My son Declan’s latest craze is Transformers, his favorite being Bumble Bee. The Homemade Bumblebee Transformer Costume is able to transform as the character does into a car and a robot. The costume is mainly comprised from cardboard boxes. The bonnet is designed to fold into his chest when he transforms into the figure. I … Read more
My 3 yr. old son loves Bumblebee the Transformer, so my wife and I started looking in stores for a Bumblebee Transformer Halloween costume to buy, only to be horribly disappointed in the quality of the costumes available. I had made his costume last year, but used foam core board and I wasn’t convinced this … Read more
For Halloween I wanted to create a costume that would be unique and interactive. Thinking back to my favorite childhood toys a Mrs. Potato Head costume seemed like the perfect idea! After digging up my old figurine the costume took about 2 hours to make. The inside structure is a pop up laundry hamper and … Read more
Here is one of my favorite hero’s. The supreme transformer Optimus Prime. I wanted to make this very cheaply, using recycled cardboard, recycled plastic from Pepsi bottles and easy-to-transform new material such as chrome, mactac and extruded polystyrene. An important achievement was to make myself as tall and as wide as possible without losing proportion. … Read more
People love toys, and a life-size toy from your childhood is even better. I came up with the idea of Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots costumes because my friend and I are both the same size and we both love robots. I took pictures of the actual toys and projected them onto cardboard using an … Read more
My husband (John) is himself playing Wii. I (Karen) am his Mii and this is our Wii and Mii Couple Costume. John made an over sized remote. We attached balls to the end of Pringles can and painted to match tees. Took a purple pumpkin, sprayed it with black paint then wiped off most of … Read more
My son is named Jack and he recently turned 2. He has a toy Jack-in-the-box that he really likes and I thought it’d be cute if that’s what he was for Halloween this year, especially since his name is Jack! I didn’t want to spend much money and tried to use things I already had … Read more
I got the idea of the letter block because my son is obsessed with letters! This costume was very inexpensive and one of many easy Halloween costumes for children. All you have to do is go to Uhaul and purchase two 1 cubic foot square boxes. They cost about $1 each. Then go to Micheals … Read more
I decided to build this fire truck costume as an aid for the local fire departments when the fire safety classes were being held and a lot of children were being brought together to learn about fire safety. I finished this Halloween costume in time for a Halloween party that was organized to benefit abused … Read more
I made the Lego hockey man DIY Halloween costume, it was quite easy, warm, and comfortable. What you need: Yellow material, cardboard, duct tape (I used two colors), margarine container, and some small black material that’s see through, and some scissors. Its super easy! So I made the head out of cardboard, rolled it so … Read more
I thought about what childhood game could I make into a costume. Operation Game! I started by making a wooden box. I then cut out all of the holes for the different pieces. I cut out of light weight metal a smaller version of the hole in the wood. I then made fiberglass bowls in … Read more
My eight year old son, Julian, has wanted to be a Lego minifig man for a long time and I finally decided to make his Homemade Lego Minifig Halloween Costume. It took me approximately a little over 3 weeks to make. For the head, I constructed the shape using chicken wire. I placed a quilt … Read more