I made these Oompa Loompa Homemade Twin Costumes for World Book Day for my 8 year old twins. I stitched the dungarees myself, which is pretty impressive for me as I’m no seamstress. Fabric was only £4. Bought the polo necks on sale in Zara for only £2.99, painted stripes using fabric paint on old … Read more
My Oompa Loompa Adult Homemade Costume /scene/candy was somewhat “pricey” but I loved doing it for my church’s “Trunk or treat”. Materials I used: Green wig (Walmart) Orange paint (ordered offline, our Walmart didn’t sell it) White cloth gloves Brown long sleeved tshirt (already had) Plain white tee (used to cover up the wording on … Read more
My daughter had been wanting to be Cindy Lou who for the last two years, so this year I went all out and made her dress and cape. She loved it so much she wants to wear the outfit for Christmas as well… I started off with a pattern for an A-line dress, I made … Read more
This is my daughter Jonna dressed as Edward Scissorhands in 2010. She loves all things Tim Burton so this DIY Edward Scissorhands Halloween costume was an easy choice. The base of the costume is simple stretch pants that look like leather and a black shirt. All of the belts and “hardware” on her costume are … 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
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
I always enjoyed the movie Pippi Longstocking when I was younger and my daughter Megan, age 3 at the time, loved it too, so we decided to make her a Pippi Longstocking Halloween costume. I started by buying a couple of patterns that would best fit into the shapes that I needed for the clothing. … Read more
My wife and mother-in-law hand made this simple but cute Pippi long stocking costume. My daughter was in love with Pippi when she was small and is going dressed in a Pippi long stocking costume again this year. Total Spent: $20
My son dressed up as Star Wars’ Cad Bane this Halloween and it was such a cool costume. I started with a brown jacket and a tan shirt, bought at the thrift store. I made sure the jacket was big so I would have extra fabric. I pulled in the back of the jacket to … Read more
I made this Homemade Darth Vader Costume 2 years ago for Halloween. I always wanted to make my own Darth Vader, and in 2009. I started. It took me 2 months to make it. Everything on this costume is homemade, exept the helmet, I bought it on Amazon.com. Chest and belt boxes are light-up. This … Read more
This homemade R2D2 Halloween costume started off with a rubbermaid trash can. The exterior details are foam, carved to different shapes and sizes. The legs have a PVC base with foam exterior. The feet are supported with the PVC and have caster-base electrical conduit boxes over them. The LED lights on the lid are from … Read more
This homemade Star Wars Yoda Halloween costume idea was for my little boy Josiah who is 2 and a big Star Wars fan! The first this that I knew I had to make was the hat. I looked into purchasing the Yoda costume for toddlers but I felt like it should and could be a … Read more