Our theme this year was Morgus the Magnificent’s Swine Flu Clinic. The patient’s would come into the clinic and get a shot and then the side effect would be that they would grow a pig’s snout. I was Morgus the Magnificent. The Homemade Morgus the Magnificent Costume was very easy to make. I just got … Read more
My mother-in-law is an amazing seamstress and always makes a killer costume for her granddaughter. We decided that piglet would be good for her at age two and then I would be Pooh. I gave my husband a choice between Owl, Rabbit or Eeyore. The piglet costume is a standard costume pattern made by the … Read more
I decided to try and make my own Homemade Spaceballs Dark Helmet Costume, and this is the result. The helmet was the hardest part. I started the helmet with a squirrel guard from a bird feeder, then built the sides and back out of aluminum flashing and rivets. The helmet was covered with fiberglass mat … Read more
There’s Something About Mary Costume was a costume that I actually wore to work. I work at a creative advertising agency and each year there are contests for different categories (funniest costume, celeb lookalike, etc). There’s some stiff competition at work! I wanted to do something creative, easy, and funny. Mary always wore sweet little … Read more
I made this homemade Herbie the Love Bug costume when my son was 2. He was in LOVE with Herbie the Love Bug and of course, we couldn’t find a single Herbie costume anywhere. It is completely homemade (carved out of a block of styrofoam, painted, striped, and we even added functional LED headlights and … Read more
For this year I decided to be the Black Knight from that hit classic Monty Python and the Holy Grail. My Homemade Black Knight Unique Halloween Costume Idea consisted of chainmaille sleeves and neck piece, a helmet, a tunic and tights. The chainmaille I made entirely out of soda can tabs that I had been … Read more
For this Curious George costume I made a headpiece and feet out of craft foam sheets. Shirts and leggings I purchased at Wal-Mart. I scanned CG logo and placed it on shirt. I made a yellow hat out of Papier-mache. Found shirt/pants at discount store and dyed yellow. The tie is made out of craft … Read more
I always make my own costumes and this year I decided on a Teen Wolf costume! I went to a local hobby store and got some fur material which I made into arms, pants, chest and then head piece. I got plain white shorts and vest, dyed them yellow and sewed Adidas looking stripes on … Read more
I was a student of Esthetics and the dress code was black and white only. So… since I love costumes I came up with this Mary Poppins costume. I downloaded a picture of Julie Andrews in the Movie stills and copied as well as I could. During the day I took off most of the … Read more
My siblings and I were going on a cruise that fell on Halloween. The ship had a costume contest and being competitive, I wanted to win! We thought for months what would be a great group costume that would work with our body sizes and personalities. It finally hit me… since WE are a family, … Read more
For this Cheshire Cat costume I started with making the face as wide and big as the character in the movie. Materials used are: fabrics (purple and pink), foam roll, pillow stuffing for the tail, pretty much everything was sewed and put together with my designing and cutting and my mom’s sewing skills! We cut … Read more
I decided to do a Tim Burton’s DIY Mad Hatter Halloween costume. I knew it would be something fun & creative. I found most of my items at Goodwill. The coat, shirt, vest, pants, bowtie scarf and cuffs around the sleeves. I did not have to make any changes to the coat or shirt. I … Read more