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
From all the free Halloween costume patterns I looked through, I finally got this idea for a costume from drinking Pepsi. I thought it would be a cute costume. I started with a cardboard box and rolled it to a can shape. I made a lid like pop top out of extra cardboard and ducked … Read more
Me and my friends wanted to do something together so we came up with the 3 Musketeers Group Costume. We invested in some shiny leggings from Debs, silver wrapping paper, and got a few boxes from a near BJ’s that would fit around us. We also bought ribbon to hold the box around our shoulders, … Read more
I was bored with having to spend a lot of money to come up with a creative costume. So after a few days of consideration, I got this amazing idea to be a box of wine for Halloween. Now, normally, everyone does the Franzia thing, so I decided to buy a box of Vella and … Read more
My mother always put a lot of time and creativity into making our costumes and I wanted to continue this tradition. I asked my 3yr. old what she wanted to be this year and she decided on a cupcake! This Homemade Cup Cake Halloween Costume was inexpensive and fairly easy to make and she walked … Read more
I choose to be a Homemade Cupcake Costume this year for Halloween. I love how it ended up coming together and was a hit all night. For the bottom, I bought a small round clothes basket. I started by just cutting the bottom out, but I soon realized it kept poking me. I ended up … Read more
I am a cake decorator in my spare time and wanted something cutesy and cake related for my costume. It hit me on a sleepless night to be a Cupcake Costume so I used things I had laying around to get started at 2am. Execution was easier than the engineering unfortunately but it all came … Read more
My daughter decided on a homemade Wedding cake Halloween costume idea. She wanted it to be round and 4-5 layers high. We searched everywhere for round stackable boxes, but none were wide enough for her to fit into. Driving by a neighbors on trash day, I discovered some styrofoam squares of different sizes that their … Read more
For my daughter Campbell Claire’s first Halloween I couldn’t resist this cliche. So many people had already referred to her name as, “you know, like the soup” that the idea was planted months in advance. I used regular cotton knit fabric for the body of the suit. Around the middle, where the two colors meet, … Read more
The raspberry costume went down an absolute treat! It was easy and cheap to create, I bought 30 red balloons and attached them to my top carefully with safety pins (you’ll need a friend to help!)I didn’t inflate the balloons TOO much because they were too big and drooped. I wore black shorts and a … Read more
I decided to dress up as Watermelon this Halloween because it is my favorite fruit. I love to make my costume because its always fun and there are no copies. My whole costume only cost 20 dollars. I got a pink pillow case from Target and some green and black duct tape. I cut the … Read more
This Cupcake Costume worked great for our 1-year-old. Started with foam backing cut into a circle. Took heavier cardboard stock and folded it into an accordion and hot glued it around the foam board. Took batting and glued that to the top of the foam board and then glued pompoms on top for sprinkles. Took … Read more