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

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Coolest Homemade Headless Lady Costume

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

Cool DIY Illusion Homemade Headless Costume

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

Coolest Homemade Table of Death Halloween Costume Idea

The Homemade Table of Death Halloween Costume Idea: My son wanted to create his own costume this year and as a 10 year old had a challenging idea for me. He wanted to be what he called “The Table of Death”. We started with a large section of cardboard that measured 36 inches long and … Read more

Coolest Headless Woman Costume

This is my Headless Woman Costume. I got the idea from your website and I wanted to be different from everyone else on Halloween. Everyone was impressed with it and thought that it was scary. I won the best costume prize too. To do it I used like an old camping backpack and I attached … Read more

Coolest Head in Fridge Homemade Halloween Costume

My Daughter wanted to be scary this Halloween so she picked the frozen head in a fridge Halloween costume. We had a blast making the costume together. We took 2 boxes and painted them white and attached them together. Then we measured and cut the opening for her head to come through. We had lots … Read more

Coolest Homemade Headless Boy Costume

My son wanted to be headless this year and I actually got the idea for a Homemade Headless Boy Costume from this site. I used lots of bubble wrap to keep it lightweight. I took a longish rectangular box and put it in my son’s spare backpack. I then wrapped the box in bubble wrap. … Read more

Coolest Toy Story Meets Child’s Play Costume

Being a fan of the Toy Story movies, I always wondered what would happen if Andy got a different toy for his birthday. My costume this year is an exploration of that very idea. I have built big and bulky, ‘hard to wear’ costumes in the past. I figure that I’m only wearing it for … Read more

Coolest Homemade Garden Gnome Halloween Costume

This is 3 year old, Conner. He LOVES the Travelocity commercials with the gnome. He calls it the “dee dee dee dee dee dee dee dee, I’ve got to get out of here” gnome (you know, from the commercial?). Anyway, when I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween this year, it was … Read more

Coolest Homemade Demon Attack Halloween Costume

My son wanted to be a skeleton and we wanted to make it. We found the skeleton attack on line and thought it was very cool. My 7 yr. old son couldn’t find a skeleton mask his sister wasn’t afraid of and then he found the demon mask. We used a backpack with PVC pipe … Read more

Coolest Homemade Upside down Gorilla Halloween Costume

My son wanted to be a gorilla for Halloween. So I suggested an upside down gorilla. I found the gorilla mask and hands at Target. I was very lucky to find the gorilla feet slippers at a department store. I found an old shirt and went to Goodwill to find some overalls. I found some … Read more

Coolest Homemade Safari Girl Captured by Gorilla Halloween Costume

This great optical illusion costume is a safari tourist captured by a gorilla. The trick to this illusion is that she is wearing the gorilla legs while the legs in the cage are fake. The torso of the gorilla is attached to the cage which is harnessed onto the girl. The key to comfort and … Read more