My son really loves pirates so I decided to look in this wonderful website and I got a lot of great ideas on a pirate costume. I didn’t want to spend over twenty dollars for the pirate costumes at the department stores so I went to the thrift store and came up with my own. … Read more
I got the idea to do this Jack Sparrow costume after jokingly running through 4 lanes of traffic while flaring my arms. My friends said “You run like Jack Sparrow.” So I decided to go with it. I thought about it for about the next year re watching the movies and slowly getting down quotes … Read more
The pirate costume was built on top of a plastic wagon that we had here in the yard and has served before in costume making. I placed a piece of 3/4 inch plywood on the deck and began wrapping it with cardboard and getting the shape down, then I cut long strips for the sides … Read more
My son is 4 here and really wanted to be a Pirate. He loved Jack Sparrow so I started thinking how to put together a Pirate Jack Sparrow Homemade Halloween Costume. I don’t like spending money on costumes, and this one I spent $0 dollars on! My son already had a dress up chest from … Read more
This pirate costume was inspired by a toy parrot and the fact that Halloween in Minnesota requires a warm costume! When my three year old son wanted to be a pirate with a parrot I knew the costume would have to include a coat. I prefer not to sew especially not heavy fabrics so I … Read more
I made this Homemade Davy Jones Costume for my grandson, who was 12. It was Davey Jones, from the Pirates of the Caribbean. We used an old pirate costume and hat, but added a bunch of tattered pieces tied around the arms and body. He wore a pair of black boots, and we added a … Read more
This homemade Captain Jack Sparrow Halloween costume idea came from a pirate hat that I saw at a Halloween store. My girlfriend suggested that I should be Jack Sparrow. At first I wasn’t sure but I was a fan of the movies and he was one of my favorite characters. I was about to buy … Read more
This little pirate costume was created in all of about 45 minutes to an hour! I purchased some material remnants at Wall-mart. This included some stretchy red material, lace and trim ribbons and several other things I didn’t need. I purchased an oversized white boys dress shirt for $1 at the thrift store. I also … Read more
Hello my homemade costume friends; (sorry if I make some English mistake) my name is Teddy, I live in Brazil, in a city call Iguaçu Falls. For last year I decide to make my own Davy Jones costume from Pirates of Caribbean. In our town we have this costume party every year that has a … Read more
I bought the wig on eBay for this Jack Sparrow costume. The bone comb is a wooden spoon handle. The chest belt is a belt I found at a thrift store and safety pined to an old shirt. I bought the jacket at the same thrift store. The sash was made by tying together a … Read more
Here is a costume that my 8 year old specifically asked to be, a homemade Pirate Zombie costume. We decided to look through some scrap clothes we had in this old box that we were going to scrap and found the perfect match for the outfit. With a little bit of shredding and adding webbing … Read more
We love to dress up as pirates. These costumes are 100% handmade. Each Pirate costume took me about one week to complete. We have worn them several times and always get rave reviews. Long live pirates! Total Spent: $100