This Homemade Heisman Trophy Costume is my boyfriend Brian dressed up as the Heisman Trophy. We bought bronze spray paint and painted an old sweatshirt and sweatpants (the pants were originally dark blue; in retrospect, a lighter base color would have looked better), knee socks (from a sporting goods store), and old tennis shoes. I … Read more
Start your homemade adult costume by shaving your legs. Get tanning bronzer, blonde wig, shirt and bandanna on Amazon. Boxing or wrestling boots spray painted. Buy boa at any fabric store and belt at Toys R Us. Glasses at motorcycle shop. This is the best one yet. Total Spent: $100
I made this Macho Man Randy Savage Costume for my son, Eddie. I didn’t even know who Macho Man Randy Savage was before I whipped up this costume. After looking at lots of pictures I came up with my costume design. First I bought a cheap black leather coat ($20). I bought some red lycra … Read more
We bought a Pittsburgh penguins jersey, $2.00, at the Thrift shop. Then we stopped at the party store and picked up two really big bowls, hot glued them together and cut the bottom out for my daughter’s head to fit inside. We used a back-lack with a board inserted and tie strapped down along with … Read more
Got the idea from this site. My son used his hockey pants and socks and we bought a jersey from Goodwill ($3.99) I took his old back pack and stuffed it with old clothes then I duct taped (love duct tape) 2 lenghts of plumbing pipes to the side facing them forward slightly I connected … Read more
My now fiance and I always carve pumpkins for Halloween. So the weekend before Halloween we went and bought our pumpkins. He always carves the tops off and apparently when I wasn’t looking he slipped my ring into my pumpkin. When I lifted the lid I found the ring and he proposed! This brings me … Read more
For Halloween, my boyfriend and I decided to create Double Badminton Trophy costumes. We chose to be a doubles badminton trophy (boy and girl). Badminton was the easiest sport to pick as a trophy because the rackets are light and we were able to buy smaller versions to carry around with us. We also wanted … Read more
My son came home from school two weeks before Halloween and told me that he wanted to be a scuba diver. Thiscostume was so easy and very inexpensive. Originally I was going to use a black sweat outfit, but it ended up being warm on Halloween so I went with black stretch pants and a … Read more
I loved the Ultimate Warrior so much and was elated to see someone put up their costume. Here is a pic of me dressed in the ultimate warrior costume because you can never have enough UW warriors. Very simple costume: wig, facepaint, WWF belt from Toys R Us, and fabric from Home Fabric. Every party … Read more
I hadn’t the money I did in 2009 to purchase a professionally assembled costume. Since I had grown a beard (for the Blackhawks’ playoff run) I opted to use the beard to my advantage. It took no more that $40 worth of material and knowing someone with extensive sewing skills. I used a pair of … Read more
Years ago we read a suggestion in Exceptional Parent magazine to incorporate the wheelchair into the Halloween costume. We’ve had lots of fun doing just that and making this Fisherman in an Aluminum Rowboat Wheelchair Costume! Christopher wore a “Women Want Me, Fish Fear Me” T-shirt we made using iron-on letters. He also wore a … Read more
My son wanted to be a scary football player. So we decided to make him a Homemade Headless Football Player Costume. We placed his football socks and pants on as normal then placed a wash cloth with fake blood on top of his head. Placed his shoulder pads on top of his head and tied … Read more