Coolest Homemade Mariachi Costume

Homemade Mariachi Costume

Halloween is a big thing for our family, we are always competing and this year I wanted something original for my 6 year old son. And since we are Mexican American I wanted to go with that theme that’s why the idea of a Homemade Mariachi Costume. I got an old black suite from a … Read more

Coolest Homemade Plastic Army Man Costume

Homemade Plastic Army Man Costume

I put this Homemade Plastic Army Man Costume together using ideas from your site; I particularly loved the costume of the plastic army man and thought I could do it as well or better. It took about ten hours to paint my clothing, boots, helmet, gun and accessories and get the right color. I used … Read more

Cool Homemade Headless Bride Costume

Homemade Headless Bride Costume

This year I wanted to be something different from everybody, but scary at the same time. I decided to make a Homemade Headless Bride Costume. I had an old mannequin that I used in order to sell clothes on eBay. I bought an old wedding dress for $25.00 at the Goodwill store, cut a hole … Read more

Coolest Homemade Head in Freezer Costume

Homemade Head in Freezer Costume

Originally I came to this site for inspiration, and inspiration I found! I took the dead frozen head idea and made it my own. My son, who is 4 years old, dresses up every-single-day-of-the-week, so for Halloween he was on board to do something a bit different. The Homemade Head in Freezer Costume was an … Read more

Scary Homemade Headless Bride Costume

Homemade Headless Bride Costume

My daughter wanted to be something really great, something none of her friends had ever done…. this is homemade headless bride costume is what I came up with. I bought an old wedding dress at a Thrift Shop and some filling (from a fabric store) to stuff the body, I picked up some white gloves … Read more

Coolest Headless Girl Costume

Headless Girl Costume - Front

We got the headless girl costume idea from this site. My daughter loved it. So we set off to make it. This was the easiest and cheapest costume I have ever made. I set out to thrift stores to find a dress. When I got the dress home I got a rolling backpack and duck … Read more

Original Homemade Head in a Freezer Halloween Costume

Homemade Head in a Freezer Halloween Costume

This year my son wanted to again be something scary. I looked through several choices and he picked the Homemade Head in a Freezer Halloween Costume idea off this site. We used a clothing box that you can get from the U-Haul store to start with. Then my husband went to work spray painting cutting … Read more

Coolest Homemade Headless Chef Costume

Homemade Headless Chef Costume

I got the idea of a Homemade Headless Chef Costume thanks to this great web page, it was real cheap to build it. The neck was made from unicel material and we put play-dough at the top to give it a different effect. On the arms we placed bubble wrap paper to fill them up … Read more

Coolest Ever Headless Count Dracula Costume

Coolest Ever Headless Count Dracula Costume 77

This year my son wanted to be “Count Dracula” for Halloween. But of course we had no chance of winning our local contest with just plain old Dracula (boring) so I modified several different “Headless” costume ideas from this site to make it happen. ALL of the clothing and accessories (not the fangs) in this … Read more

Coolest Alien Abduction Halloween Costume

Homemade Alien Abduction Halloween Costume

This costume consists of a backpack with a cardboard frame inside that supports the head. The head is made of paper mache over a balloon painted green with black eyes cut out of construction paper. We used black fabric to cover the head and backpack and create a cloak effect. The backpack is hidden under … Read more

Coolest Homemade Gorilla Caged the Zookeeper Costume

Homemade Gorilla Caged the Zookeeper Costume

This Homemade Gorilla Caged the Zookeeper Costume was inspired by one that I saw on a website for like $1500!! Well I knew that mine wouldn’t look as professional but I decided to try and have some fun with it! I bought the hands and mask for 15 dollars from a party store and used … Read more

Coolest Munchkin Couple Halloween Costume

Munchkins on Parade

My 9 year old son and his best friend wanted to be something original for this year’s costume parade at school. They were throwing out inappropriate and outrageous ideas (mostly potty humor, again they are 9 year old boys) when my son’s friend yelled “How about a midget?” I said “I can do that, but … Read more