Take a look at these cool homemade Jack-O-Lantern costumes shared with us by costume enthusiasts from around the world. Along with the costumes here, you’ll also find loads of homemade costume ideas and DIY Halloween costume inspiration for your next costume project. Enjoy!
This little pumpkin Halloween costume was really fun to make. I used orange sweat pants, an orange long sleeved t-shirt, and an over sized orange sweat shirt I picked up at Wal-Mart. I then sewed the two shirts together by hand at the armpits and neck. As I was sewing the neck together I made … Read more
This is my 9 year old son. We used a rolling back pack with the handle being pulled up made the head stand over 6ft tall. We used burlap sacks to make an old looking cloak and then used a clear empty Cheetos bucket to put my son’s head in. We used a light weight … Read more
Carving pumpkins are my favorite part of Halloween so I decided why not be one for Halloween. I started out by making my skirt just using some brown tulle and then cutting the edges up to make it very jagged, I also bought a cheap pumpkin prop from dollar tree and tore the orange netting … Read more
This costume started as a joke between me and some friends because they claim I am the basic white girl poster child. I love all things fall, but really and truly love all things pumpkin spice. I am constantly eating/trying/baking new pumpkin spice things. I wanted to run with the idea for a costume, but … Read more
Once upon a time, two sisters grew up loving Halloween, playing dress up in the neighborhood. The family was six children, three boys and three girls. Every Halloween, they would always go trick or treating, in original homemade costumes. As they got older, they would help other family members with their costumes. About 12 years … Read more
This gorgeous Pumpkin Tutu Dress is a Homemade Halloween Pumpkin Costume I created for my daughter to wear this Halloween. The dress is made from yards of tulle in orange and sparkling gold. The top of the dress is lined with green leaves that have been embellished with gold glitter. This costume is actually two … Read more
I wanted a costume to be funny and to get completely into the spirit of Halloween and I wanted to make it myself. So I made this Paper Mache Pumpkin Costume. I made a large ball by stuffing construction garbage bags with torn up newspaper balls and then covering the bag with paper mache newspaper … Read more
When Halloween came around for our 6 month old baby it dawned on us how much fun we could have using his name–Jack–as inspiration for ideas. For that first one we decided on a Jack O’ Lantern. But having a touch of Irish in him, we wanted to mix things up. Instead of an orange … Read more
My two girls wanted matching costumes this time so I decided that since I hadn’t purchased pumpkins this year I’d make them Jack-O-Lanterns. This was really easy to set up. I took two over sized orange t-shirts and stuffed them with plastic garbage bags. I then dressed them in green and put these orange stuffed … Read more
For this Homemade Girl’s Pumpkin Costume we wanted a cute but functional costume for a “pre-teen” girl. We started with orange felt (2 meters) and some black felt for the eyes and mouth. We also added black ribbon as the stripes. We cut out two circles and sewed them together leaving the top open, then … Read more
This costume was a last minute idea. My daughter insisted that she be a pumpkin and we couldn’t find any kind of pumpkin costume anywhere. We went to the store around noon on Halloween and got an oversized orange sweatshirt, some black, green, and white fabric, and black sweat pants. My husband did a quick … Read more