bra and a grass skirt, so I made myself a muumuu (my first attempt at making a dress). 

The spear is cardboard, duct tape, and raffia.

The leis and his skirt were bought.

Lots of fun to make!  Thanks for looking!

[pixing]

Here's Little Dead Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf. 

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love the neck wound!

I'm working on something like that for older son's costume - I hope it comes out as good as that one