Like the others, I also had wanted to do this costume for a while. I am a big fan of the film, so for a NYE heroes and villains party I decdided to go all out on it. The shirt was an old white creased shirt I’ve had for a while, the trousers i got … Read more
It took quite a bit of studying of the movie for our Homemade Hocus Pocus Group Halloween Costume Ideas, but we tried to get every detail of the Sanderson sisters down to a tee and I think we were pretty successful. The Sanderson sisters are from the Disney movie Hocus Pocus. My friends and I … Read more
I wanted to think of something original, that if I went to the bar I wouldn’t see at least three of me walking around. Originally I wanted to be an airline stewardess that had got in a plane crash, and not survived. But then I watched the movie The Birds. And I thought how easy … Read more
I made this homemade Doomsday Viper costume. As mentioned previously, I get a little obsessive about my costumes and usually start in the late summer on halloween costumes. I always find it’s hard to find good female characters with a unique costume or look. I loved the movie Doomsday and the character “Viper” says like … Read more
My boys wanted to dress up as a couple of their favorite zombie hunters, Columbus (left) and Tallahassee (right) from Zombieland. For Columbus, I curled my older sons’ hair (well, as best I could) and only had to purchase a cap gun. He already had the blue button-up shirt and blue hoodie for the outfit. … Read more
Here’s my homemade Borat costume… Grey Suit, eBay £20 Russian Pin and American pin eBay £2 Grey shirt (Had this already) Gold tie – eBay £5 Brown Shoes (had this already) Flag – Printed from Google search and stuck around a kebab stick. Brown bag – The girlfriend had one of these Wig and mustache … Read more
Our family does theme costumes each year, but as the mom of boys…this year we did not agree. They wanted gore, and I wanted cute. So we compromised. They are the Men In Black, and I am their alien. I got the jackets from Goodwill, the sunglasses from a costume shop and bought my green … Read more
This Homemade Sam from Trick ‘r Treat Costume was handmade by making a paper mache head, once dried cutting the balloon to look like a space helmet and covering it with burlap and rope. The eyes are large buttons that I painted with black spray paint, string for the mouth, sewing a sleeper with orange … Read more
This Spaceball costume is a homemade costume put together after scouring thrift stores, shopping online, and crafting stuff ourselves. Dark Helmet’s Helmet (though it’s hard to see in pics) was made from a planter and hand-painted, Barf’s name tag actually has Barf embroidered on it, and Dot has a light-up LED”Virgin Alert” and is on … Read more
This costume is a Homemade Mary and Ted Costume from Something About Mary. We just took 2 of the funniest moments from the movie and went from there. It didn’t require a lot of work and it was a hit at the party!
Caddyshack is one of our favorite movies, so why not dress as Carl Spackler? These homemade Caddyshack costumes were very easy to put together. The gray t-shirts and hats were purchased at Wal-Mart. We added ‘looper’ and ‘pro jock’ on the back of the shirts with black iron on letters. The green pants and black … Read more
The funniest character costume I ever made was Fook Yu and Fook Mei from the Austin Powers film. I first started by making two really short cheerleading skirts. I didn’t use patterns but you can purchase a cheerleading pattern at almost every fabric store. For the shirts I bought two inexpensive ribbed crew neck shirts … Read more