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
My three little girls all love the American Girl dolls so we decided to make them all into Homemade American Girl Dolls Halloween Costumes themselves. We ordered each of them an American Girl logo t-shirt to wear from the American Girl website. This was the most expensive part of the costume. We then went to … Read more
My idea for this Halloween was Lego themed. So we decided on a Homemade Cat Woman and Robin Lego Minifig Costumes. I got the inspiration from your site. The Lego heads were first. I used foam board, cereal boxes and freezer paper. I cut out a circle to fit mine and my husbands head and … Read more
My son wanted to be a Lego man for Halloween, and he is crazy about zombies, so we decided to mix it together and make a Homemade Lego Zombie Costume. We cut the body out of cardboard, and used Styrofoam circles to make the top part of the head, and neck. I then took some … Read more
My best friend and I decided to go as Raggedy Ann and Andy costume. The costumes were really easy. I got most of everything we are wearing at thrift shops. For Raggedy dolls, I took plaid material and sewed the shirt for them both very basic and simple. The striped stockings are white tights with … Read more
The secret to having the best Halloween costume is to simply be a Troll Doll. You need a nude leotard, tights, hair spray paint (different colors), and a water bottle, AND TAH DAH! Homemade Troll Dolls Group Costume.
My work Christmas party has a fancy dress theme every year, and this year’s was quite broad, being “A Step Back In Time”, so basically anything from the past. After much umming and aahing and different ideas at a group level (including The Flintstones and Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), I decided to go my … Read more
My son really loves Transformers but all the costumes out there looked so cheap. This Transformer Kids Costume Idea took about 3 weeks but I did not spend more than a couple hours a day on it, and a lot of that time was waiting for the paint and glue to dry. First I looked … Read more
After searching everywhere for a great costume for my twin 8-year old boys, I was very fortunate and found coolest-homemade-costumes.com. I was thrilled at seeing so many creative and original ideas and our family was inspired to make our own. We enjoyed many of the costumes shown here, but decided to go with a homemade … Read more
From start to finsih this Homemade Optimus Prime Costume took me over 6 weeks to complete. Its the first major costume I’ve ever made…but in doing so has inspired me to make more. Using some ideas online I made the decision to make the Optimus Prime from the 80’s, he just had that really old … Read more
This year we decided to be the Potato Head Family (Mr. Potato Head, Rockstar Spud, Princess Spud & Mrs. Potato Head). It ended up being a big hit and the little kids Trick or Treating wanted to meet Mr and Mrs Potato Head =). I purchased 2 yards of brown felt per costume for the … Read more
After searching the web for costume ideas, we decided to be Mr. and Mrs. Potato head… We started by using a pattern for a bumble bee costume. We altered the pattern slightly to remove the bee stinger and head. After sewing the costume together we stuffed them to make them big and round. We made … Read more