I decided I would do a fresh take on the traditional “Man Being Carried” costume. So I took the idea and ran with it, or carried it. The basic idea of the costume was to take the “man being carried” style of costume and put a more comical twist on it rather than the usual … Read more
For this year’s Halloween costume, I wanted to do something inside a box, but wanted a costume idea that was “outside the box.” After scouring the internet for ideas, I discovered a few decent concepts for a porta-potty construction, but thought I could do a little improving as well as add an original twist to … Read more
We took Styrofoam and made walls and painted the the color of most port a potty’s. I used duck tape to tape them together and cut out a door put a white roof on it. We used the foam to make a toilet seat and cut a hole in it for her to stand in … Read more
I was brainstorming with friends, and my wife said you should be a port-a-potty, because that is where you spend most of your time anyways. After that, I began constructing the costume! I started with a large refrigerator box, which I painted and used mailbox letters and numbers to add the wording on the sides. … Read more
I got a huge fridge box, cut a “door in it, then had my son put the box on over him to make sure I marked the right spots I wanted things to be in, then hot glued gunned in a so called “step” the size of the inside of the box and big enough to … Read more
My 10 year son, Michael picked out what he wanted to be for Halloween this year! He loved it! We started with a cardboard box, spray paint, lots of duct tape, a back pack, paper mached head, glasses and an old t shirt. We took the box and constructed it to look like a porta … Read more
Our family visits coolest homemade costumes every year to see the amazing and creative ideas everyone comes up with. This year our 8 year old son decided he didn’t see the idea he wanted. He announced one night at dinner he wanted to be a boy on the potty. “An outhouse?” we asked. “No,” he … Read more
Our house had recently burned and we were in the process of redoing everything so we didn’t have any extra money. This was a box from our remodeling and a few building materials. My big idea was to make our son an outhouse for Halloween so I gave my idea to my husband and we … Read more
I have seen a boy in a white outhouse picture online and that was my inspiration for this costume. I got boxes from my grand-dad (washer and dryer boxes). My cousin Chad and I spent two days constructing the costume. We cut and applied the ‘wood panel’ contact paper (two rolls from Kmart for $12), … Read more
Each year we try to come up with something unique for my kids on Halloween. I always give them several options and let them choose. This year my son Colby, age 12, decided he wanted to be inside an outhouse Halloween costume. I was able to make this costume out of a refrigerator box. I … Read more
Man oh man. I put a lot of work into this Homemade Outhouse Costume!. I think it looks great. Everywhere we went, people were taking pictures of my son. This is how I constructed this cool Outhouse costume for my son: I got a big cardboard box from my job, and cut it up. The … Read more
I originally wanted to use a refrigerator box for this Halloween but couldn’t find one in time so made a Homemade Outhouse Costume. I used a large flattened box, cut it and used packing/duct tape to get it to stay together. My favourite tool was a utility knife. It helped make the moon holes and … Read more