This Homemade Dinner for Two Head on Platter Costume was the easiest costume ever. I got every thing at the Dollar store. The blood splatter is the kind you usually put on your windows, the spiders, roaches, rats and mice were all available in the Halloween isle. Basically I got 2 boxes, 1 for the … Read more
The refrigerator is my nicest creation!! As you can see I am in the refrigerator but you can see only my head in a platter with blood like if someone had just killed me and put me on the fridge. There is a mouse hanging there , there are some eyes with blood in a … Read more
It all began by surfing the web and seeing someone else with the same Headless Halloween costume idea from a few years ago. I thought to myself I should try to do that so I did and this is what I came up with. This costume has been in the works since August. My mother … Read more
I created a scene from my favorite movie Pinocchio. Pinocchio looks like he’s locked in the cage by Stromboli. I dressed him as the bad Pinocchio with donkey ears and tail. I added his friends Cleo and Figaro. I made some fake stuffed legs and shoes and a matching pair of puppet gloved hands. The … Read more
This garden gnome Halloween costume was such a fun costume to make and to wear. First, I took two pool noodles and taped them in a straight line. Then glued the red fabric to them, stuffed it full of newspaper and used hot glue to hold it together. The mushroom stem is just made like … Read more
I got all of the materials at either the thrift store or the hardware store for this Flying Carpet Rider Costume. I started by cutting a hole in the carpet, then nailing it to a wooden frame. I made the frame a little shorter than the carpet so that it would ‘ripple.’ I then cut … Read more
I made this Halloween Homemade Captured Gretel in a Cage Costume to wear at my daughter’s school. I wanted something scary but not too scary for children so I decided to be Gretel from the Hansel and Gretel fairy tale. It was easy to make and people loved it. I started with 2 pieces of … Read more
My brother, Brent always has the best Halloween costumes but I think he out did himself this year. He made a roller coaster ride for him and his wife Mary. And it was detachable so they didn’t have to stay attached all night long.
I built a fireplace with a mantle out of foam core and covered it with brick contact paper. The Homemade Deer over a Fireplace Costume was affixed to me using 2 straps/belts that crisscrossed in the back and attached to the foam core above and below the mantle. On the mantle itself, I created a … Read more
Headless Mell was inspired by all the other Headless costumes on this site. It was a challenge to figure out how to create it but with all the tips from all the others – I had a “head” start. I started this Homemade Headless Lady Costume out with a toddler’s rolling backpack ($7), which was … Read more
This is how we made my son’s homemade Headless Halloween costume: We bought an old coat from the local charity shop (an XL man’s coat). We filled an old hiking backpack with rags to bulk it out and put it on my son’s back. The coat was then placed over the backpack and buttoned up … Read more
