This homemade Hellraiser group Halloween costume idea was inspired by Hellraiser. It was all homemade. For both of the costumes I used a black fabric that looked like leather and the red strips put on the chest were made by liquid latex hand painted red to look like blood. The part on the shoulder that … Read more
This “I Spy” Costume was so fun and easy to make, economical too. It won a prize at school for my son. He loves reading “I Spy” books and I wanted to find a costume he would really like. So, why not be a walking “I Spy”? We purchased some sweats, and then went to … Read more
This Duct Tape RoboCop Costume was a last minute costume. All I had was duct tape and cardboard and this is what I can up with. The hardest part was making the helmet with a visor. I ended up cutting apart an old pair of sun glasses. The best part of the costume was yelling … Read more
I made a Homemade Rambo Costume, not a Mexican refugee as some may perceive at first glance! I happen to be a fan of weapons and of Rambo, so…walla! A great costume idea. I got together various items that one would relate to our famous friend. I began with muscles (fake cotton ones of course), … Read more
Hi everyone, we decided to make this Billy the Puppet from Saw Costume because our son was almost the same height of the puppet in the Saw movie, so we went with it. The first thing we did was purchase a radio flyer from a yard sale to actually have our son ride around in … Read more
Halloween last year, my wife and I made this Sweeney Todd Costume. Hayley did all the craftsmanship while I was the architect. I found a Dorothy Perkins ladies jacket on Ebay, which looked the part for the double breasted waistcoat, a dinner shirt, and an old jumper to complete the look. After removing the arms … Read more
I made this Homemade Bird Attack Costume on VERY short notice. It was a week before Halloween and a local hangout was having a contest but I didn’t hear about it until the DAY OF. Well, I had a great costume underway but was waiting on my mannequin body (don’t ask-haha) to arrive in the … Read more
Since I saw the movie Tron, I have been amazed with the lights and the visual effects. I thought the main characters were fresh and inspiring. The story wasn’t bad too! I wanted to try and be Quorra, a brave and sexy woman! This Quorra costume cost me only 9$ to accomplish and everyone was … Read more
My son Owen had an obsession with letters and fonts. And he was never too into Halloween. This Homemade Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Costume is the first costume he ever requested and wore voluntarily. The childrens book Chicka Chicka Boom Boom was in heavy rotation at the time, and he asked if he could be … Read more
Here’s my Beetlejuice costume. Anyone who has seen the movie “Beetlejuice” will recognize me as The Receptionist from the offices of The Recently Deceased. She was a deceased Miss Argentina. My boyfriend wanted to be the Beetlejuice character for Halloween so I decided to dress as her since we always joked that she and Beetlejuice … Read more
The Predator costume idea was from the movie. I thought it would be a cool costume to make. I started by carving the head piece, body armor and weapons piece by piece out of water based clay. Once I had one of the pieces finished the next step is to spray the piece with crystal … Read more
We began assembling our Harry Potter costume in July for the Harry Potter Midnight Party at our local bookstore. This is one of our oldest son’s favorite heroes. Since he wanted to go as Harry Potter and we didn’t want to do the Griffindor attire we decided on three little first years that haven’t been … Read more