I got the idea of a Homemade Headless Chef Costume thanks to this great web page, it was real cheap to build it. The neck was made from unicel material and we put play-dough at the top to give it a different effect. On the arms we placed bubble wrap paper to fill them up … Read more
This year my son wanted to be “Count Dracula” for Halloween. But of course we had no chance of winning our local contest with just plain old Dracula (boring) so I modified several different “Headless” costume ideas from this site to make it happen. ALL of the clothing and accessories (not the fangs) in this … Read more
My daughter wanted to be anything that would include a person holding her! So I began to think. We had a scream costume from years past. Firstly, for her, she wore a top to a pajama outfit. the legs I made them from PVC pipe, stuffing pantyhose and slipped her pajama bottoms over it. To … Read more
This Homemade Flying Genie Halloween Costume was relatively easy to construct. The rug was held rigid using chicken wire tacked to the bottom. Old belts under the clothing made a harness which held the rug around the waist. Make sure to keep the wire edges covered with duct tape or they will scratch. To balance … Read more
I got a lot of compliments on this Mother and Baby Optical Illusion Costume, and double-takes, with this costume. I bought a dress from a thrift store and cut a hole in the back for my torso. The rest of the dress was stuffed with newspaper and a curtain rod supported the head and shoulders … Read more
My two girlfriends and I actually got the idea for an upside-person costume from your website! We were looking for a different costume idea for this Halloween that preferably didn’t entail booty shorts, and we stumbled across this gem. A trip to Goodwill, three XL men dress shirts, and a few abysmal trial runs was … Read more
This Piggy Back illusion costume was very easy to make, cheap and looks great. My daughter always has these funny Halloween costume ideas. She put on a backpack stuffed with newspaper (for the hunchback). Then she put on a loose black dress. I stuffed the witch’s mask with newspaper, put a goggle eye and a … Read more
My son Benjamin wanted to stand out from the crowd for Halloween. In the U.K Halloween isn’t as great as in the U.S, so we had our work cut out! We used a large flat box given to us by Asda (Walmart) over which we draped a tablecloth from the local charity shop. Both of … Read more
This is a Homemade Headless Bride Costume. I used plaster of Paris bandages and made a mold of my upper torso and painted it to look like flesh. I then sprayed the inside of the mold with spray foam and glued it to a rolling back pack. I attached a wedding dress longer than I … Read more
I got my inspiration for my “Dead Head in the Freezer’ costume from various sites including yours. It was a big hit on the night. Here is how we made it: 1)We got a cardboard box, bent it into shape and hot-glued it together 2)We then put a foam piece for the top. 3)We spray … Read more
I love making costumes and love a challenge. I had been reading too many fictional novels about the Boleyn sisters and kept thinking of beheaded queens when I finally decided I should be one for Halloween. I started looking for pictures of inspiration on the internet and found a few that tickled my fancy. When … Read more
