Trying to encourage my children to be creative at Halloween, I sent my 4 year old upstairs to find a toy that he likes to play with. He came back with a Lego. Pretty simple, really. For a Lego costume you will need a few boxes, floral Styrofoam discs for the “buttons,” a few cans … Read more
After seeing some other Lego-Man costumes on your website, my son wanted a Homemade Lego Man Halloween Costume for Halloween. He was very happy with the way it came out, and got a ton of compliments from his classmates and friends. He also won a trophy at our town’s Halloween Costume Party. Making the costume … Read more
After much thought and contemplation, I finally fell in love with the idea of dressing up as Mr. Monopoly. I have a thing for wearing fake mustaches, so I think that had to be my favorite part to the whole costume. I started by searching Google images of Mr. Monopoly. I found that he wears … Read more
Being a college student, it is hard to buy a Halloween costume because of money or even come up with an original idea! A mixture of MacDonald’s Monopoly and playing Monopoly as a child inspired the idea of being part of the game for Halloween! All needed to make this cute Monopoly Playing Cards DIY … Read more
My boys love playing Lego Batman on the wii and on their DS. So this year they asked me if I could make Lego Penguin and Lego Riddler couple DIY costumes… YIKES!! I have never made a costume before, so much easier to buy it..lol. But even though these took me several weeks to finish … Read more
I make my own costume every year, so I was looking online for ideas. I found an artist who made his own Lego figures that looked like zombies. I went out, purchased a hot glue gun, a lot of spray paint, and some foam poster board. I brought some trash cardboard home from work, and … Read more
Hello, my name is Laura, I’m a senior in high school, and I make crazy costumes for my school’s spirit week and for Halloween. This was for Toy Story Day at my school. To make Mr. Potato head, I mostly used cardboard and lots and lots of glue gun. The frame is made of horizontal … Read more
I began constructing this Homemade Transformer Costume in June of 2009. The technical challenge of creating a working transformer greatly appealed to me, although it did turn out to be more difficult and expensive than I had originally planned. It transforms from a working Ford Mustang into an Autobot, all with me inside! I have … Read more
My 4 year old son absolutely LOVES Transformers. Last year he wanted to be Optimus Prime. I bought one of those cheap Walmart costumes with the little jumpsuit and plastic parts. I hated it! When he told me he wanted to be Bumblebee this year I looked at the same type of costume and was … Read more
Using photos of an actual sock monkey for inspiration, this Homemade Sock Monkey Halloween Costume is made out of two women’s long sleeve shirts. For the body of the costume I used a shirt that was a few inches past crotch level in length. I cut the sleeves off a larger shirt and sewed them … Read more
Coolest Homemade Pillow Pet Costume Idea – “Snuggle Puppy”. My six year old loved wearing his pillow pet for Halloween. It was a fun play on a popular kids plush toy, quite easy to make and he now uses it as a pillow in his room. One hug from this pillow pet and you will … Read more
My son totes around a blanket bear / woobie / lovey around everywhere he goes. So I decided to make him a Homemade Blanket Bear Costume because he loves it so much. This is a half homemade costume and half store bought costume. The Body and head are actually a full body Care Bears Grumpy … Read more