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Last year, on Halloween, I made my daughter a dress similar to those in the 15th century because she wanted a princess costume. The only fabric where I had enough was the green broadcloth and white (dyed pink with pink dye found in the kitchen). That year, I didn’t have any money at all. I … Read more
Each year we try to come up with something unique for my kids on Halloween. I always give them several options and let them choose. This year my son Colby, age 12, decided he wanted to be inside an outhouse Halloween costume. I was able to make this costume out of a refrigerator box. I … Read more
This Costume Caught Fire! Note from Elad: Making your own costumes is always a big challenge and lots of fun. We’re always hoping that the ideas on our site will inspire you, but you must be careful! I’d like to thank Tony H. from Millom, England for taking the time to send in this letter … Read more
My Homemade Trashman Illusion Costume is a Ghoulish trash man carrying a trashcan filled with Halloween gory trash, body parts, skeletons, etc. One thing in the can is not supposed to be there, it is ME. It is made from a rubber mask, trash can, old clothes, wire, steel, Halloween party items, stuffing, pillows, hot … Read more
This is an illusion. The head and upper torso of the fisherman is fake, his legs are my legs. I am the mermaid.
I made this Homemade Rat in Trap Costume last year and it only cost me about $20.00 and about 1 hour of my day. I used a 1/2 inch electrical conduit pipe and a heat gun to make the spring and then covered it with aluminum foil. Then I made a rat out of grey … Read more
My son wanted to be a skeleton and we wanted to make it. We found the skeleton attack on line and thought it was very cool. My 7 yr. old son couldn’t find a skeleton mask his sister wasn’t afraid of and then he found the demon mask. We used a backpack with PVC pipe … Read more
The Homemade Roller Coaster of Love Couple Costume was designed and built by Ruthie and Angel in Tampa, Florida. We built this coaster out of PV Pipe, lots of spray paint, card board, rope, fanny packs and lots of tie straps, fake legs stuffed with newspaper and don’t forget the crocs and the shirts that … Read more
This Baby on Granny’s Back Optical Illusion Costume was such a fun costume to make. I couldn’t believe the amount of double takes my daughter received Halloween night. Unfortunately in our area there isn’t any costume contests to enter but I felt it was a costume worth sharing with others. You will need to find … Read more
Man oh man. I put a lot of work into this Homemade Outhouse Costume!. I think it looks great. Everywhere we went, people were taking pictures of my son. This is how I constructed this cool Outhouse costume for my son: I got a big cardboard box from my job, and cut it up. The … Read more
I originally wanted to use a refrigerator box for this Halloween but couldn’t find one in time so made a Homemade Outhouse Costume. I used a large flattened box, cut it and used packing/duct tape to get it to stay together. My favourite tool was a utility knife. It helped make the moon holes and … Read more
This Homemade Light Bulb and Switch Couple Costume was a bright idea for a Halloween couple costume! One of us was a light bulb and the other was a light switch. The light bulb was made of chicken wire, with tracing paper and adhesive glue. On the outside we put yellow tissue paper. To get … Read more