I saw a young girl about six years old dressed up as this last year. I wanted to run with the idea this year because I think it is so funny and love to be extremely random. Last year I went as a bathtub, or rather a person in a bathtub! I made every inch … Read more
For the back of the costume which is the monster, I made the torso out of Styrofoam. The mask head has a plastic milk jug for stability. The head is attached to the Styrofoam by long thin nail from the rubber mask stuck into the Styrofoam. There is a slit cut midway from the black … Read more
I got my homemade alien abduction Halloween costume idea for my son’s costume from this site! I took a backpack & put a rectangular box in it & duct taped it so it would stay put. I wrapped some bubble wrap around the box to add a little bulk. Then I put a jacket over … Read more
In this Homemade Gorilla Carrying Girl in Cage Costume, I am the girl in the cage and yes I am really a man. The cage is made from PVC that is painted silver. The top is just cardboard painted silver. There is also a light at the top so the girl can be seen clearly. … Read more
For this Damsel In Distress Costume I used a large piece of foam core and made an opening just large enough for my head to fit through near the top on one end of it. I painted the foam core to look like rocks/pebbles. Using other cut pieces of foam core painted brown, I made … Read more
My 7 year old son decided that instead of getting the same old packaged costume this year – he wanted to be something scary. The body of the child head hunter costume is made of a curtain rod and the spine, chair cushion as the body and fun noodles as the arms. I then wedged … Read more
First of all thank you to all those who submit to this site. I have modified and made many of the costumes. 1. This Homemade Hamster on a Wheel Costume was the result of brainstorming ideas over dinner one night. Before the end of the meal we had pretty much the whole costume thought out. … Read more
I took the idea for this headless costume from the site obviously. I thought it was a very easy yet awesome idea so I decided to do my own version of the costume. I used the roller backpack method, which I had to destroy and just keep the structure of the handle and the straps … Read more
This is my 11-year-old son in his homemade Headless Boy Halloween costume. The only things I actually had to purchase for the costume were the giant gray shirt(thrift store), poly-fil to stuff the arms, shoulders and gloves, and the make-up. I used a backpack baby carrier to give the costume height and then used a … Read more
I made this homemade decapitated woman costume all out of paper mache, I formed the upper body and arms out of wire and tape then paper mache’d it and painted it, for the cut neck to look more realistic I used the expandable foam in a can. The dress is a long formal from a … Read more
