This original Homemade Traffic Light Halloween Costume can be worn by either a child or an adult. My daughter and I have both worn it in the past. It’s won several first place prizes in costume contests. Just start out with a size-appropriate cardboard box. Cut out the bottom completely and place holes in the … Read more
After looking for inspiration for an inexpensive homemade costume, I stumbled across this site. We were looking for a couples costume that would allow us to be original but easily move through a party or bar and be able to dance without it being too cumbersome. I saw on this site a couples ‘mudflap’ where … Read more
My three year old son is very in to monster trucks especially Grave Digger so when he wanted to be a monster truck I got a little nervous about how I was going to make this creative costume work. To my surprise it wasn’t bad at all right down to the working headlights. Most of … Read more
I am a HUGE M&M collector. I have an entire room full of M&M items. Everyone tells me it looks like a store. I have M&M candy dispenser, many many pins, magnets, clocks, radios, everything you can image in an M&M. I also have M&M towels sheets pillows, plates, cups, mugs, silverware. M&M items in … Read more
This is a DIY crane game Halloween costume based on the arcade game. We used a cardboard box which was spray painted yellow. We decorated it with print outs from the computer. Inside there is a piece of foam insulation that you can buy sheets of from Home Depot. Battery operated LED Christmas lights are … Read more
Over the summer I had some time on my hands and started thinking about my favorite holiday, Halloween! Just like many of the themes and ideas on Family Guy, I wanted to do something that really reminded people of the 80’s! Just then one of my favorite movies popped into my head “BIG”! I would … Read more
My kissing booth costume came about after a few nasty rumors went around about my husband and myself (all untrue!). I was thinking to myself, “Those people can all kiss my ass!” Then I remembered seeing a kissing booth costume right here on your website and a light bulb went off – I had my … Read more
My nickname in High School was Pocahontas, so I decided to finally wear it as a costume. I used a suede upholstery fabric and cut it to size, then punched holes with a hole punch in the sides and laced it with leather string to tie the sides together. Then I cut cream fleece to … Read more
Last year I found out there was a costume contest at work and the prize was 50$, well me being the crafter that I am I thought I would enter. I knew in order to win I’d have to be something recognizable but something out of the ordinary. Well living in Texas I thought hey, … Read more
I saw a version of this Homemade Bubblegum Under a Chair Costume a long time ago that involved some pink garbage bags and the girl holding her chair up all night. I finally decided to do it, because it’s awesome. To date, it’s the best costume I’ve made.It was hilarious. It took some explanation at … Read more
I was trying to think of a costume when I was listening to some ACDC’s highway to hell. “Hmmm… what a great idea!” So I went to Home Depot and picked up 4 Stair treads that were sticky one one side. These happen to have some reflective yellow material down one side which was perfect. … Read more
I thought this Homemade Miss Smarty Pants Costume was appropriate for my middle daughter. I used fabric glue to glue smarties onto her pants. I downloaded a picture of smarties candy and printed it out on Iron-On paper for her shirt.