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.
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
I made this Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume for my son, Nathan, who is 19 months old and we really wanted him to be Stay Puft! We are both big Ghostbusters fans and couldn’t wait to see him in it, now that he was old enough to walk and endure the costume! I made … Read more
I made this Homemade Ghostbusters Costume for my senior year of high-school. Submitted was a mix of pictures from various states of production. Currently the boom-box (which was used to power the top mounted speakers) is incorporated onto the pack so I don’t have to hold it any more. The pack is 45 pounds, since … Read more
I started working on this Ghostbuster Costume in 2009 and it took me 3 months to build. It is built with things I purchased online, some things from home depot, and some things lying around the house. It is all functional. All the lights work, and all of the switches are located on the “thrower”, … Read more
I started working on this Ghostbusters Homemade Halloween Costume about 3 months ago. It started with just making a Ghostbuster jump suit to why not the Proton Pack! The pack has sound and lights authentic to the movie. The lights and sound also are all controlled on the gun through a series of switches. Inside … Read more
I made a Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume this year for Halloween 2010. I used 2 cardboard boxes, for the body, and head, and a couple of frisbees for the hat. I cut an old navy blue hoody for the bib and hat part and I used white trash bags, to cover the body … Read more
This homemade Stay Puft from Ghostbusters Halloween costume started with a pre-made inflatable costume from Kmart. We spray-painted all of it white. The head was made by using 1/2″ soft green foam hot-glued together to create a cylinder. It was then covered with white fabric. The face was drawn on with marker and the eyes … Read more
Q as Stay Puft Marshmallow Man: I received a plain white huge snow suit for my son before he was even born, and as soon as I saw it, I knew he had to be Stay Puft for Halloween. For some reason, that was the first thing to pop into my head when I saw … Read more
This is a Homemade Ghostbusters Costume. Complete with proton pack, ecto, googles, PKE meter (not shown) and trap. My brother and I built the proton pack, and the lights work on it also. We put a custom tag of the front of my flight suit that says “Akin” and also had a no ghost logo … Read more
Who you gonna call? – Ghostbusters!!! This Homemade Ghostbusters Group Costume is a great costume idea for a group of five, especially if one guy has the right size to do the marshmallow-man. For the Ghostbusters costumes we took four regular worker’s overalls and bought some patches, Ghostbuster logos for the sleeves and one for … Read more