My wife and son were dressing as bees for Halloween. My parents (“Grandma and Grandpa”) joined in as beekeepers leaving me to be… a honeycomb? No. Maybe a hive? No. Wait! A pot of honey! The body of the Pot of Honey Costume is a giant plastic pot from the garden department at Home Depot. … Read more
This Homemade Taco Bell Sauce Costume is extremely easy to make! All you need is a large or extra large colored t-shirt (we got ours from Hobby Lobby) and some puffy paint. First you need to decide whether or not you want to be mild, hot, or fire sauce. If you are doing this with … Read more
I decided to be Easy Mac this year. I got a laundry basket at Walmart for 2 dollars and 2 blue poster boards for 98 cents. I started with the poster board and cut out the letters to put on the board. I used blue puff paint around the letters. I rolled up yellow construction … Read more
I got my idea for this Pea in a Pod costume from a post on www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com but made a few minor adjustments. Supplies: • Two 4” half sphere Styrofoam balls (from the floral dept of your local craft store. These will become the “peas”). • ½ yard 1-way stretch green polyester (to cover the Styrofoam … Read more
This corn on the cob costume was easy to make, but a little time consuming. For the hat I used an old milk jug cut in half with bubble wrap painted yellow using plastic spray paint. The corn on the chest was an old sweatshirt dyed yellow with bubble wrap glue on using Allenes craft … Read more
This M&Ms chocolate costume is 100% home made. No patterns, no other ideas from children costumes, just an idea from a candy wrapper and a bunch of felt! As you can see I used heavy duty felt. The colors are found in 8×10 squares and the brown and white were purchased off the bolt – … Read more
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
My son wanted to be a can of pop for Halloween so we came up with “Mountain Boo”. I made the costume with two hula hoops (cut to 18″ circles), green material, foam board cut with hole for head, silver duct tape and a top hat with white foam board and red electrical tape for … Read more
My son wanted to wear a DOTS Candy costume for Halloween, but I could not find one already made. I decided to tackle the job myself and make my own Homemade DOTS Candy Costume! I cut up a leftover computer box that was big enough for my son to fit inside. I cut out arm … Read more
The idea for making the costume came from an obsession with drinking an access amount of Kool-Aid. I’ve been pretty crafty, so I knew the challenge of making it myself could actually be possible! I ended up hitting up a local fabric store and came across a red pattern that happened to be translucent(so no … Read more
This children’s sprinkle cupcake costume is a 2 piece outfit. The top of the cupcake (sweatshirt) and the foiled bottom of the cupcake. I made 2 of them one pink and the other will be a purple one. My husband and I will be dressed as bakers w/ aprons, oven mitts, chef hats, whisk, and … Read more
I was at a loss as to what to make for my daughter’s costume once the “tea cup” costume didn’t work out as we had planned. We decided on the Homemade Cupcake Halloween Costume and I am SO glad that we did! This was made from a medium sized laundry hamper. We cut out the … Read more