Ancient cultures believed in the basic elements of life. Here, they are transformed into awesome homemade costumes for Halloween! Check out this collection of the coolest DIY earth wind and fire costumes.
First of all, is the earth costume idea. In order to create an effective look, one boy attached bugs to his scalp and head. Hopefully, not live ones.
Second in this section is wind. With it’s abstract nature, this can be trickier to personify. You will see a silvery, flowing look which is quite effective.
Finally there are the fire costumes. They are fantastically creative ideas to create the illusion of fire without actually setting oneself aflame! One young lady used streamers and helium balloons for an absolutely incendiary homemade costume.
So, whichever elements calls out to you, we look forward to seeing your homemade costume creation. Please share it with us here and help inspire others!
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 Caveman Day at my school, so I was fire. The costume: Actually, this was one of the easiest costumes I have ever made, and certainly one of my … Read more
With the popularity of the Cirque de Soleil dance play, Varekai, and with one of its character’s costume, this year’s theme for my Trick or Treat costume will be focused on how to set fire with my imagination and with the interest of the audience. When I said, set fire, I really mean it… literally! … Read more
Here I am roasting marshmallows: Cardboard Foam (red, yellow, orange) Puffy Fabric Paint Foam soda can holders sticks red shirt brown pants sharpie Red and Orange Hair Paint Cut and paint cardboard to resemble logs Cut foam into flame shapes adding puffy paint for detail Use sharpie to draw log pattern on pants Paint foam … Read more
Earth, Wind and Fire Costume The whole idea for my son’s costume started from this creation that we saw online – we took a step farther. Trying to find something of interest for him was simple by adding Bugs to the equation. Then a play on the band Earth, Wind and Fire we stretched the … Read more
“Fire and Ice” plus a “snowflake”. I made this Homemade Fire and Ice Costume over a few weeks, with most pieces coming from Goodwill stores and the rest was art/craft supplies I already had. “Fire” was A plain red dress that I painted flames coming from the bottom of the skirt-with yellow acrylic ceramic paint-and … Read more