GROOVAHOLIX Dance Company needed an idea for a great, easy, and COMFORTABLE Halloween costume for a group. So what better group of characters to choose other than the CARE BEARS! We wanted something sexy yet comfortable, unique yet easy to duplicate since there were a number of us in the group. We chose hoodies (how … Read more
My aunt made this Care Bears Costume for my four children. They were very into the Carebears since I have old Care Bear toys and there is a cartoon on TV. Using a light fleece material and a lion (or any animal) pattern. Cropped the tails and added a small heart on the back side. … Read more
My Grandson’s favorite movie is Despicable Me, so of course he wanted to be a Minion for Halloween. I started out using a inflatable punching bag for the head. I covered it with paper mache’. When it dried I formed cardboard around the head to make the body. Then I covered it with paper mache’ … Read more
I drew my ideal jumper on paper, headed to Britex Fabrics for bright textured fabrics. Also bought giant yellow buttons, slapped on a Woochie nose, some ears, paint and spray painted a Robin Hood type brown. And there you have it, a Pinocchio costume.
I saw the other costume and wanted to try it. FYI: this website is the best. I got most of my idea for this Pinocchio Costume from here. I just followed the same thing the other guy did. The mask was Bill Clinton and just added a mustache.
Our household loves Phineas and Ferb! So it was my mission to make the Coolest Homemade Phineas and Ferb couple Halloween costume I could. I started with posterboard. For Phineas I draw out the basic shape and taped it together, leaving room for my head to slip in. For Ferb I just wrapped it around … Read more
My son (as is every 3 year old) is a huge Mickey Mouse fan. He loved being Mickey. It was so easy to put together too. I lucked out finding the red bloomers at a thrift store. I just sewed a couple of HUGE white buttons on the front and a Dollar store tail on … Read more
This is my homemade costume of one the funniest “Futurama” characters ever; Slurms Mckenzie!! Whimmy Wham Wham Wozzle!!
My son wanted to be Dash from The Incredibles, but I didn’t like the commercial costumes. So I made his myself. The others soon followed since they were so simple. My husband works in an office, so he went as ‘Bob Paar’ in a suit with the shirt peeking through (he even bleached his hair … Read more
For a fancy dress party I decided to go as Spongebob Squarepants, (why wouldn’t I?!). After looking for costumes for sales, I was disappointed by the low quality and high price of what was for sale, most weren’t even square! So after deciding to make my own Spongebob Adult Costume, I found this website and … Read more
This is a Homemade Doctor Octopus Costume. Trench coat is from an old Halloween cowboy costume. Mechanical arms are made from smaller dryer vent tubing. An “H” was made from PVC pipe and then small sections of pool noodle were put on each of the four ends. The dryer vent hose fits perfect over the … Read more
My daughter wanted to be the BLUE sleeping beauty for Halloween last year. Needless to say, all the sleeping beauty costumes on the market are pink. So I decided to make her own Homemade Sleeping Beauty Costume. I made a tutu out of light blue tulle and an elastic out of an old pair of … Read more