This Plastic Toy Soldier Costume was really easy. I took some old clothes out of my closet and spray painted them with army green spray paint… shoes, hat, socks, shirt, etc. I found the binoculars and gun at the $1 store and spray painted them too. My face I covered in a very thick layer … Read more
This Wall E Costume was very easy. VERY little cost involved! I created the body using “recycled” boxes I formed the shape. Then cut out the arms, head and bottom. Coated the box form with paper mache. The paper mache created a little bit of texture and added to the look of the costume. The … Read more
I got the Homemade X Men Storm Halloween Costume Idea from reading comic books and watching the movie. This was pretty easy to put together. I started off with a white wig then added to it from there with a cape hemmed with gold lining and then the rest of the gold material I made … Read more
For our Corpse Bride and Groom costumes we bought the dress, veil, tux shirt and pants at a thrift store. We made a wig out of 1 blue and 1 purple roll of yarn. We then bought the white hair color to spray our faces. (It doesn’t get on everything and dries superfast – heaven). … Read more
Most of this Homemade Corpse Bride Halloween Costume was purchased at thrift stores and then modified. I happen to pick a wedding dress up for only $3.50. Then I got some turquoise fabric dye for the top and bottom. The head piece was a wall wreath that I deconstructed into a head wreath and added … Read more
My four year old son requested to be Mater this year. I usually use this website for ideas, but surprisingly there were no submissions for a Homemade Tow Mater from Disney’s Cars Costume. Using his toy Mater as a guide, I drew one side on a thick piece of cardboard, cut it out and traced … Read more
This Dancing Dora Costume took me about 3 days…100% home made. The head part of costumes are always the hardest but gets done. The body, well couple of pillows always work wonders..lol. Won first prize with this at a local bar. Was fun to do & keep on making homemade costumes. Keep Halloween spirit going.
I love Tim Burton movies and originally wanted to be Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas but I did not have the time to make the costume due to how intricate her dress is. I decided the Corpse Bride Costume was the next best thing! I wanted to be a “sexy one” so I added a … Read more
My boys decided on a homemade Alvin and the Chipmunks group costume idea. We used the “old style” costumes. I searched the web and stores for 3 matching shirts of different colors. I found 3 mock turtlenecks in Men’s sizes (so the shirts would be oversized on my boys) in Red, Blue and Green. To … Read more
I bought my brother a Stewie Griffin costume, I decided to be Meg and our mom was Lois. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on my costume this year. So I wore jeans, a pink shirt with a white shirt underneath. I bought a pink hat, and Harry Potter glasses. The Homemade … Read more
This Iron Man costume is my first real costume attempt. The body is made of swag foam. Kinda a pain, because paint doesn’t stick to it too well, so next time I’ll remember to buy it in the colour I need. Anyway, the helmet I made out of cardboard, and covered with car bog. I … Read more
I made my own Homemade Pinocchio Halloween Costume and won 3rd place with it! I went as Pinocchio and bought all my items from the thrift store and Walmart. I bought a yellow dress shirt and some red shorts and a black vest, a straw hat and even bought some wooden clogs on eBay! I … Read more