Deal yourself a winning hand with these cool DIY costume ideas. These cards costumes are another proof that dressing up as an ordinary object can result in a fabulous costume!
Some homemade costumes here are exact replications of real cards. They are stunning with amazingly realistic face makeup that will make you look twice. While other costumes are fun ideas which extrapolate on the card theme.
Now is your chance to be a member of the royal family. Fashion yourself a crown and call yourself a queen. Choose any suit you like. Even better, grab some friends and stand out as four of a kind.
The most incredible part are the instructions that these awesome costume makers have shared. When you learn how these were constructed, you will be inspired to get crafting on your own homemade costume.
So whether you go for a royal flush or a random shuffle, enjoy creating homemade cards costumes for Halloween this year!
My husband and I did this Homemade Cards Couple Costume 2 weeks before Halloween in 2001. We did all with glue, different kind of tissues, hard carton and Velcrod everything. We had fun to doing this but we were in big rush to finish this project and that’s the result in the picture.
My husband and I always bought Halloween costumes in the previous years. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we had the time to work on a costume and we chose to make a Queen of Hearts and King of Spades couple Costume. Also I just recently started my YouTube journey (Arthi’s Life) and we thought what … Read more
I made this four of a kind cards group costume during my freshman year of college at Michigan State University. For Halloween my roommates and I decided we didn’t want to go out in the typical store bought costume, we wanted to make our own! Since there were 4 of us, we had the idea of … Read more
We have two daughters aged 13 and 10. We have long played games as a family, but it has become increasingly difficult to find games that we all enjoy playing. This year we taught the girls how to play poker, and they took to it instantly. It is now one of the games that we … Read more
Halloween is probably my very favorite time of year. Growing up in the Midwest (Chicago, GO BEARS!), fall is a big deal and I have always loved the feeling of the season: the weather, the colors, the flavors and, of course, scary movies and Halloween! Well, in 2007, I left the Midwest and now call … Read more
I have never hated tape so much that this day. My six roommates and myself decided we wanted something cute for Halloween but something clever as well. The deck of cards has been done over and over again, but not quite like this. We recommend going out shopping sooner than 2 days before Halloween because this costume idea required … Read more
My friends and I made our Homemade Queens of the Deck Group Costumes by hand for under $20 each. It was very inexpensive, fun to make, and gave us girls an opportunity to spend time together in the process. We got the idea from this website actually, we just made it in a different way. … Read more
My daughter has an extremely creative mind and thought up this one last Halloween. Since this is one of her favorite games she thought she could be the playing card herself! I simple bought two white, thick poster boards and covered them with the appropriate color fabrics. I used a combination of felt and cotton … Read more
We had a “P” party where everyone had to dress as something beginning with P. We love our poker so came up with Pocket Aces. We got four pieces of poster card and decorated the back using a sponge and poster paint. We then cut “As”, hearts and spades out of black and red card. … Read more
This is the last year we are doing a Jack of Hearts Costume for our son Jack. All I did this year was buy 2 white poster boards. Then I drew the front of a bicycle card on one poster board and a Jack of hearts on the other poster board. It was not too … Read more
To begin making our Homemade Queens Of The Deck Group Costume, one of our moms sewed the dresses (made out of broadcloth), sashes (princess satin) and a crinoline skirt to make our dresses poof out. We all cut out felt symbols and super glued them to the dresses on the front and back. We wore … Read more
My roommate and I dressed up as the Playing Cards Costumes from Disney’s Alice in Wonderland who were ‘painting the roses red.’ The costumes were really easy to make. The cards were made out of pillowcases and felt, and I made the buckets out of cardboard and duct tape. I’m wearing a ski mask and … Read more