I made this Homemade Ghostbusters Costume for my senior year of high-school. Submitted was a mix of pictures from various states of production. Currently the boom-box (which was used to power the top mounted speakers) is incorporated onto the pack so I don’t have to hold it any more. The pack is 45 pounds, since … Read more
Q as Stay Puft Marshmallow Man: I received a plain white huge snow suit for my son before he was even born, and as soon as I saw it, I knew he had to be Stay Puft for Halloween. For some reason, that was the first thing to pop into my head when I saw … Read more
This year my daughter decided that she wanted to be Pippi Longstockings for Halloween. I thought that it would be a great idea and that it would be lots of fun. So we started planning for the Halloween costume. 1st – We went to Goodwill to see if we could find a blue jean jumper … Read more
I was thinking of how to make something work for a Halloween party I had to go to without spending a lot of money. A Pippi Longstocking costume came to mind because she was a favorite of mine when younger. I went shopping in a second hand store for a dress. I cut the bottom … Read more
This is how we made this TIE Fighter Wheelchair Costume: Two pieces of 1/8in plywood Black paint White duct-tape 2 Steel electrical plates 1 piece of grey conduit and grey conduit plastic washers Recorded Ethan’s communications device with a TIE fighter scream downloaded from you-tube
My 5 year old son wanted to be Darth Maul for Halloween this year. We found a Darth Maul costume reference from the 501st Legion. I took a karate pattern and modified it to make the Sith Robe. Then sewed the tabards, the pants, and the loin cloth. I modified some gauntlet style gloves to … Read more
This Homemade Star Wars R2D2 Costume was built for my 6 year old son Bobby ( A diehard Star Wars Fan!) The bottom is a garbage can, the dome is a fiber glassed punch balloon and the legs are fiber glassed cardboard forms. A lot of Bondo, Krylon, Craft Foam and Hot Glue was involved! … Read more
My cousin made this Homemade Ewok Costume for her little brother last Halloween. She sewed the whole thing herself just using faux fur and a piece of cloth for the scarf. He was adorable!
I’ve seen all the standard Teen Wolf costumes, with the basketball jersey, the Letterman jacket, but those don’t pose too well in the Florida heat. So I went for ‘Van Surfing’ Teen Wolf! I got a caveman wig and beard, which had some braids I cut off for the face hair. Then some Goodwill and … Read more
This is our Homemade Max and Where the Wild Things Are Monster Costume. The Max costume started with McCalls pattern M5956. I used soft stretchable fleece material and followed the pattern with a few modifications. The ears were made with a homemade pattern and had pipecleaners sewn to the inside to make them stand up. … Read more
This year’s Halloween costume was Carol from the book “Where The Wild Things Are”. I started it kind of last minute, about 8 days before Halloween. I started out with a couple sheets of 1-1/4″ foam and formed a rough torso, hands and legs. Then I tried to manipulate a cardboard box into a head. … Read more
This is our Tin Man and Scarecrow costume. The Tin Man was made from 3 x 25’ aluminum sheet bought from Home Depot and held together by rivets and ¼” bolts. Everything was hand made and took 50 hours labor. The Scarecrow was made from burlap and other fabrics.