My son is in a wheelchair and very hard to come up with ideas to incorporated the chair, so I decided to make him into a haunter house table costume. I took a side of a cardboard box, put a hole towards the back to fit over his head then I braced it with wood … Read more
I created this Homemade Headless Costume by building the shoulder unit out of supplies around the house. I used a coat hanger, some duct tape, old pillows/cloth, and some packing Styrofoam. I got the dress at Value Village for $6. I used some stuffed gloves for the hands. I made sure the dress was long … Read more
The Homemade Brewing Witch’s Caulderon Costume is a witch brewing me in her cauldron. I bought a witches mask from a store and the black witches gown. I bought a cheap backpack and cut off the one side. I duck taped 4 cardboard poles together (from the inside of wrapping paper) to make the witches … Read more
I had to come up with the best costume (like I do every year), thought of what I could do too make everyone’s head spin and I came up with this Head on Platter Optical Illusion Costume idea. After coming up with the concept I took all the measurements and I figured out how too … Read more
We got the idea online for our Homemade Headless Girl Costume so we went down to the local Goodwill and bought a roll around child’s back pack, a black dress and gloves for all less then 10 bucks. Then we cut the back pack part off and lifted the handle and glued it up then … Read more
We won the scariest costume award. This head on platter costume is such a great and easy costume. The table is just foam poster board with a Halloween table cloth. All of the other stuff on the table are from the dollar store. We use plates and all fun creepy stuff. The red ribbon is … Read more
You know how hard it is to please the family for those big holiday dinners? You can’t go wrong with this meal! I made this Headless Costume with a thrift store dress, an old backpack, some newspaper, masking tape, and craft paint. I took two long cardboard wrapping paper rolls and put wadded up newspaper … Read more
My daugter’s Homemade Genie Costume was a total DIY idea. We started with a plain teal long sleeved shirt from a local resale shop. My grandmother gathered the center to achieve the trademark genie belly. She then added some star tulle to the sleeves and we dressed the bottom of the shirt up with some … Read more
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
For my Halloween costume last year, I had the crazy idea to be a Homemade Roller Coaster Halloween Costume! But not just the cart but the entire track as well! So I got together a ton of cardboard and created the most ridiculous costume I could have ever dreamed of making. Standing up, the costume … Read more
We decided not to buy a costume this year, but make one. Thought this Homemade Alien Abduction Unique Halloween Costume Idea was impressing looking so decided to try it out. It worked out great. Took about 5 days to finish. Used a long black jacket type hooded coat I have laying around, and got a … Read more
This Homemade Optical Illusion Costume was so much fun to make and pretty easy too. All I did was, I bought a Styrofoam head from the local costume shop as well as the Frankenstein mask and green hands. I went to our local thrift shop and bought a small man’s suit in black. I then … Read more