My friends call me Jax so I decided to be a Jax-in-the-Box. I spray painted the box and used yellow paint pen to do the writing and details. I used felt and pom poms on a purple tee-shirt to create the top. I taped together pieces of yellow felt and cut a hole in the … Read more
We always dress up as a family with a theme on Halloween and it’s always a secret. Last year we chose the Potato Heads. It was a great idea and fairly simple as long as you allow enough time to complete the details. Because our heads were covered, people had to guess who we were! … Read more
My name is Chris. My best friend(Jason) asked me to help him build a costume for his nephew(Mikey). He wanted to be a robot from a recent film. Mikey was upset because every year the same girl at his school won the costume contest. This was all the motivation three boys needed. So, for this … Read more
For Halloween 2010, I had a Homemade Slinky Dog Halloween Costume Idea. A lot of my friends had been tossing around the idea of being Toy Story characters, but I was hearing way too many Buzz’s and Woody’s and heard no one mention Slinky. For the costume I bought a light brown long sleeve sweater, … Read more
This Homemade Jack in the Box Costume started as an “easy” box costume, it turned into a big project. Several years earlier I made a super cute clown costume for my older daughter, luckily it fit my youngest and it was used for the Jack-In-The-Box costume. Having the clown costume already made saved a lot … Read more
My family wanted good Halloween costume ideas. We love monopoly so why not make our Halloween costume into our favorite game. We wanted it to be Halloween related so we added scary props and named it Hauntedopoly. It started out with a recycled costume (a few years ago I was an ace of spade) so … Read more
My then 2-year-old son LOVED Lego! I thought since he loved them so much, a unique Halloween costume idea would be to dress him up as a Lego! He decided on the color Lego he wanted to be and the rest was my job! I purchased a large box big enough to fit his torso, … Read more
This is my Lego Superman costume which I made for our recent Royal Wedding street party. It took 4 weeks to make (much longer than I anticipated). The body started out as a large box which I adapted so that it was the correct shape for the Lego mini-figure. The head was simply a plastic … Read more
Ever since my brothers and I have been young, we have loved the Transformers franchise. This love inspired me to start building Transformers from cardboard for costumes for family members. For Halloween 2008 I made my youngest brother an Optimus Prime costume. His costume is made of cardboard, tape, paint, spray paint, and hot glue. … Read more
This is Elyse in her Homemade Cabbage Patch Baby Costume. She is still so little I knew she would be in her stroller when we went out with her sister. I thought of putting the box right over the stroller. So all she has to really wear is a cute outfit. She is a preemie … Read more
Our son and daughter are HUGE Lego fans, easily spending hours weekly building different creations from our buckets of Lego. When we saw the idea on this site for a Lego Boy and Girl Minifig Couple Costume, we attempted to replicate it, however with some minor changes that made it simpler for us, as busy … Read more
This is my Operation Game costume. It was so fun to make. All the pieces are removable and interactive. I had such a good time bringing it to work and showing all my peers. I work in an environment where everyone gets crazy with their costumes and this year I went all out. First I … Read more