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I created the Homemade Spartan Cheerleaders Couple Costume after going to the costume store, and finding the costumes there were cheaply made, and over priced for the quality. So here’s how I made this costume: 1) I visited my local Sand Dollar thrift store and found the pants for $2.00. I found the black sweaters … Read more
The secret to this Homemade Saltwater Aquarium Costume is to have a really good sturdy box and lots of zip ties. I went to the UPS store to buy the box (~$8). I cut holes in the front and sides and wrapped the edges in duct tape to make it look like metal and to … Read more
For Halloween, my boyfriend and I decided to create Double Badminton Trophy costumes. We chose to be a doubles badminton trophy (boy and girl). Badminton was the easiest sport to pick as a trophy because the rackets are light and we were able to buy smaller versions to carry around with us. We also wanted … Read more
With this Homemade Mermaid Costume I cut strips of fabric in all the colors of the rainbow for the scales and finished the edges with fabric glue. I used a stretchy fitted skirt underneath to sew it to. I wanted my legs to be water so I have blue waves on my shows with sequence … Read more
This is a homemade baby nerd costume. The idea for the costume came to me one morning while thinking of what my son could be for Halloween. I didnt want one of the few costumes that are available for babies. The costume is loosely based on the Steve Urkel character. Items used were pants,a plaid … Read more
We’re both girls in the same sorority and we decided that since we fight like a married couple all the time that we were just going to be an old married couple. So the day of our Halloween outing we picked our clothes and white hair spray to make our Homemade Old Couple Costume. We … Read more
My wife made a kick-ass Randy Macho Man Savage Costume…handed out Slim Jims at the party…she was Miss Elizabeth….OH YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My children came home from school and announced they wanted to enter the fancy dress competition at the summer fare the next morning! I was at a complete loss! Until I found this site! I quickly came up with three ideas stolen, as you will see directly from other people! As we had no time … Read more
My son was obsessed with the cable guy. If we were driving and we saw a truck we had to follow it. So it was no wonder what he wanted to be for Halloween that year. I purchased a blue shirt and made an iron from their logo from a bill. And put his name … Read more
My Daughter wanted to be a DJ, So my brother in-law went out to the thrift store and purchased an old turn table. He mounted the turn table to some particle board. We hooked it to a pair of suspenders. We took a black plastic bag and added the vinly letters to the bag. Got … Read more
I was looking for something stereotypical and CHEAP! I bought a cheap plastic garbage can (should’ve seen me standing in it at the store. They must’ve thought I was NUTS!) Anyway, I cut the bottom off the can. (Very hard to cut! You will need strong scissors!) and I spray painted the garbage can white. … Read more
We loved the deviled egg pun and thought it would be a cute costume! We made this costume by paper macheing the egg on top of a 24″balloon that we bought at a party store. We used 2 parts Elmer’s glue to 1 part water and cut up strips of a old phone book. We … Read more