We went as a group of high school prom queens from various years throughout the 80s. Dresses were all bought at either thrift stores or on Ebay. And we all found old dress shoes that matched. We bought tacky jewelry for accessories, tiara’s, and gloves. We crimped our hair, and wore side pony-tails. Very wide … Read more
This Homemade Fall Fairy Girl Costume was made with mostly upcycled items from around the house (we are crafters). We used wire hangers and tights for the wings. We used glitter glue to decorate. We did purchase some remnant material for the layers of the skirt and shirt. I used flowers from old arrangements and … Read more
This is the scarecrow costume we made for our three year old son. We brought some raffia and thick white cord from the hobby shop, an old shirt and jeans, and an old straw hat from the thrift shop. Cost maybe $10 altogether. We found some old coloured fabric around the house and cut them … Read more
Hello, I’m a Halloween junkie from a small town in northern Canada. I was sick of seeing the same costumes year after year so I tried to think of something completely new. It took me a month and a half, and over 60 hours of planning, glueing, and stitching; finally my cool homemade Hindu Goddess … Read more
I originally made this little Daisy costume for a birthday party but it was such a hit that I had planned to use it again for Halloween. The theme for the party was based on Alice in Wonderland and the singing daisy’s are one of the lesser known characters in the book so to be … Read more
This year my family and I decided to go as characters from the Wizard of Oz. I decided to make a Homemade Scarecrow Halloween Costume. It was a very simple. To begin with I glued burlap (purchased at a fabric store) to an old pair of blue jeans. I added straw/hay around the edges (I … Read more
We were inspired by a cell phone commercial for this year’s costumes. A guy takes his old cell phone into a pawn shop and asks the clerk what he can get for it… “I give you Dancing Flower”. This was a toy that came out in the 80’s and I actually owned one. As soon … Read more
The head of the T-Rex Dinosaur Costume is made of chicken wire fitted over a Star Wars trooper helmet and two shoe boxes. The shoe boxes formed the snout. Then the head was covered with paper mache and spray painted. The body is made of two sets of long johns, one pair is the pants … Read more
My 5 year old LOVES dinosaurs! I was really worried when he decided that he’d be a Triceratops for Halloween. I was not quite sure how I would pull off a dinosaur kid homemade costume. After digging for some thick jersey for the body and velvet for the horns, I realized that maybe it wouldn’t … Read more
The Samurai costume that I made using various found materials – mainly fabrics from curtains. The costume is comprised of a few parts: The apron containing the chest plate and skirt armor; the jacket that has the arm plates, forearm protectors, hand guards, and overcoat; the leggings that go underneath the apron; and the helmet … Read more
This home made Last Minute Baby Costume is GREAT for LAST MINUTE costumes! Eight years ago me and my friends got invited to one of our first Halloween parties but we got invited at the very last minute. We litterally had only one hour to come up with a costume. So since it was eight … Read more
This year I decided to build a velociraptor from Jurassic Park. I wanted it to be life-sized (in the movie it’s 12 and a half feet long); it would be my most ambitiously difficult Halloween costume yet. Shortly after last Halloween, I settled on the male raptor design from Jurassic Park 3 (it would be … Read more