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This Homemade Cat in the Hat Costume was my first time making a costume and I can’t believe how AWESOME it turned out! I didn’t even have a sewing machine so I had to sew everything by hand! It took me many hours but was totally worth it! For the dog Thing One and Thing … Read more
My daughter was dressing up as Tinkerbell, (which was a store bought costume), and I desperately wanted to have her brother in on the “Peter Pan” theme. I could not find a baby costume for a 12 month old (that wasn’t bunting), so I decided to make my own Homemade Baby Captain Hook Halloween Costume. … Read more
The 4 of us (Me as Alex in the middle) decided to do a group costume for this years Halloween, and what cooler group is there than Alex and his Droogs! The Homemade Clockwork Orange Group Costume was made up from what we had lying around at our homes (luckily, including the hats). The shirts … Read more
I had bought two (yes 2!) old wedding dresses from the local thrift store. Because I didn’t realize how much weight I gained recently, I didn’t bother trying them on. On “party” day, I tried each dress on, neither fit. So my very clever sister took me to BigLots, bought a $5 white bed sheet … Read more
I started working on this Ghostbusters Homemade Halloween Costume about 3 months ago. It started with just making a Ghostbuster jump suit to why not the Proton Pack! The pack has sound and lights authentic to the movie. The lights and sound also are all controlled on the gun through a series of switches. Inside … Read more
This homemade Stay Puft from Ghostbusters Halloween costume started with a pre-made inflatable costume from Kmart. We spray-painted all of it white. The head was made by using 1/2″ soft green foam hot-glued together to create a cylinder. It was then covered with white fabric. The face was drawn on with marker and the eyes … Read more
My Fiancee and I decided to be the lead roles in Juno for Halloween.For the Homemade Juno Macguff and Paulie Bleeker from Juno Costume we tried to spend as little as possible. I believe our most expensive single item purchase was Bleeker’s shirt, we ordered it online for $20. The other items were purchased at … Read more
Alexander DeLarge from the movie “A Clockwork Orange” is one of my favorite costumes. Most of this Alex DeLarge from A Clockwork Orange Costume was assembled from items I already had, and I only required a few bits and pieces from the stores, but just about everything is very common and easy to find, especially … Read more
This Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume was made by my mother Elva. She purchased white silk king sized bed sheets for $11.00 at Ross. Then she sewed pants and a shirt pattern out of some old sweats I had. After she finished the design of the suit (which looks like marshmallows attached together) my … Read more
It was my son’s first Halloween and I love Alice in wonderland! So I made him a Madhater costume. I took a green onesie and appliqued cups and pots on it. Then I painted the drunk mouse on the front and the Cheshire cat on the butt. Then I made a blue bow tie and … Read more
My housemates and I decided it would be great to get together as the characters from Clue(do). Using pieces we already owned and making new ones we were able to create some great costumes! We also made most of our weapons, which were essential for this idea to work. Miss Scarlet-A fancy red gown. Mrs. … Read more
I have never bought a costume. My fiance and I are die hard movie buffs and it seems hard to come up with a good his and her costume. A year before that we dressed up as our “alter egos” a rich man and wife from the 40s. Sadly is seems like adults we know … Read more