Stilt costumes scary

Spirit Walker’s costume is crutches, stilts, EVA foam, black fabric, a black shirt, black pants, and a white mask.

My daughter, who is 10 years old, and I worked over a long weekend to make these costumes. We used mostly old stuff from around the house but had to buy quite a bit of cushion foam for the beast. The "beast" costume, which stands over 6 feet and has luminescent wiring to the skull, was inspired by Jim Henson's work in The Dark Crystal, but the overall aesthetic we were looking for was more like Mad Max.

We start thinking about Halloween early, and when I asked Griffin what he wanted to be back in August, he immediately said that he’d seen a “Stilts Spirit” costume on YouTube that he wanted to build…

Rebecca: Hi, My name is Mia Harris and I am 10. This year I wanted to be something super scary for Halloween. I got the idea for my costume when I...

Nightmares

Stilt walker

How to Make What Nightmares Are Made of Costume: I have dreamed about becoming a creature like this since I saw "The Dark crystal"( landstriders scene) when I was a child. Way into my adult life now I went to see circ de soleil, while watching the blank face crutch walkers, it hit me, why don’t I …

Kristy: I am in the single cosine, my mom and husband are in the other ones. Saw it on you tube, i wanted to make it so i did. My mom...

Louis: Louis is 13 years old. He saw this character online and wanted to create for Halloween. He was given a 50$ budget and created this being using household items and...