Is there something strange in your neighborhood? Who ya gonna call? Ghost Busters costumes! Check out the costume collection below of the coolest movie inspired DIY costumes for Halloween.
Will you be a ghost or a ghost buster this Halloween? The choice is a hard one to make. Browse through these homemade costume pictures and tutorials to help with your dilemma. Another fun option is always the Stay Puft man. Also, check out the clever Ghost Busters symbol costumes here.
In addition, if you loved the newest take on the classic movie, there are a whole slew of female characters for your DIY costume inspiration.
So learn how to construct a proton pack for your best homemade costume. Then, prepare to blast your way through the crowd this Halloween. And don’t forget to share you costume with us here to inspire others on their DIY costume journey.
When I was pregnant for my son I turned into a Pinterest Queen. I Pinterested everything from new mom tips to cute baby clothing and everything in between. One day while Pinteresting my life away I came across ideas for baby Halloween costumes. They were all so cute, but none as cute as the Stay … Read more
Vincent’s mom said he has such big cheeks we should make him the Marshmallow Man. We procrastinated, but after one run that looked great to us, but not so comfortable for Vincent, we figured out to make pillow cases for each section and only s stuff the front portion. Not only was he comfy, but … Read more
All my friends are dressing their babies up as fuzzy zoo animals or some costume that came in a bag from the store. That just is not my thing. This was my daughter’s third Halloween, and her third Halloween being something unique and not baby-y. In September I had the idea I wanted her to … Read more
I bought some ghostbusters patches of Ebay and a brown/khaki boiler suit. I went to a local sports shop and bought some small knee pads for the elbows. The back pack was a large cardboard box with an old ruck sack in it for the shoulder straps. I went on Google and lots of forums … Read more
This year my 13 year old son and 3 of his friends wanted to do a costume together. After tossing around a couple of different ideas, they decided to go with the Ghostbusters. At first I was feeling a little discouraged because the flight suits I was finding were expensive. I searched the web for … Read more
As children of the 80s, Halloween has a few quintessential elements to me and my husband. Obviously there is candy, pumpkins, scary movies, and trick-or-treating, but another thing we both loved was the movie “Ghostbusters “. Every year you can guarentee it will be on TV in all it’s awesome quotable glory. Our son is now old … Read more
My daughter-ini-law suggested a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from the Ghostbusters movie as my grandson’s costume. I’ve made every one of my two son’s costumes over the years and now can follow up with costumes for my grandchildren. It took me a week of thinking and planning to come up with a way to do … Read more
So my son was dead set on being a ghost…boring…. Since we like to do a family theme, what better way to complement him than Ghosbusters?? All three of our costumes were made from materials we had around the house or dug up at the local Goodwill stores. I really enjoyed putting together the outfit … Read more
When I suggested to my fiance, Jaimi, that she should be Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for Halloween, her eyes lit up and she immediately was pumped about it. We started making it in August (when I say we, I mean I started making and she cheered me on from the couch). The body was the … Read more
Both Ghostbuster and Stay Puft Child Couple Costumes are entirely handmade. Both costumes are made out of bed sheets and other miscellaneous fabric. Stay Puft is basically two jumpsuits, one inside the other with tons of fiber fill between the layers. The Ghostbuster proton pack and gun are made out of literally ‘garbage’. Miscellaneous boxes (poptart … Read more
I made this Mr. Stay Puft costume for a yearly Queen Fan Club convention fancy dress night back in 2008. The theme was Halloween, so thought this would be something unlikely for anyone else to do. Starting about 3 months before it was needed and with no plans, all I had was a screenshot of Mr … Read more
Yes, my husband and I are dorks. We are well aware! One of our favorite movies is Ghostbusters so we wanted to be characters from that movie. We figured there would be many others who dress up in the typical Ghostbuster suit with proton pack so we wanted to do something different. We loved the … Read more