My friend and I both are big fans of amusement parks and, on our trip to Cedar Point in August, we decided that, for Halloween, we wanted to recreate a roller coaster cart and have ourselves being the passengers riding it! For this Roller Coaster costume we used: – a large box – Bungee cords … Read more
Many years ago I saw this homemade alien abduction Halloween costume in a Newsday article. A woman made it for her son and won a few contests with it. I always thought that if I had a son, I’d make it for him. My son is 10 and we made it together this year. The … Read more
I got this homemade butcher optical illusion Halloween costume idea from a couple of costumes off this website. I used chicken wire to make a torso, then arms, then shoulders, then the neck. I bought a scary mask and molded some chicken wire and paper towels to fill out his face. I also bought a … Read more
This is the second year in a row that the boys came up with optical illusion funny Halloween costume ideas. I purchased the granny mask from an internet store and filled it with a nylon stuffed with poly fill I hot glue gunned goggle eyes on the mask to fill the eye-holes. I sewed the … Read more
This costume is a variation of the “headless-boy” costume we’ve made in previous years that was just too spooky! It’s easy to make out of cardboard and old clothes. You simply use cardboard to build some fake shoulders and fake arms that rest on the child’s shoulders. Then you use an old trench coat that … Read more
Jayden’s Homemade Alien and UFO Costume is a ride-on UFO that was handmade from a variety of different materials. His Alien costume was made from thermal pajamas adorned with space shapes made out of foam fabric and duct tape. His mask was hand painted with a glow in the dark paint that is frightfully realistic … Read more
Man oh man. I put a lot of work into this Homemade Outhouse Costume!. I think it looks great. Everywhere we went, people were taking pictures of my son. This is how I constructed this cool Outhouse costume for my son: I got a big cardboard box from my job, and cut it up. The … Read more
This year I decided to make my 4 year old son a toilet costume for Halloween! The inspiration came to me when one afternoon, my son was using the potty in our room and I jokingly asked him if he wanted to be a potty for Halloween. After much convincing he finally agreed! So I … Read more
I have always loved to sew. In years past I have always sat down at my sewing machine and sewed almost all my Halloween costumes. I’ve been Minnie Mouse, Bride of Frankenstein, 50’s girl with the Poodle Skirt. When my 8 year-old was little I sewed some of his costumes also. He went one year … Read more
I dressed up as a deer and my husband dressed up as a hunter. We put a bulls eye on his stomach and I carried around a plastic shot gun. We got GREAT compliments on our Homemade Deer Hunting Costume and people couldn’t stop telling us how original it was!
My son thought he was getting to old for Halloween so we came up with a Homemade Die Hard Tailgater Original Halloween Costume Idea for his age. I had two black plastic bowls I had saved and asked what he might be able to make out of them. He said a BBQ grill. We attached … Read more
My son is a huge Michigan fan so I came up with this idea of a Homemade Football Halloween Costume and he loves it. What you will need: 1 box (sized for your child) Pvc piping: 2 elbows, 1 tee and 1 8ft. straight pipe 1 can yellow spray paint 1 can white spray paint … Read more