My first “homemade” Halloween costume will make its debut this October at a Scooby Doo themed party. I have no experience working with fabric, so it has a kind of amateur look, but I think that actually adds to the vibe. Reveal video here if you want to see it in motion.

I made the robe and hood from a simple bedsheet set. The mask is cut from thick foam and covered in black fabric, with separate orange foam pieces glued on for the mouth and eyes. Only editing done was to copy & paste the costume onto some original background art from Scooby Doo Where Are You.

Hiya! I am currently working on costuming a show and I need help accurately designing a lead character. She’s a 13 year old girl in 1885 England, during the reign of Queen Victoria. If it helps, she’s lower upper class/higher middle class.

If anyone has any references over teen/child fashion at this time period or good fashion history resources please let me know!

thanks! xx, c

One of my costumes requires a sport coat/blazer with super exaggerated shoulder pads - think Jojo's Bizarre Adventure level shoulder pads, the wider the better! I underestimated how difficult that would be to execute 😅 Does anyone have tips or directions on how to go about this? I'm a decently skilled sewist but not enough to build a sport coat like this from scratch (plus fittings are Monday...).

I thrifted a blazer but think it's just oversized. Am I better off trying to thrift like, a huge sport coat and take it in at the torso? Or try to "build up" the more regular-sized one I have? (Buying new is likely not in the budget). I've included part of my rendering and some inspo pics. Thanks!

Hello! I have a thematic costume party coming up, and could use some help. I was thinking of going as a ridiculous biblically accurate angel by half-covering a t-shirt in eye bouncy balls (approximately 1 inch diameter), so I'm looking for tips or ideas on how to glue, stick, sew, Velcro, etc, them to a t-shirt. Could be alternatives like sticking them to a belt or band, or using small net bags. Ideally it would also be easy to remove them to give away during the party

Thanks in advance! If all else fails, I have an easy back up costume idea

For Halloween this year I want to go as scarlet spider (either Kaine Parker or Ben Riley). I want to spend a max of around $100 which I know is going to be hard to find a good one around that price but would still like to know.

These are the past two years of amateur costumes I have done. The Medusa one I spent a lot of time on, and had so much fun with the headpiece, but I clearly did not have enough time to find the outfit that matched good haha. The nurse one was just a silly same day idea that was executed, but this year I really want to have a month of working on a terrifyingly beautiful costume. Any ideas? I want to try to win a local contest. I also would like to be more out of the box, and my google doesnt show me any ideas that are remotely scary haha. Thanks!

Looking for ideas for a family costume- the more unique the better- don’t mind going all out! Looking for me, my husband and daughter, I’ll be 5 months pregnant, my daughter is almost 2 ! Every year my family hosts a Halloween party in which there is voting and the coveted skeleton trophy. I really want to win this year, we have a lot of competition. Any ideas are awesome, TY !! 🎃🎃🎃

Working on a staged musical this fall and there's a lot of blood in the show that will be getting on costumes during the run. Most of the costumes are white. Any tried-and-true recipes for washable blood on white? Fabrics to look out for or avoid for this? Looking at ways to reduce blood contact with costumes for this but will be inevitable. Planning to make duplicates for the mulitple-show days, but ideally would be able to wash each costume each night.

Hi everyone. I had bought cheap fake leather suspenders and they're bleeding the color off onto my white shirt as they rub on my shirt. What can I do to stop this?

Hey guys i was wondering if anyone knew where i can get a good punisher vest for less than 100 dollars. Maybe even a blank one i can customize that isnt just a normal ballistic vest and one that actually looks similar.

me and my two friends want to dress up together for Halloween, but dont know what to do. does anyone have any ideas? for context, it’s me, my best friend, and her girlfriend. I’d like it to be something that’s a bit easier to put together, and something that wouldn’t require it to be really revealing. as of right now, it’s just the three of us, but we could also be a group of six with both male and females, so please keep that in mind. thank you so much!

Hey everyone. I need some help. I’m looking to do a group costume this year and want to do Batman. I can’t afford a live action style Batman suit. But I’d like to do a tactical style grim type Batman like in the photos above. Does anyone have any advice on a good mask to get. I have a beard and need something that would look decent with that. I appreciate any help regarding this cosplay. Thanks everyone!