3rd Place Winner of our 2006 Costume ContestClick Here to View Other Winners… I used a small round laundry basket for this and covered it in poster board. I glued real marshmallows on it and added a spoon. My daughter won 1st prize! Total Spent: $15
This homemade wine bottle and cork screw couple costume was my first attempt at a completely homemade costume! Both of the main pieces of the costume are made out of felt (three colors necessary: green (bottle), cream (label), and brown (corkscrew handle and bottle cork). Both of the head pieces are stuffed with newspaper and … Read more
We love to drink Four Loko when we go out so we decided to get a little loco and had a homemade Four Loko group Halloween costume idea. We used a whole bunch of duct tape, spray paint and markers to create these colorful creations.
My college roommate and I loved throwing wine & cheese parties so for our favorite holiday we dressed up as a Wine and Cheese Couple Costume! I used the sides of a box and wrapped it in foam, then made holes to look like Swiss cheese. A little spray paint, some straps, and presto! For … Read more
We made this Homemade Starbucks Coffee Cup Costume by gluing together a large piece of 2″ foam to make the cup. We cut out holes in the sides for arms. Then we printed out the graphics onto iron on transfer sheets and ironed them on to a large white sheet. We wrapped the foam in … Read more
Not only does this costume fall into the cheap Halloween costumes category it also took about an hour to make! Material needed: Interfacing (light weight, inexpensive but with a little bit of stiffness), fall leaves, thread, heavy cotton string, a piece of poster board or construction paper, and markers (to color a tag). Directions: (NOTE: … Read more
Well, we actually got the idea for this Homemade Beer Bottles Costume from some of the other postings on your website. But, we thought we could really do the costume up right. So, for the box, we framed-up individual boxes out of wood and covered them in cardboard (we added drink holders on the inside … Read more
Here is my daughter’s coolest refreshing costume for this Halloween. We decided to create her this awesome homemade Little Icee Halloween costume when she would not stop asking from one on a hot day. So when we took her to go get one I got the idea and thought why not make here something we … Read more
This is a Jaeger Bomb Homemade Couple Costume. The Red bull can was made from metallic wrapping paper hot glued to a pop up hamper with the bottom cut out. I blew up a picture of a Red Bull can and traced it on the wrapping paper. Then cut it and glued it on the … Read more
* Took box and covered it with white paper * I cut a hole in the box for my head and arms to fit through * I wore black shirt and pants to not distract from the costume itself * Went on the computer and found an image of the front and back of a … Read more
We started looking at ideas for cool costumes from your website. Since we live in Canada it was easy to want to do up our favorite Coffee place Tim Horton’s. We have one on every corner here and most people can’t start their day without having a “Timmy’s”. We designed the coffee cup from a … Read more
Thanks for the many free Halloween costume patterns on this site. We decided on this costume. Body, bought plastic/rubber trash can at Home Depot for $10(sale). I used a jig saw to cut out around the bottom and also to make holes. I made a lot of extra holes to bring the weight down. Shoulder … Read more