My twelve year old son wanted to have an Edward Scissorhand costume for Halloween, So I started looking for ideas to make it happen. We went to thrift stores and found some leather belts and a leather jacket. I bought a black pirates wig since he is a blond and doesn’t care for the color … Read more
When my friend and I threw a Hollywood Halloween party where everyone had to dress as a celebrity or movie character, I knew I had to dress as my favorite movie character ever, Edward Scissorhands. Through a lot of the movie Edward wears a white shirt, grey pants and suspenders but before that his whole … Read more
My girlfriend had the idea to be Ghostbusters for Halloween. Instead of doing the normal tan jumpsuit and inflatable proton pack, we decided we would make everything we needed. We also decided to do Stay Puft instead of just a guy and girl Ghostbuster. We had seen some attempts at a Homemade Stay Puft Halloween … Read more
I never really got into dressing up for special occasions such as Halloween or parties until I started college. Well my friends were all excited about the upcoming Halloween and were all dressing up as the Batman villains, and I didn’t have an idea for a costume, then it hit me. I had always been … Read more
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.