450+ Awe-Inspiring Optical Illusion Costumes You Can Make for Halloween

Coolest Labor and Delivery Optical Illusion Costume

This optical illusion costume is a variation of the baby in the high chair. It’s a nurse holding a newborn which is me. On the back of the scrubs is stenciled “Labor and Delivery”.

Coolest Bookworm Costume

I am a second grade teacher and I felt this Bookworm Costume would be a great costume for my students to enjoy. First, I’d like to say that I can’t take all the credit for the idea for the bookworm costume. I saw another bookworm costume on this website (Coolest-Homemade-Costumes.com), where a mother made one … Read more

Coolest Piggy Back Illusion Costume

I made this Homemade Piggy Back Illusion Costume for our annual Halloween-party at the university. The feedback was amazing, and the fun of running around screaming, playing the role really made my day. The costume is cheap butt takes some time to put together properly. Cheap; since most of the material is stuff you have … Read more

Mover – Original Halloween Costume Ideas

I made this original Halloween costume about 10 years ago. The illusion of this original Halloween costume is what makes it great. I’ve had people stare at the costume for a few minutes trying to figure it out. I once brought it to the mall for a contest and people just stopped in their tracks … Read more

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Coolest Port-A-Buzz Costume

My husband and I decided to make a Homemade Port-A-Buzz Costume because his nickname is Buzz with all the friends we hang out with, and he was the construction guy using it. We like to do couple costumes so I had a shirt made so that I went as the maintenance person and carried a … Read more

Coolest Headless Hockey Player Costume

Got the idea from this site. My son used his hockey pants and socks and we bought a jersey from Goodwill ($3.99) I took his old back pack and stuffed it with old clothes then I duct taped (love duct tape) 2 lenghts of plumbing pipes to the side facing them forward slightly I connected … Read more

Coolest Homemade Head in a Freezer Halloween Costume

My daughter has always been something cute every year, and last year she wanted to be something scary! So we made her a “Homemade Head in a Freezer Halloween Costume”. I got a water heater box from Home Depot. Spray painted the box white after adding a freezer shelf and pocket for frozen veggies on … Read more

Coolest Homemade Headless Halloween Costume

My daughter asked to be a corpse bride for Halloween but I couldn’t find a cheap used wedding dress. Then I stumbled upon this site’s “headless costumes” and was totally inspired! Within fifteen minutes I had rigged up an old backpack with cardboard tubes in the side pockets and a wide coat hanger on top, … Read more

Coolest Homemade Brain Freeze Halloween Costume

For this homemade brain freeze Halloween costume I basically went with the head in the freezer costume but I added a light in order to enhance my face. People at my work absolutely loved it.

Coolest Frozen Head Costume

My 11 year old daughter wanted a different and unique costume this year. In researching the web I found this web site with lots of cool ideas, and we went for the Frozen Head Costume. I started with two boxes, the freezer part was an 18” long box and the bottom part was a 36” … Read more

Coolest Homemade Head on a Table Unique Halloween Costume Idea

This Homemade Head on a Table Unique Halloween Costume Idea is such a fun costume! My daughter won 3 local costume contests and was the hit of the neighborhood she went trick or treating in. You will need to start with a medium to large box. Cut a hole in the top for the head. … Read more