The four of us obviously got this Homemade Ghostbusters Costume idea from the movie “Ghostbusters.” It took awhile to think of what to use for the costume. We used a white hooded suit, that is similar to a hazmat suit – which ended up being extra larges when we got them in the mail, but … Read more
Brief Description of the Pippi Longstocking in a Hot Air Balloon Costume: Series 1 Episode 10. April 12, 1969 Pippi finds a hot air balloon in the attic and decides to try it out with Annika and Tommy. They fly to the next town and inadvertently manage to assist in the capture of two crooks. … Read more
How and why I made my Homemade Lego Boba Fett Halloween costume! I’m a 34 year old female. I work full-time, and attend College part-time. I’m a creative Artist/ Sci-Fi geek/ Star Wars Fan who wanted a funny original homemade costume! What can you make out of cardboard, paper mache’, tape, fabric, Velcro, hot glue, … Read more
I started out just collecting everything I needed for this Homemade Darth Vader Costume. Going to second hand stores for leather clothing items to cut up, hardware stores for screws, lights etc. The only thing that was ready made was my helmet, light saber bought at Walmart for $3.00 and ordinary black winter boots. You … Read more
My husband and I are HUGE Star Wars fans, so all our kids are stuck being Star Wars characters for their first Halloween. Our first born was Darth Vader. For the twins, I decided to reuse the Vader costume for my son and to make a Princess Leia costume for my baby girl. I made … Read more
This is my Homemade Obi Wan Kenobi Costume that I have used on a number of different parties and always gets a waggle or two. This costume is really simple and it doesn’t look that bad, well I think so anyway. The cloak was made and given to me by a friend and is the … Read more
I knew I wanted to be Teen Wolf but the How-To’s to make a Homemade Teen Wolf Halloween Costume on the net all seemed way too difficult and time consuming. I procrastinated making my costume until I found the perfect Letterman’s jacket for $20.00 at a thrift store. I knew it was meant to be! … Read more
Started out this Homemade Teen Wolf Costume by getting a white T-shirt and boxer shorts and dyeing them yellow. Then I cut the sleeves of the T shirt and used them for the head and wrist bands. I bought 2 yds of fake fur and dissected a old sweat shirt and used it as a … Read more
I’ve always been a fan of WTWTA, but when I saw the trailer with one of my favorite Arcade Fire song’s playing I was enchanted! So months ago I started planning how to make the Homemade Where the Wild things Are Max and Carol Costumes. I searched all over the internet for photos and ideas. … Read more
I really wanted this adorable lion costume for my sons first Halloween. However there was absolutely no way I was paying $100 for it. I looked at the costume for weeks before I decided to just go for it and make my own homemade lion costume. I bought fleece and fake fur fabrics from the … Read more
Everyone’s childhood nightmare “The Flying Monkeys from OZ”. So, to make this Homemade Flying Monkey from Wizard of Oz Costume all you need is Fleece Running Jacket + Duct Tape + Butter Tub+ Craft Foam = Flying Monkey. Add Basket of Bad Toto + Chewed Ruby Slipper + Chunk of Yellow Brick Road.
First I confess, I did borrow the Dorothy Costume so technically all I did was add some braids and red shoes. But the rest of this Homemade Wizard of Oz Costume is purely from scratch! I do not “sew” really – I just fake it til I make it & I do not use sewing … Read more