Although I love crafting, my sewing skills are preschoolian, so I decided there’s no reason a princess gown has to be one piece and that I will create an ‘almost no sew princess homemade costume’. My princess wore a shiny white blouse she already owned, along with a “gowny” skirt I assembled (you’d hardly call … Read more
This is a horse costume I made for a birthday party we had in a house. It’s a knight or a king riding a horse. The funny part is that you will look like a little person riding a horse! You will need a cardboard box as wide as you are and approximately four feet … Read more
I started this homemade green army man Halloween costume idea by going to the army surplus store. I found a pair of used boots $5.00, belt $5.00 and a canteen $2.50. I found a pair of cargo pants and a BDU shirt $3.00 a piece. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money on … Read more
This Headless Halloween costume was as much fun to make as my daughter had wearing it! The costume can be made for any character. It just happens that the thrift store had this chef jacket for $3.95 and that made it even better. The headless component of this costume is a rolling backpack with the … Read more
We used a backpack and put a flat polystyrene lid inside it and then put a carton over it and taped it to the back pack. This was the trunk of the Head on Platter Costume. We then put stocking over the top of the carton and stuffed the arms (legs of the stockings) with … Read more
I found an old dress at a vintage thrift shop in my Brooklyn neighborhood for this Homemade Headless Ghost Lady Halloween Costume. I built the body from a piece of packing Styrofoam taped to the handle of a rolling backpack. It was almost the right size already, just had to sculpt the waist. For the … Read more
I couldn’t figure out how to make this costume work. It took me a while to figure out how to make it not too heavy. I used a rolling backpack and duct taped the handle in the up position so it wouldn’t slide down. I then took a scrap piece of wood as wide as … Read more
I made this Homemade Headless Costume for the Denver 2011 zombie crawl and the Fetish Ball. The costume came out so good that I ended up on three news web sites. 7 news, Denver Metromix (their photo), and the Denver Post even though there were somewhere between 15,000 to 30,000 people on the Denver 16th … Read more
Thank you Coolest Costumes! This site was a great resource and the inspiration for my spooky head on a platter Halloween costume. I won Most Original Costume at work and it was a sensation! I followed the instructions and tips from other happy heads on a platter from this site. I bought everything at an … Read more
Found this homemade headless boy costume idea from this site! Everyone loved it! Used parts we had at home and cost only 5$ for the fake blood and make-up! Used an old Star Wars kite and stockings filled with plastic bags… an old foam head minus the head – pretty cool and very scary!
Broke my leg and had a lot of time on my hands. Building this Homemade Oscar the Grouch Costume was my hobby for the better part of a month. I’ve seen other Oscar costumes with Oscar’s feet poking out the bottom of the trash can. Everyone knows that Oscar can’t move his own garbage can. … Read more
I got all of the materials at either the thrift store or the hardware store for this Flying Carpet Rider Costume. I started by cutting a hole in the carpet, then nailing it to a wooden frame. I made the frame a little shorter than the carpet so that it would ‘ripple.’ I then cut … Read more