I bought the clothes for our The Shining DIY Halloween costumes at goodwill. I wore old pajama bottoms, a beige turtleneck, my husbands green/beige plaid work shirt and a blue robe. I used a bag of black cobweb to fashion a black wig with bangs. I also did some red and extra black make-up around … Read more
After watching the original sci-fi movie Dune this year I decided to try to make this costume this year. I started with a bunch of photos of the web. Then I got togther some materials: 1/4″ thick minicell foam, tubes of goop, lots of super glue, 1/4″ black flex tubing, black leotard, rubber latex and … Read more
Every year my fiance, Aaron’s, family has a big Halloween party and there’s a costume competition. His dad and step mom always win the Best Costume Award and we were determined to steal it from them this year so we were trying to think of something creative that no one else has done before. We … Read more
I created this Spamalot Couple costume for my daughter and her boyfriend after going to see Spamalot. They wanted something different for their costume this year and so, with some imagination and lots of glue, here is the result. For the Knight Who Says “Ni”, I made a long, black robe. The material was cheap … Read more
I like to make my costumes so last year that’s what I did. We both read the Twilight Saga and loved the books, plus they were getting pretty big so I figured why not be Edward Cullen and Bella Swan, it would be pretty easy and cheap to do. So when Halloween arrived we applied … Read more
I absolutely love Rocky IV, and I really wanted to be Ivan Drago (aka Dolph Lundgren). I loved it so much that I died my black hair blonde. I don’t expect people to follow suit, because I went through two months of torture betting my black hair back. Other than the hair, for this Homemade … Read more
DARK HELMET (AKA my mother!) Its a cat litter box! No joke. There were some really good ideas for Spaceballs costumes on this site, but we only had 1 day to do this one, it was a last minute idea. We tried to figure ways to make the mask move up and down, but everything … Read more
Our oldest son is an Arnold fanatic! When he asked to be Terminator, we knew this would have to be a homemade ordeal. So we started our Homemade Terminator Costume with a basic pair of blue jeans, a black belt, a pair of black dress shoes, a black undershirt, and a leather hand-me-down jacket. He … Read more
This year we decided to go in a Homemade Mary and Ted Costume from There’s Something About Mary. At the Halloween party we also had Warren there, but I guess at that moment he was off somewhere looking for his baseball. Mary’s costume was somewhat tough with perfecting the hair, but she found a simple … Read more
I am a big fan of the movie Christmas Vacation and I wanted to recreate my favorite character Cousin Eddie for Halloween. I went on Ebay and found a short white robe that was similar to the one Cousin Eddie wore while pumping out is RV(15$). I also went on Ebay and found a white … Read more
Once again, I wanted to dress up as something less common for Halloween. This year I decided it would be fun to dress from head to toe in post-its. The Homemade Post It Man Costume is quite simple to make, but it does require a lot of time. What you need: -Around 800 post-its -Two … Read more
This is one of the creepiest costume ideas for Halloween. The idea came from the wearer, my daughter Julie. She absolutely loves the movie ‘The Ring’ and thinks ‘Samara’ is so scary. I tried to talk her out of it because people who have not seen the movie wouldn’t know who she was supposed to … Read more