Every year with the help of my mom (who is a great seamstress) I have a unique and homemade costume. This year our office theme was Alice in Wonderland and I was the Queen of Hearts. I found a pattern for a dress with a high collar, and with serious alterations in mind, we (or … Read more
I made the entire Homemade Beetlejuice Halloween Costume. I bought a suit jacket, a tie and some khaki pants at the thrift store. I taped stripes on the jacket and pants to paint my stripes. I had to section it off so that the paint wouldn’t smear. I painted my tie black, and already had … Read more
We looked high and low for a Beetlejuice costume that wasn’t the usual Black and white striped suite, to no avail, so my boyfriend and I set about making our own Homemade Beetlejuice Costume. We decided to create the first Beetlejuice when he first appears to the dead couple. Firstly the wig. The usual Beetlejuice … Read more
I decided to be Beetlejuice as that is my Nickname from my brother since I was about 15 yrs old. And the reason for that is as you will see in my photo of my Beetlejuice Costume, this is all my natural hair!! Everything is homemade. I bought the pants and jacket and hand painted … Read more
This is me as Miss Argentina and Beatlejuice (my husband). My husband’s homemade Beatlejuice costume was all pieced together. Used an old suede suit found at a thrift store, found a wig at a costume store that was cut to this style. Used costume paint and moss for his face. Green teeth and paint to … Read more
I was a big hit at the party in my Homemade Oompa Loompa Costume. I got the idea from this website and thought I could pull it off. I don’t sew but I thought I could manage straight stitches on my machine. I started with a very large pair of women’s white cotton capris that … Read more
I took inspiration from the Giant Homemade Oompah Loompah Adult Halloween Costume submitted on this website. I’m 6’6″ so I thought it would ironic. Ok, starting from the top. Blond wig spray painted green. I had to style and cut wig to look similar to Oompah Loompah. Orange facepaint, searched everywhere in Montreal, but luckily … Read more
These Homemade Ompa Loompa Costumes were the best homemade costumes ever! Halloween is my favorite holiday and I knew I wanted to be something good, but didn’t know what! A friend had suggested an Ompa Loompa and I LOVED the idea. I searched everywhere for the costume, but couldn’t find one that I liked and … Read more
I’ve always made my son’s Halloween costumes and this year was no different. My son is 10 years old, so I’ve had many years of practice. I started thinking about an idea for his costume in May or June and eventually narrowed the choice down to either the Grinch or Shrek. I started pricing lime … Read more
The Edward Scissor Hands hands, boots and wig were purchased at a costume shop. The wig required some trimming so that my son could see and so that it looked more like the character. For the top we used a tight fitting long sleeve shirt and then added a black mesh shirt over it. I … Read more
For Halloween this year, I decided to pull off one of my dream costumes: Edward Scissorhands. I didn’t want to use the “Licensed Scissorhands” sold in my local costumes store, so I began work on my own. I found close-up images on Google of movie stills, as well as other images of homemade Scissorhands. I … Read more
This Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume was made by my mother Elva. She purchased white silk king sized bed sheets for $11.00 at Ross. Then she sewed pants and a shirt pattern out of some old sweats I had. After she finished the design of the suit (which looks like marshmallows attached together) my … Read more