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I decided to make my boys Dr. Evil and Mini Me Costumes because even though they are 3 yrs apart in age they look so much alike and everyone always asks if they are twins!! Which is hilarious to us because they are not the same height, so we always joke that our little one … Read more
If you’ve seen Beetlejuice then you will recognize Miss Argentina as the receptionist from the recently Deceased office. I made the Homemade Miss Argentina from Beetlejuice Costume myself, the wig was bought online and styled to look like Miss Argentina’s, the cape was made with a piece of heavy duty garden wire, the material was … Read more
This Homemade Carrie Prom Queen Nightmare Costume is made with a Prom dress of 70-80’s style. Purchased liquid blood and dripped it so it was running down all sides. Silk roses with silk ribbon with droplets of blood. Blood on face, arms and flesh showing. Prom Queen tiara. Prom King, 80’s suit, 80’s hair, king … Read more
My Homemade Mad Hatter Halloween Costume was inspired by Tim Burton’s new movie “Alice in Wonderland” due for release in 2010. I love the twist that Burton puts on all his characters in his films, which is one of the reasons I chose to model my costume on his version of the Mad Hatter. My … Read more
This Homemade Na’vi Avatar Unique Halloween Costume Idea is what I made for Halloween this year. I ordered blue latex paint online and yellow UV contacts. I purchased normal light blue and black paint from the local craft store to paint stripes over top of the liquid latex. Over the stripes I then applied glow … Read more
I took inspiration from the Giant Homemade Oompah Loompah Adult Halloween Costume submitted on this website. I’m 6’6″ so I thought it would ironic. Ok, starting from the top. Blond wig spray painted green. I had to style and cut wig to look similar to Oompah Loompah. Orange facepaint, searched everywhere in Montreal, but luckily … Read more
I decided to go as Ralphie Parker from the movie A Christmas Story to a Halloween party. It took a little putting together but nothing too hard. I got the big red glasses on eBay, the bunny suit on some Easter bunny costume site (a little expensive but worth it) and the bb gun from … Read more
For my ghostly Homemade Mad Hatter Halloween Costume, I started with the hat. I added purple satin under the grey tulle, added a brim of the same fabric. I hot glued a peacock feather, added hat pins and the price tag stating “in this style 10/6”. Under the hat is a curly red wig that … Read more
With the help of this site, our band decided on making our own Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompa costumes. We bought the green Oompa Loompa wigs, orange and white face paint, brown turtle necks, white scrub pants, striped socks. For the neck we cut white medical tape into strips. For the buttons on the pants, … Read more
The Homemade Queen of Hearts Costume is all hand made with some altered Goodwill stuff. It took me a week to sew it all together and paint my staff and make my necklace out of mini cards and resin. I used 30 yards of tool total and made my crown out of gold fabric. The … Read more
Halloween has always been a family favorite and we tend to go all out, and every year we have a Halloween costume contest and since Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors I decided to go once again with one of his many characters. Last year I was Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the … Read more
I put Ebeneezer Scrooge together for SantaCon 2009 in New Haven. I figured that with dozens of red suited Santa Clauses running around, I would try and ruin everyone’s Christmas. Bah, humbug! I thought nobody would know what the character was, but everyone figured it out right away. This Homemade Ebeneezer Scrooge Costume is quite … Read more