My husband and I were going to a Halloween party and I wanted to make a costume that would stand out so I came up with this kidnapped by a Cyclops costume. I made the Cyclops head out of paper Mache and attached the head to an old backpack. I made the legs out of … Read more
My friend and I both are big fans of amusement parks and, on our trip to Cedar Point in August, we decided that, for Halloween, we wanted to recreate a roller coaster cart and have ourselves being the passengers riding it! For this Roller Coaster costume we used: – a large box – Bungee cords … Read more
Many years ago I saw this homemade alien abduction Halloween costume in a Newsday article. A woman made it for her son and won a few contests with it. I always thought that if I had a son, I’d make it for him. My son is 10 and we made it together this year. The … Read more
I got this homemade butcher optical illusion Halloween costume idea from a couple of costumes off this website. I used chicken wire to make a torso, then arms, then shoulders, then the neck. I bought a scary mask and molded some chicken wire and paper towels to fill out his face. I also bought a … Read more
Here is my son as a Siamese twin. He has 2 arms 3 legs and 2 heads, but one body. Home made and looks awesome, very cheap to make! The costume took a couple of days to complete. I picked up two pairs of pants and two button up shirts at the thrift shop. I … Read more
This is a horse costume I made for a birthday party we had in a house. It’s a knight or a king riding a horse. The funny part is that you will look like a little person riding a horse! You will need a cardboard box as wide as you are and approximately four feet … 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
This Headless Halloween costume was as much fun to make as my daughter had wearing it! The costume can be made for any character. It just happens that the thrift store had this chef jacket for $3.95 and that made it even better. The headless component of this costume is a rolling backpack with the … Read more
We used a backpack and put a flat polystyrene lid inside it and then put a carton over it and taped it to the back pack. This was the trunk of the Head on Platter Costume. We then put stocking over the top of the carton and stuffed the arms (legs of the stockings) with … Read more
I found an old dress at a vintage thrift shop in my Brooklyn neighborhood for this Homemade Headless Ghost Lady Halloween Costume. I built the body from a piece of packing Styrofoam taped to the handle of a rolling backpack. It was almost the right size already, just had to sculpt the waist. For the … Read more
I couldn’t figure out how to make this costume work. It took me a while to figure out how to make it not too heavy. I used a rolling backpack and duct taped the handle in the up position so it wouldn’t slide down. I then took a scrap piece of wood as wide as … Read more
