Here’s the story of our Transformers costume. This idea to be Transformers was my brother’s. We knew we wanted to make our Halloween costume and not use store bought ones. At first we all agreed to be PEZ (the candy). To be more specific, Star Wars PEZ. We planned on making the heads out of … Read more
This year, my son didn’t know what he wanted to be for Halloween. After suggesting a few ideas, he finally decided on one that he liked: a Lego Minifigure. I did some research on the web, including “The Coolest Homemade Costumes” website. After collecting ideas and tips from others who have made human-sized Minifigures, I … Read more
I have a four year old son, Jones or “Jonesy” as he likes to be called, who LOVES Legos. Maybe love isn’t even the right word. I think saying he is obsessed with Legos would be more fitting. So this year for Halloween he decided that instead of dressing up like plain old Indiana Jones … Read more
My daughter, Koral, wanted to be a life-sized Barbie doll this year. Together we homemade this Fairytopia Barbie Doll costume. I used a wardrobe box and cut one side to resemble a real Barbie box. I then painted the outside watermelon pink and the inside, white. Next, I sprayed glitter over the paint, printed out … Read more
My 7 year old son loves Lego Pirates so this year we made a Brickbeard Lego Minifig Pirate Costume. The body was made from a cardboard box that we painted and the head and hands are made up of cardboard tubes and Styrofoam that was sanded into shape and then painted.
My husband made the Lego head with a balloon and paper mache. He made the body out of cardboard with drywall compound on it. The zipper and Police badge is poster board he cut out piece by piece. The hands are Styrofoam my husband carved out and painted. The legs are cardboard and Styrofoam. This … Read more
My roommates and I wanted a super cool costume. Halloween is HUGE affair here in our city, St Johns, NL, Canada. We have a street that is closed off Halloween weekend (George st) and it is lined with bars. Everyone roams the street looking at everyone’s costumes. We wanted to go over the top and … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a ballerina for Halloween but not just any ballerina, she wanted to be one of those ballerina’s in the jewelry boxes. We used a platform push cart for her Jewelry Box Ballerina Costume that we use for a lot of our girls costumes. It helps keep them contained when out … Read more
My names Mark Doherty from Londonderry Northern Ireland. We take our Halloween very serious here, always trying to form group costumes and making them stand out as much as possible. 2009 was a year for Oompa Loompas, but this year, inspired by many other examples, we had a Homemade Lego Men Adult Group Costume Idea. … Read more
Our whole family went camping the weekend before Halloween and we were a themed family. Boardgames. Here is my Monopoly Game Costume. First I drew everything on a plain white poster board, then used packing tape to tape it to a large piece of cardboard and cut off the extra and left about an inch … Read more
I had seen a number of Lego mini-figs on this site and elsewhere on the web, but I wanted to take the LEGO idea to the next level and really make the costume memorable. After a bit of thinking, sketching, and tinkering, I came up with LEGO Indiana Jones (of video game fame)! Here’s how … Read more
This year I had a Homemade Barrel of Monkeys Costume for Halloween. I work with kids and thought that this would be a great costume for our Halloween party. This was one of the easiest costumes I have made, but everyone that saw it LOVED it! I used two “Keg Tubs” (12 Gallon rope handle … Read more