This tool box costume idea came to me because at the time I worked in a repair shop. I used two computer boxes as a start, but any durable box would do. They are attached using zip-ties. I cut out the holes for the drawers, arms, head, and the entire bottom for walking. I fashioned … Read more
My daughters and their friends wanted to wear costumes that went together so we all came up the idea of them being different colored crayons. For their Crayola Crayons Halloween Costumes they each picked out a different colored felt for their crayon. I cut a tall thin rectangle out of each color long enough to … Read more
The four of us decided we wanted to do a group costume so we thought of making ourselves into crayons. We got the idea of using duct tape for this Crayon Set Group Costume from one of our friends so we made our dresses out of different color duct tapes. We put garbage bags under … Read more
This year I decided to do something different. So I decided to make individual Crayola Box Halloween Costumes. I used boxes that were big enough to fit over the boys shoulders. Then I found the poster boards from Micheals and Hobby Lobby. I used felt and construction paper to wrap around small cups to make … Read more
This Homemade Screw or Bolt Costume is my father, Todd. Every year he makes an original costume from scratch. He decided to be a BOLT. He used a remnant piece of metal coil tubing from a construction site (I believe it is part of the air conditioning system) and he made hexagon part by taping … Read more
Halloween 2007 was my first year of college. I’m not all about the buying super expensive costumes that cover up about the same as a bathing suit. This is for two main reasons: 1. I don’t want to spend a ton of money on a one night or maybe one weekend outfit and 2. I … Read more
I got the bright idea of a Crayola crayons Halloween costume. My friends and I could get as many people together as we wanted or just rock the costumes ourselves! Had so much fun with my best friends/roommate in these costumes and got SO many compliments! The perfect costume for all ages and sizes! After … Read more
This is a picture of the woman in the Roy Lichtenstein painting as an actual comic book character. For this homemade Roy Lichtenstein comic girl costume I purchased a yellow wig and painted black lines in it. I also purchased white stockings and painted polka dots on it. The earrings I made out of cellophane … Read more
Both of my children wanted to be crayons this year for Halloween. To make a fairly inexpensive, Homemade No Sew Child Crayon Halloween Costume, try this: Measure your child just under the arms all the way around, add 2″ for extra spacing. Add 1 yard to cover matching cone hat. Cut colored fleece fabric to … Read more
This Spray Paint Can Costume is all homemade, took a long time to make. Daddy loved the idea of the old school spray paint. It has every detail all the way down to the numbers under the bar code. A lot of love and patience went into to making this costume. We hope you love … Read more
This year at Halloween me and my friend Bianca wanted a cool and original costume that would blow everyone’s minds away at school so we decide to be Giant Pencils. The School Pencil Costume took us one day each to make and took I think eleven poster boards to make it (The kind you can … Read more
The way we came up with the free Halloween costume idea was my partner at work. She was talking to someone about the painting “American Gothic”. She then started thinking that it would make a killer costume if it were done correctly. We spent a week planning out the boxes and how we were going … Read more