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
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
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
The coolest Baby Costume Ever! I made this Baby in a Bassinet Illusion costume for my 10 year old out of cardboard fabric and a cabbage patch doll with its head cut off. Everything was hot glued together. We used a velcro belt with a pocket and a thin pvc pipe attached to the front … Read more
My son wanted to wear something different so we had to think of funny Halloween costume ideas. I made the gorilla suit for his legs and stuffed the top for the gorilla with cotton. We hooked the gorilla’s head to the cage with fishing line. We stuffed a pair of cargo pants with cotton and … Read more
I have always wanted to a larger than life costume. I decided to do a robot because the design is wide open and the recent popularity. There are many different styles, shapes, and sizes. I spent several hours looking at different robots online. I then sketched-out my Homemade Megabot Costume. Once the design was finalized, … Read more
This is my Honey Bucket Port-a-Potty Costume for Halloween! It’s made to look like a honey bucket worker carrying a honey bucket w/ a guy using it on the inside. The honey bucket worker is fake w/ my real legs below and my head, upper body and arms are the guy on the inside of … Read more
My son went as a shower. For this homemade shower Halloween costume idea, we started with 2 hula hoops and 4 dowel rods. We held a hula hoop over head and attached 4 dowel rods going straight down to the other hula hoop about knee height. We wired it together then wrapped it in duct … Read more
Every time my son made it down the hall to bathroom he would end up playing in the toilet, so that’s where I came up with the idea. I enjoy making Halloween costumes, so I started off by using flat side of a box to make the bowl. I shaped it to look like a … Read more
My 3 year old son requested his costume to be “an astronaut in a rocketship” for Halloween this year. Here is how I made this astronaut homemade Halloween costume and rocketship: 1 – I cut a diaper box to fit his torso. I cut a U shaped hole in the top for his head and … Read more
For this costume, I made a simple one piece jumpsuit. I found some clipart and made the patches for “NASA” and transferred them to iron on paper. For the helmet, I used a plastic pumpkin and spray painted it white. I used a dremel tool to cut out the front for the face. I added … Read more
