There’s something about watching advertisements for food that makes them so irresistible. You just want to reach into your screen and grab a bite! This collection is full of homemade food commercial costumes to fill your cravings.
Fast food is a popular DIY costume choice because there is something for everyone. Whether you’re a burger, fries or a refreshing cup of coke, there are fantastic costumes here to get you inspired.
Also, you will see homemade costumes here for the Pillsbury Doughboy, Chef Boyardee and the California raisins.
In addition, these food commercial costumes make awesome couple costumes. Try a bucket of KFC with the Colonel or a regal Mrs. Butterworth with a waffle.
So discover how to become a giant McDonald’s Happy Meal or the Hamburgler. Start your DIY costume journey with the tutorials here! Then share your costume here and inspire others for Halloween.
This Homemade Tootsie Pop Owl Costume was so fun to be. I had a great time making it, wearing it and handing out tootsie pops all day in it. I used an oversized white hoodie for my body, and covered it in hand cut white felt “feathers”. I used two long wing shaped pieces of … Read more
This Homemade Mister Peanut Halloween Costume was the funnest costume I ever created. In MN its cold during Halloween so I stayed nice and toasty! For the body I used faux wool material cut out in the shape of a peanut and gathered elastic through the bottom for the bubble effect. Next I sponge painted … Read more
We dressed as Colonel Sanders and a Bucket of KFC Chicken. We handed out chicken to our party guests. The bucket was homemade from a Keg tub and printed off Google Images and red duct tape. The Col Sanders costume was pretty basic but we bought a Santa Clause beard/wig set and cut it.
Homemade Chicken Costume: I bought a cheap feather pillow at Big Lots ($3.99) and a can of spray adhesive … and a long sleeve white tee … sprayed one side of the tee and patted the loose feathers onto the adhesive. I bought orange ladies scrub pants for chicken feet, and used the spray adhesive … Read more
Hamburglar(ette) was a pretty simple costume with a jail outfit and a cape. But, the real challenge for Officer Big mac was creating the head. We basically built a huge BigMac Pillow from felt and stuffing around a reinforced baseball cap. The result was great!! Especially since people didn’t really know who Officer Big Mac … Read more
I wanted to make a Foreclosed Home costume for Halloween, but my mom explained that it could hurt someone’s feelings; after all there are a lot of people in California who have recently lost their homes. So then she said, “Why don’t you go as Jack?” I thought, OK, so how do I make a … Read more
I fist got the idea for Mr. Peanut from an episode of Seinfeld where George was describing some guy with a cane, a monocle and top hat and Jerry asks incredulously “Who is this guy, Mr. Peanut!?” I wanted to do the Homemade Mr. Peanut Costume for several years but kept forgetting at Halloween. But … Read more
Having seen a box of Sun-Maid Raisins on the shelf in the grocery story earlier this year, the thought to create a homemade Sun Maid Raisin Girl Halloween costume clicked in my head — what a perfect homemade (and wholesome) costume! To make the costume, I bought or gathered the following: A white t-shirt Blue … Read more
This is a twist on a Ronald McDonald costume. The costume was super easy to make and very affordable. All the clothes were bought at the goodwill and then spray painted. It consists of a suit vest, khakis, and a white collared shirt that went underneath which was taped with duct tape and then spray … Read more
I decided to be Colonel Sanders after driving through the drive-thru and seeing Colonel Sanders on the sign. I thought it would be pretty easy and very funny! I’m always something silly for Halloween and this one is by far my favorite! I got an old white suit which my mom had and a white … Read more
My son Jacob wanted a Jolly Green Giant Costume. I bought a green costume for under $10 and then covered it with leaves. The leaves were on a vine and I cut them off to sew them all laying flat like the Giant. For his head we cut a baseball cap that was too small … Read more
Mr. Peanut was made out of burlap pieces that had been starched and put on a form. The pieces were then glued together and armholes cut. The bottom of the costume was held together with Velcro so that my son could slide it on and off over his black shirt and black pants. I made … Read more