Easy Don Draper Costume For Halloween
The website Mahalo.com has put together excellent step-by-step instructions on becoming Don Draper from Mad Men for Halloween. Essential elements include french cuff shirts, a retro tie, and a jar of...
View Article10 Last-Minute Halloween Costumes from a Paper Bag
Is it the eleventh hour and you still have no costume for the kiddos? No worries! Those brown bags from the grocery store come in handy for all kinds of things, but this time of year they’re the go-to...
View ArticleHow to Make a Custom Renaissance Corset for Under $20
I’m a geek. You’ve probably noticed that by now. But my geekery extends into my many hobbies, and perhaps none so obviously as my sewing hobby. You see, when I wanted to learn how to sew it wasn’t...
View ArticleEasy DIY Halloween Costume for Beatles Geeks
My son has been obsessed with the Beatles since toddlerhood. When he was in first grade, he asked a hairstylist to give him “Paul McCartney circa 1965.” She promptly fled the scene and swapped clients...
View ArticleCrafty Halloween Costumes from GeekMom Readers!
GeekMom readers are a talented bunch! Take a look at some of the clever DIY costumes they created for their progeny, and add your own to the GeekMom Flickr Group!
View ArticleSTEAMPUNK WEEK: How to Make a One-Hour Bustle Skirt
A steampunk gal needs some sort of bustled skirt, right? But the super-easy burlesque skirt tutorial I used for myself just didn’t seem appropriate for a four-year-old, and the pattern books were...
View ArticleStar Wars Halloween Costume Giveaway
School has started, the days are getting shorter, the weather is cooling off, it’s now time for that big question, the one that causes angst in even the most laid back kid– What am I going to wear for...
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Take Back Halloween: Your Costume Name Doesn’t Have To Feature The Word “Sexy”
Last week I was browsing one of those pop-up Halloween stores in what was probably an abandoned Borders with a friend who apparently hasn’t tried to purchase a Halloween costume in some time. Our...
View ArticleMake Your Own Doctor Who Scarf!
It’s probably too late for this Halloween, unless you’re a REALLY fast knitter, but here’s a great Doctor Who scarf made by two friends of mine, Tara and Leah Moore. It took the sisters, 16 and 19,...
View ArticleThe GeekMoms Podcast #7: Halloween, Comics and Kids, GeekMom Book
This time Nicole is joined by Corrina Lawson, GeekMom editor, and Amy Kraft, GeekMom core contributor, to talk about the fun of making unique Halloween costumes and our personal strategies for snagging...
View ArticleHalloween: Mommy Does The Mummy?
In case it escaped anyone’s notice, Halloween is fast approaching. In my house that means daily conversations about costume ideas, creating a plan of attack for trick-or-treating, and, well, it’s...
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National Halloween Costume Swap Day — How Brilliant!
This weekend is National Halloween Costume Swap Day. I never knew there was such a day, but I'm all for it. Even parents who skimp on clothes for school sometimes throw the budget right out the window...
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