My little “not quite 1 year old” had some pretty meaty thighs on her, so we were brainstorming costume ideas that would highlight her features. We came up with Mexican wrestler (Luchadora), because, well, we’re Mexican. Ha! Like so many projects, this one started with a trip to the fabric store. I found some shiny … Read more
I made this Hulk Hogan Halloween costume after getting the shirt and bandanna as a present. I bought hair extensions, a body suit, sunglasses, a fake mustache, red tights, yellow wristbands, knee bands and a belt. My girlfriend made me the boots. I now have feather boas and plan to wear fake tan next time … Read more
Legion of Doom – Hawk and Animal. World wrestling champs, late 80’s – early 90’s. Shoulders were used football pads purchased from Play it again sports. Spikes were spray painted Styrofoam cones stuck on with industrial Velcro. Pants are running spandex. Championship belts were faux leather with laser cut 14 gauge steel for the plates, … Read more
For my Billiard Ball costume, I took a pattern for a tennis ball. Any pattern for a round object will do. I cut out the pattern in black felt (since magic 8 balls are black). I then traced a round plastic lid onto white felt and cut out. I printed out an 8 from my … 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 husband wanted to do a costume that was unique from everything else out there! We like to play tennis so we got the idea to cut a tennis ball in half and make it look like it was lodged into his head! All we had to do was get a tennis ball, used a … Read more
The things I needed to make my homemade Goldust Halloween costume idea are as follows: A gold full body spandex suit. Then I used silver fabric paint and black permanent marker to draw the design on the spandex. I bought a long blonde wig with bangs, and for my face I used gold face paint … Read more
This year my brother came to me and said he wanted to be Macho Man Randy Savage for Halloween and that he needed my help to make his costume. Together we compiled different pieces from a bunch of his costumes and got to work. The jacket was bought from Value Village, I bought sticky paper … Read more
As you can probably assume, my husband came up with this Homemade Ditka & Refrigerator Perry Couples Costume idea. As a true football fanatic he had always wanted to dress up as Mike Ditka, however we couldn’t figure out the perfect couple pairing. Then one night after a few drinks he and his friends came … Read more
Starting left to right… Pool chalk: Take a square box and cut the top of for the bottom part. Cut circles for the arms and top with a painted foam top. Cut a hole for you head and write the words on the box. Pool table: Rectangle box covered with green felt cut holes and … Read more
My husband and son have gone trick-or-treating every year as a duo. This year he wanted a Homemade Deep Sea Diver and Squid Costume and have his dad go as a giant squid. I don’t have pictures of it in progress, but I can tell you step-by-step how I made it. The helmet was made … Read more
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