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Best Costume: One-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater

Guest post by author and editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail

One year I was a one-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater. I created the costume myself without a pattern for any of the elements. It was a one-piece jumpsuit I had to climb in from the inseam, with leather soles sown into the feet. The mask, horn, and claws were [...]

How to Make a Monster Mask

Guest post by prosthetics and special effects make-up artist, Nik Walls

Creation process of a full-head monster prosthetic:

1) Lifecasting of model using medical grade alginate and strengthening plaster bandages.

 

 2) The working positive mould in coloured fibreglass for sculpting the prosthetic piece.

 3) The sculpt in [...]

Best Halloween Yard Decorations

Trying to keep up with the Joneses this Halloween? I’ve got some great Halloween yard decorations and Halloween props that will rival any of your neighbors’ and make your house the trick-or-trick destination.

Halloween Décor and Props
If you want more of a fall season look, you can decorate with straw bales, pumpkins, an orange and black [...]

ObamaCare Costume

What do healthcare reform and Halloween have in common? They can both be pretty scary! There has been a lot of conversation on Twitter today about Barack Obama, national healthcare reform and “ObamaCare.” Halloween costume opportunity?? Oh, I think so…

This mask:

Obama Mask

Plus these accessories:

Doctor Costume

Equals: ObamaCare Costume

Anyone planning on making a [...]

Top 10 2009 Halloween Costumes

#1 pick for most popular 2009 Halloween Costume: Michael Jackson

Hal and Halli’s predictions for the top pop culture costume trends this Halloween season:

Michael Jackson
Twilight characters
Michael Myers – Halloween II
Farrah Fawcett
Octomom
Jon and Kate Plus 8
Julia Child
GI Joe
Harry Potter characters
Star Trek characters

Think we left something out? Have a better costume idea? Bring it! We want to [...]

Whose Family isn’t Scary?

Living Dead mask

Hey Halli – Check it out, doesn’t this mask look like Aunt Martha?