Geek Crafts

It’s been really fun writing up awesome Halloween costumes this month! Here are my three favorites I’ve posted about…

Ruth Suehle’s amazing Red Queen costume for Dragon*Con,

thestamppit’s super-creepy Coraline “Other Mother” costume for Dragon*Con,

and Bonnie Burton’s fantastic Jabba the Hutt costume patrolling the halls at LucasFilm!

• Red Queen at Dragon*Con
• The Other Mother at Dragon*Con
• Jabba the Hutt at LucasFilm (and Starbucks!)

Here are my favorite costumes that we’ve posted this year:

1. Brak by discomeat on Craftster

2. Zombie Potato by librarylolita on Craftster

3. KFC Colonel Sanders by chickenfeet on Craftster

When we decided to each pick our top three Halloween costumes from the last two months, I knew I had a tough job ahead of me. We found so much pure gold this year, and it was really hard to choose just three, but I did my best. So without further adieu, my top three:

The Yip Yips by Tracy Lawson, they are sparkly, cute, and nostalgic! What more could you want? And if you’re going to be an adult in a Sesame Street costume, please, please, do not dress up as Elmo!

Two: Baby Elvis Costume! Seriously, at what other time has a kid so small rocked so much (I’m excluding toddlers with mohawks for this one)? CuriousFae did an awesome job on this one! (via craftster).

And last but not least: THE GORE! Halloween is historically about death and ghosts, and GORE, why else did I rent three horror movies to watch tonight? The Dissection Costume wins on the gore factor! To make it even cooler, jessicution didn’t go to the Halloween super store to pick this number up, it is all made from scratch, even the fake blood! Totally awesome! (via craftster).

• Yip Yip Costume
• Elvis Costume
• Dissection Costume

I hate the smell of pumpkin so I was thrilled to see such a long thread on Craftster (and a couple other places) of jack o’ lanterns that I don’t have to look at in person. Here are the geekiest:

1. Muppets Dr. Bunsen and Beaker by knottie on Craftster

2. Carl Sagan by Kirk Mona on Twins City Naturalist

3. CSI Crime Scene by ConcreteJungler on Craftster

4. Dr. Who Dalek by sloth003 on Craftster

5. Lord of the Rings Gollum by bethiej78 on Craftster

6. The Simpsons Itchy & Scratchy by knottie on Craftster

7. Knit 1 Purl 2 by domUNIQUE on Craftster

8. Star Trek Spock by patty_o_furniture on Craftster

9. Twilight Team Jacob by patty_o_furniture on Craftster

10. Wall-E and Eve by knottie on Craftster

11. Where the Wild Things Are by miss catbread on Craftster

12. Flesh Eating Zombie by teriyakimoto on Craftster

13. Star Wars R2D2 by Derringdos on Flickr

Who ya gonna call? I’m calling off_the_record next time I need a good costume idea. She posted these home-made Ghostbusters Costumes on craftster, with a short tutorial on making your own proton pack! I especially love the take on the “lady Ghostbuster” costume.

• Ghostbusters Costumes

Ludi made this impressively large whale costume and was kind enough to share her process on Craftster. She uses a toy to create pattern pieces to cut out of foam.

• Whale Costume