Avatar the Last Airbender Family Cosplay
Avatar the Last Airbender family costume for Halloween, including character costume ideas for Aang, Katara, Zuko, Sokka, and Toph.
Costumes
DIY Fingerless Leather Gloves
How to make fingerless gloves for a women’s steampunk outfit or any DIY costume with leather wrist guards.
Make a Pattern with Plastic Wrap and Tape
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How to Make a Captain America Shield
Make Captain America’s shield from Marvel’s Avengers: Endgame movie using floor mat and spray paint.
We just saw Avengers: Endgame, and it was the perfec...
How to Steampunk a Costume
What is steampunk? How to make a steampunk costume inspired by your favorite character. In other words, how to steampunk something.
How to Take a Character and...
Tardis and Dalek Costume: Simplicity Pattern 1095 Review
Use Simplicity’s 1095 pattern to make a TARDIS or Dalek costume for Halloween or your next cosplay, but alter it a little by adding your own details and touch...
How to Make Foam Armor for Arms and Legs
How to Make Foam Armor that looks like hammered metal for a Roman Centurion costume, including the forearm armor called bracers and the leg armor.
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Doctor Who Family Costume
Cosplay as Doctor Who this Halloween with costumes for the 11th Doctor, Amy Pond, the Last Centurion, a Dalek, and the Tardis.
We are a family of geeks. I wa...
Ringwraith or Nazgul Costume
Create a Nazgul costume so you can become one of Sauron’s Ringwraiths this Halloween or at your next cosplay, including the distressed cloak, large sword, and...
How to Make a Sword from Wood
How to build a sword out of wood, then make it look metal and battle-worn. This sword was made for a Nazgul costume for a Lord of the Rings Halloween.
My hus...
The Lord of the Rings Costumes
How to make costumes for The Lord of the Rings characters, including Frodo the hobbit, Galadriel the elf queen, Arwen the elf warrior, Eowyn of Rohan, and a Naz...
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Make a Charlie Brown shirt out of yellow polo shirt with easy instructions for how to make the zig zag pattern.
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How to Make Galadriel’s Crown
Make an elegant DIY crown for your Galadriel costume using a glue gun and a few simple craft supplies. Easy to make and great for any elf costume or cosplay.
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Toddler Frodo Costume for Halloween
How to make a Frodo costume, including Frodo’s sword and magic ring. A toddler hobbit Halloween costume from The Lord of the Rings.
Our family all dressed as...
How to Make Foam Gauntlets
Make costume gauntlets out of foam and paint them to look like solid metal, including a free pattern for these Lord of the Rings Nazgul or Ring Wraith gauntlets...
How to Make a LEGO Batman Helmet
Make a DIY LEGO Batman helmet out of foam from The LEGO Batman Movie. This detailed tutorial includes a printable template.
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Family Costumes for Halloween
Make Halloween a family holiday by dressing up together with themed family costumes. Here’s some ideas that our family has used.
Our family loves to have a...
Mary Poppins Family Costume
A Mary Poppins family costume is practically perfect in every way. Learn how to make a costume for each of these fun characters.
I’m so excited to share ou...
Gentleman’s DIY Steampunk Costume
In sharing our steampunk monster-hunters and monsters costumes, I’ve saved the best for last. Today, the man, the myth, the legend: a Victorian boy scout who ...
Women’s Steampunk Costume
If you’ve been following me at all since my blog started, you’ve probably seen this old profile picture, which looks like I’m sitting in a very awkward p...
Kids’ Handmade Monster Costumes
Make some scary fun monster costumes for kids this Halloween with a DIY werewolf, a vampire princess, and a baby mummy in his own sarcophagus stroller.
Our fami...