My husband and myself enjoyed every part involved in these homemade Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth Halloween costume ideas! From shopping for the accessories to actually getting to wear it out! We had such a good time, everyone loved our costumes. Instead of mace we had silly string in our leg holsters (mine being … Read more
Our family are huge fans of the children’s TV show called “Yo Gabba Gabba” and one of our favorite characters is Plex the Robot, so we created this homemade Plex the Robot Halloween costume. The body is a recycled cardboard trash box for leaves. We covered the body with some bright yellow fabric and had … Read more
My husband and I went to a party as Dog the Bounty Hunter and Beth this Halloween. Boy, we had fun. For the homemade Dog the Bounty Hunter and Wife Halloween costume I searched all over thrift shops for pants and finally found cami pants. My husband already had a leather vest and I made … Read more
I got the idea of the homemade Michael Scott costume after watching The Office 2005 Halloween Episode. It just took me this long to make it real. I started off by getting a Styrofoam head from Hobby Lobby. I then proceeded to mix up a flour and water mixture and tear up strips of newspaper. … Read more
Last year, I went as Sue Sylvester, the cheerleading coach from the TV show, “Glee.” I bought a red Adidas sweat suit, a wig and pom-poms and used my own whistle and stopwatch. I won the costume contest at work with this one. Not technically “homemade,” but not purchased as a pre-made costume. Purely imagination!
I got the idea to have my Labrador Retriever be Big Bird because Labs are “bird dogs”. It was a play on words that she be BIG BIRD DOG. I dressed up as Oscar the Grouch. I got my supplies from Joanne fabrics and the Dollar Tree. For my costume I only had to purchase … Read more
This year in honor of Bob Barker’s retirement we decided to deck our family out in a group Halloween costume of “The Price is Right”! Dad was the Big Wheel, Mom was the game, Plinko the oldest daughter was a Barker’s beauty, and the younger daughter was the contestant! Our newest addition (six weeks old!) … Read more
I was quite intrigued by the idea of being a hand puppet! This larger than life costume was made with one piece of bedding foam, a few Styrofoam balls, some kind of fake snow stuff for the hair, a few cans of paint, some spray glue, and plenty of TLC. This Homemade Beaker from the … Read more
This is my beaker costume from 2008. I went out in San Francisco and people loved it. I was stopped every two seconds to take a picture with someone… I made it with construction paper, fleece material, carve-able foam, lots of hot glue and spray glue. The top was made with a plastic bowl that … Read more
I have a reputation of always having great costumes. I feel the good pressure every year to come up with something brilliant that makes people say “She’s done it again!” This Homemade Muppet Miss Piggy and Kermit Couple Costume was one of my husband and my best costumes we have ever done! We had a … Read more
Ryan (my boyfriend) and I dressed in a Homemade Drew Carey and Mimi Couple Costume. Ryan is an easy Drew. Just a shirt, glasses and tie. Me on the other hand…well I took forever. Lots of makeup as you can tell, some ugly clothes, a bad wig and some tacky jewelry and hair clips and … Read more
My son wanted a costume for the school costume contest so my cousin came up with the idea of Alfalfa. He was perfect for this costume so we watched the Little Rascals movie to make sure we had the costume perfect. He was a hit at school and won overall best costume in the whole … Read more