2000+ Awesome DIY Animated Character Costumes for Halloween

Coolest Homemade Mr. Krabs Costume

This is a Homemade Mr. Krabs Costume. The frame is made of 15 foam pipe covers and hot glued together. Fabric is also hot glued and took maybe 12 to 15 hours to make and cost around 25 dollars to make.

Coolest Homemade Maleficent and her Crow Costumes

My son, 3 years old, insisted on being Maleficent from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty for Halloween this year. As I was searching for ideas, I came across the Maleficent costume that somebody had already submitted to your website. Once he discovered that that Maleficent was also a boy, there was no turning back! We also transformed … Read more

Coolest Strawberry Shortcake Vintage Homemade Costume

For this Strawberry Shortcake vintage Homemade costume I used two 1.99 a yard red fabric to make skirt using 2 triangles, piece of elastic the size of my kids waist, the blouse – used a t-shirt (cut sleeves longer to give the effect of puffy sleeves). Bought 2.00 new shoes, pink, glued felt strawberry each, … Read more

Coolest Spongebob, Sandy, and Plankton Costumes

I have three kids 3 and under (#4 is on the way in December). Since they were born I have made their Halloween costumes. I like to make them coordinating. We had Babe Lincoln, then Cookie Monster and Zoe, and last year with three we ended up with Spongebob, Sandy, and Plankton. My eldest son … Read more

Coolest Homemade Aquaman Costume

This is what you will need to make a Homemade Aquaman Costume: 1) Orange Under Armour jersey from Academy (only available in kids, so had to get kids XL). 2) Aqua colored tights from American Apparel (way over priced). 3) Black speedo. 4) Beaded, green, net tank top from mom’s closet (no mom was not … Read more

Coolest Homemade The Maxx Costume

I love The Maxx, a comic book character that was also made into an animated movie. He is so over the top, that I knew it would be difficult to make a costume for it. I started with the mask as that is what makes The Maxx so cool and unique. I used plaster on … Read more

Coolest Wonder Woman Girl Costume

My five year old daughter wanted to be Wonder Woman for Halloween and I just wasn’t happy with the “super hero” knock-off patterns I was able to find. For this Wonder Woman Girl Costume I started with a basic ice skating leotard pattern and then altered it to become Wonder Woman. I used stretch Lycra … Read more

Coolest Homemade Soul Calibur Spawn with Cape Costume

I made this Homemade Soul Calibur Spawn with Cape Costume for a Super Heroes theme Halloween Party. It took me about 7 months to make with an estimated cost of $600 and a lot of late nights. This was probably my stepping stone for many more costumes to come.

Coolest Handmade San from Princess Mononoke Costume

This year, I created a handmade San from Princess Mononoke costume. I purchased a purple dress, white turtleneck, and beige turtleneck from the thrift store. I cut the white turtleneck into a tunic that can tie at the sides, the purple dress into her raggedy dress, and the beige turtlenecks sleeves to create the shoes. … Read more

Coolest Homemade Ms. Frizzle Costume

I have always been looking for the best redhead costumes since I am a redhead. I have been Princess Fiona, Raggedy Ann, Ginger Spice, Poison Ivy, Dorothy, and Pebbles in the past. This past year I wanted to buy a Ms.Frizzle costume but there weren’t any available. I knew I wanted fun jewelry and shoes … Read more

Coolest Up Group Costume

This is a Homemade Up Group Costume for the movie Up! I love this movie and knew it would make an awesome costume! I made the house by getting a huge box and cutting and taping it to make the roof. Then I added the front part of the house by just taping on another … Read more