I made this homemade Dark Helmet Halloween costume over the course of a couple of weeks and wound up investing a lot more hours into making it than I ever imagined I would when I began. I started by shaping the helmet over a pumpkin using oaktag and wire mesh. I then applied around 4 … Read more
I made this Homemade Tron Couple Costume for me and my girlfriend. I used electroluminescent tape running off packs of AA batteries. The identity discs are attached to the back of our costumes with a series of magnets I placed/glued inside each disc so they can be removed and re-attached easily. The Quorra suit ran … Read more
My favorite movie is Dirty Dancing. So of course I wanted to be Baby, but how would anyone know who I was? Since “Nobody puts Baby in the Corner,” I thought that would put her in the corner and see if a handsome dancer would approach me so I could have the time of my … Read more
I made this Olivia Octopus Pantomime Dame Costume by cutting out a pattern from a cereal box to cut the 8 legs. Her eyes are made of rolled out clay and painted. The top was a T shirt from a charity shop and I simply added a big puffed out skirt with netting underneath it. … Read more
My co-bartender and myself wanted to do something different this year. He has this fascination with Dr. Hannibal Lector from Silence of the Lambs, so he went with it. He went to the local Party Wizard store and bought the mask for $8, then to Walmart, where he purchased a $6 pair of white sweatpants. … Read more
I went to college without a firm idea on what I was gonna be that year. I had an idea a few months ago, but I couldn’t remember it, so I figured if I couldn’t remember it by October, that I would make a Homemade Samara Halloween Costume from “The Ring”. “The Ring” is one … Read more
These Spaceballs Costumes were easy. Not to much work, just a bit of thrift store shopping, sewing, measuring and cutting and gluing. Dark Helmet started with the witches cauldron cut to fit around the face. A hockey helmet was glued to the top, which made it easier to wear. A Dracula cape, black sweats, black … Read more
OK, first you have to go to your local thrift store or Goodwill, if that fails go to a store called ‘Jomar’- that’s were I got my dress. You need a blonde wig unless you have blonde hair, do your hair in an old fashion beehive. Then you purchase a few dozen black crows (can … Read more
With this Titanic Ghost Halloween costume, I felt like a celebrity. I attended a Halloween party at the local fire department and won “Best Costume”. Everyone was taking my picture! I decided to make the life ring first, because that was the hardest to figure out how to give an authentic look. I bought a … Read more
This Homemade Spaceballs Halloween Costume took a lot of time to make, especially Lord Dark Helmet’s. Lord Dark Helmet’s costume was made out of a witch’s coldren & black foam core that was scored and taped on the inside. The eyes were regular window screen to allow visibility. The clothes were pieced together from many … Read more
Hi All… This year I took on the mammoth task of creating my own walking talking ED-209 robot from the Robocop movies. I constructed the whole thing off a scale drawing I drew up, making the framework from wood and covering in card. Although not identical to the movie version, it is a dead give … Read more
I decided on this funny homemade costume idea. I thought right about Will Ferrell and his characters. I had never seen a Mugatu costume before and I went for it. Total Spent: $35