800+ Best Halloween Costume Ideas for the DIY Costume Enthusiast

Gavins Optimus Prime Wheelchair Costume

My son Gavin LOVES Optimus Prime so my husband and I made this Optimus Prime Wheelchair costume to fit over his wheelchair. It was a lot of work but totally worth it when we saw the look on his face!!

Coolest Wind-Up Toy Nutckracker Soldier Costume

Materials used for this Homemade Wind-Up Toy Nutckracker Soldier Costume: Hot glue gun, needle+thread, duct tape, musical mechanism from my jewelry box, thinnest plywood available, wooden dowel, gold or silver spray paint, drill with tiny drill bit, heavy duty wood glue, approx 1 1/2 inch foam – can pull from a pillow, or find in … Read more

Bumblebee Transformers Halloween Costume

The idea for this Halloween costume started as a huge fan of the Transformers series and a bigger fan of well done on-screen special effects. This character is one to admire as well as a challenge to duplicate. The entire costume is hand cut from cardboard. It was broken down to six main pieces, the … Read more

Coolest Lego Frankenstein Costume

We love Legos at our house. My son came up with the idea of being a Lego minifigure. After some research, and finding this website, I agreed to make it! He chose a Homemade Lego Frankenstein Costume. The body and legs are made out of cardboard, covered in brown paper. Head is made out of … Read more

Cool Homemade Lego Costume

I came up with this Lego costume for my two year old. I found things around my husbands shop, put it together and then my brother in law painted it for me. I think I did pretty good. This year I am making my son a robot from things around my husbands shop again!

Coolest Homemade Giant Lego Man Costume

I spent about three weeks making my Homemade Giant Lego Man Costume which stands just over 7 feet tall. I used a lot of cardboard and had to do some creative thinking to get everything to work out. I used cement pillar forms for the arms and hands. To get the right curvature for the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Lego Couple Halloween Costumes

We were looking for a creative couples costume for a Halloween party when we came across the incredible Lego costumes on this site from last year. We decided to be the wrestler and cheerleader Lego Minifigures. For this homemade Lego couple Halloween costumes we first started by using a caliper on an actual Lego figure … Read more

Coolest Lego Storm Trooper Costume

Every year we ask our son, Caenen, what he wants to be for Halloween around August because he usually has a very tall order. This year he wanted to be a Lego guy. He is a Lego fanatic and just as fanatical about Star Wars, so we decided to combine the 2 ideas and make … Read more

Coolest Homemade Barbie Doll in a Box Halloween Costume

My daughter is into Barbies, so I thought that we could make her a Barbie for a day. Her older sister is supposedly the Barbie’s owner. They are both 50’s girls. This homemade Barbie doll in a box Halloween costume was easy to make, two large boxes cut and overlapped. 1 can of pink spraypaint. … Read more

Coolest Lego Minifigure Halloween Costume

I was scourging the internet for some costume ideas and I came upon a couple of Lego minifigure costumes. I thought that they looked pretty good, but many of them didn’t look right. Some of the heads did not look right and a few were without legs. Now when I do something, I tend to … Read more

Coolest Uncle Pennybags Monopoly Man Costume

When my son said he wanted to be a board game for Halloween, I admit, I thought he was crazy! What I didn’t know is how awesome it would be and how much everyone would LOVE it! Supplies for Uncle Pennybags Monopoly Man Costume: * 1/2 in. 4 ft. x 8 ft. Foam Insulating Sheathing … Read more