As usual, my ideas always start with this website. Then, I just twerk the idea to work for me and my daughter! I had my mother-in-law make the potatoes out of brown satin fabric. She used elastic to make it bunch around the bottoms. Then we bought Styrofoam balls for the eyes, cut them in … Read more
This Gameboards Halloween costume kind of twisted itself together over time. I came up with the idea at a garage sale this summer where someone was selling two Twister games. I started to collect white clothing (that none dare wear after Labor day) from my closet and from friends closets. I had intended to color … Read more
I absolutely love Halloween and the thrill of dressing up. I enjoy checking out all the costumes every year. Well, this year I decided I didn’t want to dress all cute and typical but instead wanted everyone to be staring at me. I thought and thought about what I had already that I could turn … Read more
How and why I made my Homemade Lego Boba Fett Halloween costume! I’m a 34 year old female. I work full-time, and attend College part-time. I’m a creative Artist/ Sci-Fi geek/ Star Wars Fan who wanted a funny original homemade costume! What can you make out of cardboard, paper mache’, tape, fabric, Velcro, hot glue, … Read more
Our family tends to go a little over the top when it comes to Halloween. It being our dad’s favorite holiday, the only problem ever comes when deciding how to top the previous year. Well, this year, we found a way to leave all of the years past in the dirt. How we made the … Read more
I took a wardrobe box and spray painted it pink. I hot glued glitter and snowflakes, wrapped packaging saran all around the box and borrowed a neighbor’s daughter’s prom dress. I was a Barbie in box costume. I wrote “inclusive holiday Barbie 2006” at the bottom of the box.
I made this Homemade Lego Harry Potter Costume for my 7 year old. He LOVES legos and Harry Potter so I thought this would be an awesome costume. It turned out great and won a prize for most creative! First off, you will need A LOT of cardboard (science fair boards). I used a thinner … Read more
My husband hates dressing up for Halloween. But we were invited to a work party, which got canceled towards the end of this project. He got put in charge of finding alternative opportunities to wear these costumes. He loves his old Legos and I thought he would get excited about being one. I was right, … Read more
I got this idea for a Homemade Living Dead Doll Costume from the Living Dead Doll line. My husband is a special effects artist and attends tradeshows on a regular basis. He will bring my daughter a Living Dead Doll from each tradeshow he attends. The idea for the costume was mine. I had a … Read more
Hello Coolest Homemade Costumes, Every year at Halloween my company has a department costume contest. Every year is also a challenge, as we can never agree on what to be as a group. While searching on the internet, we came across LEGOGuys.com and were instantly inspired. We each decided on the Lego character that we … Read more
This homemade Freedom Edition Barbie and Ken couple costume was made from moving boxes! We cut out the look we wanted. Spray painted and added flare. I worked on the details, while he painted the boxes. It cost us under $100 for the boxes and outfits! This costume could be easily modified where you would … Read more
My family is a big fan of Harry Potter, so much so that this was the 3rd year my son wanted to dress up as Harry. So I came up with the idea to make the costume a little bit different… why not a homemade Lego Harry Potter Halloween costume idea? We watched lots of … Read more