For my homemade Planters Peanut Woman Costume, I cutout two peanut shapes from beige felt and attached them with fabric strips, and drew in the texture with permanent marker. I made the cane out of an old Christmas candy cane wrapped in black hockey tape.
Happy Waffleween! I would definitely use the words ‘quirky’ and a bit ‘corny’ as a part of my personality traits. I just roll with it. Two things were certain this year: 1. I wanted to be some sort of a food item for Halloween this year. 2. This costume could NOT be store bought. Following … Read more
This Homemade Most Interesting Man in the World Costume idea came about from the Dos Equis Beer commercials. The “Most Interesting Man in the World” costume was made with a black suit I owned, my fiance’s scarf, white paint for the hair and beard, bronzer and a few Dos Equis beer props. I made my … Read more
My 7 year old son was Pac-Man last year (thank you to this site for the ideas) and got rave reviews. Naturally he wanted another homemade costume this year. He is the Android character from the Android operating system. College kids and techies knew what he was but everyone else thought he was some sort … Read more
I am not sure how I came up with this Chef Boyardee costume idea, but when I did I thought it would be a very funny yet easy costume to make. The frame: PVC + PVC Glue Top & Bottom: Foam insulation Around: Red plastic table cloth Inside: Green plastic table cloth Labels: Large format … Read more
The Homemade Paper Puppet Costume came from this site but I made a couple changes. I made a frame of PVC and attached it to a backpack so that it held up the costume over my sons head. I made the bag from rolls of brown craft paper. The eyes are take-out container covers with … Read more
This was a Homemade Geico Money Halloween Costume I wore to a Halloween party this year where it was a major hit. I spray-painted a box that I got at a local UPS store. Its dimensions were perfect; it is called the “guitar box” in case you go and look for one at UPS. Firstly, … Read more
While the rest of my team did purchase their costumes, I have a firm policy of never buying Halloween costumes and this year made myself a Geico costume. I used about 20 boxes; I flattened them out, cut a hole in the middle that I could fit into but, at the same time, was small … Read more
After going to the movies one evening and seeing the movie previews I was struck with the creative idea to be a Homemade Surfer Fandango Puppets Costume. The costume started out with me thinking of just creating the puppets out of lunch bags and pasting them all over myself making me the fandango puppet master. … Read more
Our company decided to have a Halloween party in lieu of a holiday party so we knew we wanted to be something obscure as there was to be a contest! So we decided on Hamburglar and Officer Big Mac Costumes. For the Hamburglar (ette), I used the striped top and bottom from a prison costume; … Read more
This year my family decided to be cereal box characters. We made the trick or treat boxes out of the corresponding cereal boxes. Snap Crackle and Pop: These were so cute we used elf ears and glued them with spirit gum then sewed a chef hat and the striped stocking hat we found a top … Read more
My husband says my mother ruined me for Halloween by always making mine and my brother’s costumes. So, I absolutely WILL NOT buy an already made costume for our son. He has to be something original and handcrafted! (at least until I can’t get away with it anymore – he’s three now). That’s part of … Read more