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DIY Halloween Costume Ideas, old and new

DIY Halloween Costume Ideas, old and new

Lady Rocketeer at Superpunch – See the Instructable here!

Also at Superpunch - Downloadable Mask roundup

From Filth Wizardry: Milk jug storm trooper helmet

Halloween costume roundup at One Pretty Thing

Spike through the stomach

Check out this one we posted last year:  a great pirate and mermaid!

More links from Dabbled’s past::

Halloween Costumes, part 3 – Homemade Kids Costumes (plus more links)

Star Wars Halloween

The Spider!  Love the arms… Complete How-to is here


A knight in Shining Armor… or maybeRead on…

Dragon-con 2010 Photos/Costumes

Dragon-con 2010 Photos/Costumes

Another Dragon*con has come and gone, and we had a great time.

I’m bummed that I missed most of my crafty friends… I’ll have to plan ahead better next time!  But I did get to see lots of my artist friends, so that made up for it.  And of course, the people watching was awesome as usual..  here’s a few costumes for you.  Plus there are more photos on my flickr page.

<<=This was my favorite costume from Dragon-con this year.  The REAL Iron Man!  Love the details… like “Starch Industries on the handle.  (Though I have to admit, I… Read on…

More… Halloween Costume ideas & instructions (Part 4?)

More... Halloween Costume ideas & instructions (Part 4?)

Have you figured out your costume yet?  A couples costume?  For you?  For your kids?  Well, here’s more inspiration and tutorials! (Part 1, Part 2, Part 3)

Read on…

Star Wars Halloween

Star Wars Halloween

Halloween seems to bring out the Star Wars Geek in all of us, and with the new Clone Wars series, all the kids have rediscovered it as well. So classic or the new animated series, or even (shudder) Eps 1-3, we should totally have a Star Wars Halloween!

To start off, Heather brings us this adorable stormtrooper she made last halloween.  For info on making this yourself, see the bottom of this post…

Another really cool one that I found turned out to be by Sarah at Craft Critique. How cool is this R2 D2 (Using an… Read on…

Kids Halloween Costume Ideas: How to make a Garbage Man, and more!

Kids Halloween Costume Ideas:  How to make a Garbage Man, and more!

I’ve been posting cute kids costumes over at the Dabbled Facebook page, and inviting readers to join in, and Lisa posted this one. I thought it was so cute we just had to share it with everyone.

Lisa made this Garbage Man/Truck costume, and I think she did an awesome job. As she points out, the same principles could be used for a fire truck (with fireman costume), tow truck, or whatever your little boy would like!

According to Lisa, she made this with: Two cardboard boxes, six paper plates, some paint and some ribbon. And, notice the matching… Read on…

Dragon*con Pics – Finally!

Dragon*con Pics - Finally!

Yep, finally got around to uploading my pictures from Dragon-con. Here’s a little sampling (click to view bigger!) — Or you can see the whole set at Flickr. And there’s more stuff after the pics, so scroll down!

Recently:

Coming Soon to Dabbled:

  • Coming up:  I’ll be reviewing some cookware for Cookware.com.  I tried to get them to send me an Aeron Chair to test out for them–they are so spiffy–, but I guess that was a little much ;)… So we’ll be talking frying pans!

Read on…

Halloween Costumes

Halloween Costumes

I’ll have more pics from this weekend’s halloween party later, but here’s a few halloween costumes that I had to show off. You have some cool ones you wore? Post links in the comments!

Plus, as you fans of Dr. Horrible would know, it’s kinda awkward when Penny invites both Captain Hammer and Dr. Horrible, and they both show up.. I knew that Chad would be coming as Dr. Horrible, I didn’t even realize my friend John was coming as Captain Hammer… made my Penny costume even better. The handy hubby made my ‘gun shrapnel’ which was held… Read on…

Halloween Feature – Wobbegong Shark Costume

Halloween Feature - Wobbegong Shark Costume

Dabbler Jen Straw of Pittsburgh PA sent this in, and I love it! The Wobbegong shark was her son’s absolute favorite shark in the universe, so she designed and made this costume for him. Don’t know what a Wobbegong is? See the little pic of a real Wobbegong cruising the coral reefs of Australia. She explains how she did it below.

Jen Says: “I made it from some scrap fleece, and painted it with non-toxic tempera paints. Most of it was machine stitched, though the face part was hand stitched, and I included the plastic head frame from… Read on…

Halloween Couples Costume Ideas

Halloween Couples Costume Ideas

Tip Junkie was looking for some great couples costumes ideas, and I knew I had some good ones in my archive of pictures. So here are some inspirations!

The Crocodile Hunter and Terri. Tasteless, but funny! And topical at the time.. Notice Terri has a bunch of sting rays she has gotten revenge on.

Duck Duck Goose. This was a Trio Costume, but could easily be a couple. The ducks are cheep from Oriental Trading Co.

Sumos! (Storebought, but hilarious (full view of similar one here)!)

This is one of the funniest, but I don’t have… Read on…