I made this Jack in the Box costume for my husband for a Halloween costume contest at work. It took about 3 days to make the head. I used a punching balloon and paper mached it, leaving an opening at the base. You can set the balloon in a large bowl while doing this. It … Read more
Homemade Mud Costume from Swiffer Wet Jet Commercial inspired by commercial. What’s needed: Dress, shoes, (purse, bangles, and glasses optional) Spray paint Great Stuff insulating foam (gloves for protection recommended) This costume idea came to me after watching a Swiffer commercial. I used an old dress that I’ve had sitting in my closet since high … Read more
My brother and I have been thinking of this Trojan Man costume for a couple years now, and we have finally made it. The skirt is paper mache and cardbaord strips, woven on to an old belt. The red skirt we found at the salvation army, the white shirt is his own gym shirt from … Read more
The idea for this costume came from looking at house hold items such as planter’s peanuts. I started with using garden fencing, wired it up in the correct shape. I paper mached it, painted it applied the face and lettering and I was done. The total time for making this costume was about 15 hours. … Read more
I originally got this idea from this site: https://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/peanut-costume.html but thought it could be done a little better and with more explanation. I started using garden wire for the frame. You can pick this up at any big box home improvement store. I used 4′ x 50′, and used probably 30′ worth. The costume is … Read more
Since we have a costume contest at work every year I wanted to do something unique that would bring home a win. What else could do that but the Energizer Bunny?! I marched the halls banging my drum and spinning the circles, just like the bunny…and I WON!! Here’s how I made this Homemade Energizer … Read more
This homemade Sprout Jolly Green Giant costume was perfect for my son, not only because he looks just like Sprout, but because it was comfortable for him and very easy to make. I just took a green youth T-shirt, cut the neck and one arm off to make it a one-shoulder shirt and cut off … Read more
My son William, age 6, has been infatuated with The Money icon from Geico for about a year. He went to the Baltimore Boat Show last Fall and met Ms. Geico who signed a poster for him. He fell in love with Geico at that time and has been obsessed with it ever since. He … Read more
Created this homemade Ronald McDonald Halloween costume idea with the help of my grandma (whose excellent at sewing). We purchased the fabric needed for the costume at a local fabric store. She sewed the costume up to my body dimensions starting with the yellow main part first working outward going to the sleeves and then … Read more
We had great fun dreaming up this group Homemade Arby’s Family Halloween Costume Idea. I was trying to think of something minimal for my husband as he doesn’t like to dress up. The guy “thinking” Arby’s seemed like the perfect minimal costume. Then the wheels started turning in my head. Every husband should be thinking … Read more
I made this homemade Flo costume myself. It was fun and easy. I made a paper stencil by printing an image of the progressive logo in the approximate size necessary. Then, I traced it onto a white apron and colored it in with a blue sharpie. I printed the name tag and ‘i heart insurance’ … Read more
Being that Halloween has been my FAVORITE day of the year, I am known to always appear in a handmade costume with any necessary PROPS in hand. My best friend and I enjoy the month of October for two obvious reasons… Halloween and McDONALD’S MONOPOLY GAME PIECE TIME!!! We figured it’d only be appropriate to … Read more