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This Homemade Baby Popeye Costume was such an easy and cute costume to put together for my little Popeye. The pants were made with some blue fabric I had on hand….initially cost 1.99/yard. I added a yellow belt using yellow binding that I had. The shirt was a black t-shirt that my son already had … Read more
I made 4 of these masks. The one you see is the second made one that was used as a backup (it was not the best one in my opinion lol). They all started out as pumpkins! I covered them in a healthily layer of paper mache. Next I took crayola air dry modeling clay … Read more
It’s Halloween time again and that means many hours in a small garage being covered in little bits of foam. This year we decided to bring to life a childhood classic TV Show, Gumby Adventures! We started with the basic building materials, cardboard and Styrofoam. These two materials adhered together with hot glue makes a … Read more
This is my nine year old son max who came up with this Hellboy costume idea about six months before Halloween. We usually try to make our own costumes every year and there is a local costume contest that we have participated in the last five years. The fist is made up of two different … Read more
I just bought green costume paint for $6 from a costume supply store. Ripped up an old pair of khaki pants and put a wig on. This Homemade Hulk Costume looks a bit funny but works somehow.
Kick-Ass is such a good film and since I usually try stick to the super hero theme or just hero theme at Halloween I decided to go with a homemade Kick Ass costume. Coolest homemade costumes is possibly one of my favorite sites, I love see’n all the original ideas from the small to the … Read more
I wanted a costume that would be really cool and that I could hide under and just shake off if I was too hot. The Masters of the Universe Orco homemade costume was perfect! I made it out of dress lining from a wizards pattern (worn back to front)in dark red lined in purple then … Read more
I started by buying a red bra and covered it with red with white polka dot fabric. I bought stretchy red sequins (about 1 1/2 inch width)and sewed along the bra. I tied thick black ribbon in a bow and pinned it in the center. For the skirt I pleated the bottom of the skirt … Read more
Here we are as Jack and Sally from “The Nightmare before Christmas.” I made Jack’s head out of paper mache – which is flour, water, and newspaper draped over a balloon and then left to dry. Once dried, I stuck in a pin and popped the balloon, then I cut off the bottom for the … Read more
My costume is based on a character from a movie, the movie is Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton, i painted my face and put on hair extensions. I also made the dress from 5 different types of fabric and added some last touches wich were the external sewing from stamen.
This is the Nightmare Before Christmas Sally Adult Halloween Costume I made for myself in 2008. It started with a dress found on clearance for $10 that could be used as a base. The outer portion of the dress is made of coarse burlap “borrowed” from my office. Each piece was cut to shape then … Read more
I spent 2 weeks, 10 feet of Chicken wire and a lot of paper mache to make A 6 foot Homemade Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo Costume. Every one loves when Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo comes to town.