I wanted to be Barbie for Halloween and knew that to present this icon the best I could, I required a Barbie Box. It took a total of 8 hours to complete and I was very pleased with the results of my Homemade Graduation Barbie Costume. Total cost of this was less than $20. I … Read more
This is a pair of homemade Lego blocks costume, they won first prize at a Halloween Party for the development of where we live. Easy to make, easy to wear and easy to get. Just need a box, spray paint and Dixie cups. Hot glue and you are in business!
My daughter has a collection of living dead dolls and decided she wanted to be one for Halloween. She chose Catrina from series 20 Days Of The Dead. I bought the shirt. The skirt I got at a secondhand shop. I painted the skull with fabric paint. I did her makeup, sprayed her hair black … Read more
This Homemade Barbie in a Box Costume was homemade from two cardboard boxes taped together and then painted a fresh coat of “Barbie Pink”! I downloaded the “Barbie” font and printed out the letters to glue onto the front of the box. In order to hold the box up, I glued two handles on the … Read more
We created this Lego Family Costume to wear for a local 5K Halloween Costume Race. We wanted to include our son and have really fun and unique costumes. We ended up deciding to go with one of our son’s favorite toys, LEGOS! The base of each costume consists of a solid color jogging suit, gloves, … Read more
My son asked to be a Lego Skeleton mini-man figure for Halloween last year. I was quite stumped but finally came up with an idea that worked AND was comfortable for my 6 yr old to run around in! I happened to have picked up a pair of glow-in-the-dark skeleton pajamas (Children’s Place and Gymboree … Read more
When my son told me he wanted to be Lego Ninjago, I knew I had to start brainstorming. Thanks to this site and other online resources, I was able to take ideas here and there to make his Homemade Lego Minifigure Ninjago Costume. He entered a local contest with this costume and won first place … Read more
This Homemade Atari Cartridge Kaboom costume was inspired by another Atari cartridge on this site. I was laid off from work, and needed to come up with something I could make using supplies I already had. It’s simple to make, but I’ll give details just in case someone needs some ideas. (Using a Sheriff’s uniform … Read more
My son has begged me for a DIY Bionicle Halloween costume for a couple years now. The ones sold at stores just didn’t seem authentic enough and not worth the money so this year we decided to make it. I started with a plain black sweatsuit, some freezer paper, fabric paint (dark blue and glow … Read more
After watching the movie I was inspired to build my very own transformers costume that can actually transform. It took several attempts and several weeks of collecting cardboard boxes, that I was able to put together a functional costume. I modeled my costume from the old Optimus prime. I used cardboard of all shapes and … Read more
I’m always on the look out for different ideas for costumes and after seeing a commercial for a Mr. Potato Head, I thought that would make a cool costume. I had seen several online and at stores that were made from fabric, but that wasn’t what I was going for. So I studied the real … Read more
Our Mr. & Mrs. Potato Head costumes were made out of felt, with stiff batting inside and Velcro at the shoulders. We added elastic at the bottom to give it more of a potato look. Having no pattern, we just drew shapes for the eyes, nose, mustache, teeth, lips and ears. The eyes, nose, mustache, … Read more