Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Princess Leia Crochet Beanie

With the Star Wars movies coming out again soon, the stores are filled to the brim with Star Wars costumes and gear.  Another generation gets a taste of the Star Wars universe and of course, a Princess Leia costume is classic.

Olivia at Hopeful Honey has a pretty cool crochet pattern for Leia's iconic 'do:



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Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Felt Bat Mask

Here's a quick costume for those last minute office parties, or whatever impromptu costume party you find yourself running into.

 

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Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Halloween Hat Pack

I want one of those dino ones, grown up sized.  That is all.

 

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Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: Hooded Dragon Cape

Yes, this may be a kid's costume, but I intend to modify it for grown up sized people...like me...we dress up at the office and this awesome dragon cape would be office appropriate, functional (with a little modification) and absolutely perfect!

Oh, and it would be great for all the kiddies and grandkiddies out there too who are resistant to wearing a full on costume.

Thank you to Jennifer at eat.sleep.MAKE for sharing.

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Lovely Frankenstein 31 Days of Halloween: Wolverine Costume Claws

If you know me well, then you know that in my book, Wolverine is thee coolest superhero ever. 

 

The Wolverine of my youth...yellow spandex and all...which, spoiler alert, would make a GREAT Halloween costume

But modern Wolverine kicks every single ass...and can grate cheese on those abs. 

But all I know is that when I have kids, because they will absolutely be the coolest (and nerdiest) kids in town, one of them will end up in a kiddie Wolverine costume. And when they do, they can have these kid-safe Wolvie claws!  

 

 

They may not be adamantium, but hey, we all can't be THAT good.  If you know of a little one that wants to be the most awesome kid in the trick-or-treating group, or even one who just wants to be a superhero for a day, there is a good tutorial on how to make these claws kid-safe.

Thank you to Allie at Freshly Completed for sharing this!

 

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Lovely Frankenstein's 31 Days of Halloween: DIY Costume Ideas

It's getting closer and time to figure out costumes before the last minute. These website have some really fun and unique costume ideas that won't break your budget.

These are more on the geeky side of things, from Star Wars, to Tron to Legos to iPods.

This site has links to lots of costume ideas targeted mainly toward kids, but you could extrapolate and use the ideas for your own more adult version.

These are DEFINITELY more high tech type costumes that require more monies and more time. But they look pretty spectacular!

Good ol' Martha has lots of DIY costumes for adults amd most of them are pretty cool. My costume actually came from 2011's Martha Stewart Halloween Magazine.

Thread Banger's DIY Roundup this time is all about Halloween costumes! The Rubik's Cube is pretty cool

Costume Idea Zone. Pretty self-explanitory I think.

The Fun Times Guide has LOTS of links to sweet costume ideas, even those last minute ones!

Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories (sounds like our blogs are a match made in the Laboratory!) shows you how to make an awesome bat costume from a broken umbrella. It sounds cheesy...but it's cute!