I decided to be Pipi Longstocking this year because my hair is so long and I thought it would be fun to revisit a favorite childhood character. I had my roommates help me, which didn’t take too much work to our surprise. I Googled ideas on how to do the hair first and then looked … Read more
My kids are both HUGE Star Wars fans and wanted to be these cool bounty hunters for Halloween. I started pricing out costumes and was shocked! I did find however some pretty cool tutorials online for helmet making, and I tweaked them to things I had around the house. The actual suit part of the … Read more
This is a homemade Jawa costume that my wife and I made for a whopping $7.60. It consists of burlap, sheer black material, battery operated tea light candles (for eyes) and black gloves. Everything else we had – including the belts, holster, pouches, and black sock (to cover arms). The whole costume was put together … Read more
The Star Wars Tie Fighter with Tie Fighter Jet was a little intense but ultimately the end result was better than expected. I re-used an old Boppy pillow and covered it with black material and used it for the body of the ship. To this I glued the two side panels of the ship. The … Read more
I created the Homemade Teen Wolf Costume for my husband who wanted an original costume. Original it was! He turned heads at our friend’s annual Halloween party and even won best costume! The only item purchased was the basketball uniform (from Amazon.com). The furry legs and arms were created by me! I bought a wig … Read more
My girlfriend and I spent 10 hours building this Homemade Where The Wild Things Are Costume from scratch. We came up with the idea after seeing the trailer to the movie. However we went more towards designing it from the book rather then the movie because we wanted it to be less dark. It took … Read more
I go to the University of Winchester in the UK and for one night out my class decided to make the theme- circus. I knew that most people would turn up as clowns and I wanted to be something different so I decided to go in a Homemade Lion Costume. I’m a poor student so … Read more
I sewed the dress and made the shoes for my Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz costume. I took an old pair of burgundy shoes and spray- painted them red. I then glued each individual sequin by hand, which was very time consuming but worth the effort, as everyone thought they were store made.
My friends and I decided this year to dress up as a group: here is a picture of the homemade Zombie Wizard of Oz group costume! The Tin Man decided he was tired of everyone complaining and, since he didn’t have a heart in the first place, took his ax and started wielding it! Let’s … Read more
This Tin Man DIY Halloween Costume is my version (from the Wizard of OZ). First I found an old pair of jeans, a funnel, and an old thermal shirt. Second bout metallic silver spray paint, face paint, hair spray and red spray paint, all found at Wal-Mart, costing approximately $15.00. Spray paint the clothes and … Read more
This year my family and I decided to go as characters from the Wizard of Oz. I decided to make a Homemade Scarecrow Halloween Costume. It was a very simple. To begin with I glued burlap (purchased at a fabric store) to an old pair of blue jeans. I added straw/hay around the edges (I … Read more
My kids wanted to be the Wizard of Oz group this year. I made the Dorothy dress. I used old pants and shirt for the scarecrow and made a hat and glued hay all over the costume. For the tin man, I just used a piece of cardboard and cut holes out for the arms. … Read more