The “frozen head” costume was created using an old water heater box made into a refrigerator with an upper freezer. I used a styrofoam “shelf” to stick my head through and added “rails” on each side of the interior of the freezer compartment for the shelf to rest on. I then covered the interior with … Read more
My son and I looked at your website for costume ideas. He liked the Headless costumes and that’s what we were initially going to make. Once we started to make the skeleton kidnapper Halloween costume, we realized he would not have use of his hands so we decided to go for a Skeleton kidnapping him. … Read more
My daughter and I made this Special Delivery Optical Illusion costume out of duct tape, cardboard, and wire hangers. The mask is an old Freddy Kruger mask we had lying around, and the jumpsuit I bought at a thrift store for $5. She fitted through a hole in the box, and her legs were in … Read more
I created this little girl being abducted by an alien Halloween costume to wear to work and also take my kids trick or treating in. I made a lot of costumes and thought that this would be a really cute idea. I make my kids costumes every year but this is the first time I … Read more
This Homemade Roller Coaster Costume is a very cool costume because it shows how your hair is spiked, and is a very unique and different costume. It was extremely hard to make, but was definitely worth it. It took me countless hours, and is totally handmade. It took me about one week, because it took … Read more
We had many ideas for weird Halloween costumes, but chose the one that we had the materials for at home. I got the overalls last year for my Joe dirt costume. The head was made of paper Mache which I found was a lot easier than it looked. Any mask of your choice would work … Read more
My son’s costume is a Headless Boy Costume. I made it out of a dress coat, a back pack and a lot of imagination! I had such a great time making this costume ! He won first place in our local costume contest and got his picture in the paper! People were taking his picture … Read more
I wanted my son to be something original this year. It worked, as everyone loved his Homemade Head on Platter Costume. People were constantly taking pictures of him at the homes we visited and people walking on the streets. Many of them stated that his was the best costume they have seen all night. It … Read more
This homemade headless bride costume was made from my wedding dress. I figured this way, my daughter would actually wear my wedding dress, even if it wasn’t for her wedding! We used a backpack with the handle that pulls up in the back and attached a hanger to the top of the handle. This way, … Read more
Coolest Electric Chair Costume was made from recycled materials, except for $3 purchase for grey and black eyeshadow for the face effects. The chair is from a fridge box panel we painted and cut out like a pop-up card, it’s just one piece. The prison suit is a used tyvek jumpsuit from a mechanic friend … Read more
My two boys, age 10 and 11 wanted to do something fun for their Halloween Banquet with a scout troop. We decided to do the head on a silver platter but go one step further to add the gross waiter also. They got rave reviews and it cost about 10 bucks total. We hot glued … Read more
