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.
I made this great Ghostbuster costume from things around the house for my son. It took about a week. starting with a large cardboard box, attaching things from garage and house..such as a tissue box, water bottles, nuts, bolts, plastic rings. I spray painted the entire box black and then embellished with stickers, Christmas lights, added … Read more
This is the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Halloween costume from Ghostbusters fame. He is about 7 1/2 ft tall. The upper body is made of layers of foam remnants clear packing tape and held together by hot glue. The skin is felt like material from a dry goods store and glued on like a moppet. … Read more
I wanted to make a big Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume for a long time but never thought I could do it. I made this for Halloween this year and I think it’s going to be my best costume ever. It was done all in one week and all hand stitched and stuffed. The head … Read more
This Stay Puft Marshmallow man Halloween costume wasn’t very difficult. The pants, I had to make, with a simple pattern, but made the waist huge, and with an elastic band that stretched. The top was a white sweatshirt. I made the blue handkerchief and tie. The hat is Styrofoam discs glued together, then I hollowed … Read more
I got the idea for this Homemade Stay Puft Marshamallow Man Costume from this site, but I am someone who needs perfection so I decided to elaborate on it. I bought 2 pairs of sweat suits (1 med., 1 XXL) and I sewed them inside of the other. Then stuffed each section with stuffing from … Read more
The four of us obviously got this Homemade Ghostbusters Costume idea from the movie “Ghostbusters.” It took awhile to think of what to use for the costume. We used a white hooded suit, that is similar to a hazmat suit – which ended up being extra larges when we got them in the mail, but … Read more
My name is Vinny and I LOVE Ghostbusters! This is why I asked my grandma to make me this awesome Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume. She made all of the marshmallows for my arms and legs out of stretchy fabric stuffed with cotton. They are like donuts that I put on individually over white … Read more
Here is our Completely Homemade Ghostbuster and StayPuft. All but the Ghostbuster patches were homemade. We had a great time and the Stay Puft was the center of attention all night. He WAS hard to miss! Our Ghostbuster pack was packed with lights. We used battery operated LED Christmas lights and blinky star lights in … Read more
I made these homemade Ghostbusters and StayPuft Marshmallow Man costumes for my husband and three sons. The Ghostbusters were easy to put together, although the proton packs took a bit of work. I bought tan-colored shirts and pants from our local thrift store, made iron transfers for the Ghostbusters’ patches on each arm and the … Read more
3 weeks to Halloween 2009 and I have no costume! Searching for inspiration on the web resulted in the following options: Sexy witch Vampiress Slutty devil Ugghh! Where are all the cool original costumes?! The only option was to make my own, just what…. Well after a week of a lack of ideas via facebook … Read more
I first got the idea from this site after I saw a child as the marshmallow man. It was done very cute, but with my ideas of grandeur, I dreamed up something more for this Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Halloween costume For reference I found a picture through Google of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man … Read more
I made this Homemade Ghostbusters Halloween Costume about 9 years ago. I’ve always loved Ghostbusters, and wanted a proton pack since the first time I saw it. This took me about 9-12 months to piece together. It has working lights in the pack, gun, and a blinking light on the trap just like the movie. … Read more