My costume is of an old lady with a door who hands out candy to all the “cute trick-or-treaters” who knock on her door. This old lady giving out candy costume took about a week to construct, and withstood many material changes. The door is completely handmade out of foam board and wooden frame. It’s … Read more
Looking for something different and had no luck. Went to church and saw the nuns and that gave me the perfect idea to make for my two year old. Her outfit was sewn and her head piece was a skirt pant with a head band underneath. We received lots of attention for this Homemade Child … Read more
This is my 3 year old grandson. He is dressed up in an old man costume. I went to the thrift store and bought the clothes then to a Halloween store and bought a hat, glasses, pipe and cane. I took grey hair from a wig and cut small pieces to make the mustache and … Read more
Homemade in our native Pennsylvania, the Amish were a simple choice. Prior to our party, we did basic shopping for fresh bread and jarred jelly to give the host as a gift and people didn’t know if we were authentic Amish or not! The best part was not allowing the picture to capture our faces,as … Read more
It all started over a year ago, I went as Jesus and entered a contest on break.com. I received second place next to Billy Maze, poor guy. So this year I decided to push the spiritual envelope again. I was having trouble deciding how I was going to do it, but knew I needed to … Read more
I got this idea for tacky tourists costumes from a costume I saw in a catalog. I looked at it and thought, “I can do better than that.” It was easy once the idea came. Sadly, I had the “loud” outfit in my closet. All my husband had to do was add socks with his … Read more
The back and sides of the bus are cut from foam core—two rounded shapes for the sides, and rectangles for the front and back. All are fastened into a box-like shape with clear packing tape. The wheels are black foam core, as are the bumpers, with small pieces jutting out from the “frame” to give … Read more
This Homemade Bum Costume is a cool homemade costume of a homeless person. Made with old and torn clothes, shoes that had a hole in it, which was cut open with a bandage on the sock. Dirt on the face with a sock filled with socks. What is so easy to do. With a sign … Read more
My 3 year old is a rock star at heart and wanted to share that with the world for Halloween this year. He had a pair of ripped jeans that I embellished with an iron-on transfer that says “born to rock” and a guitar. A guitar and microphone tee that he had previously cut with … Read more
My husband and I host an annual Halloween party. We brainstorm for a couple months every year about our costume and this year we came up with a Homemade Old Homeless Couple Halloween Costume Idea. We are in our early thirties and so we knew makeup and costumes would be important but also the props … Read more
What year is it? ‘ Firstly I would like to start off by saying how much I love Halloween costumes especially DIY costumes. I feel that they generate an opportunity to show your creativity without any limits. Halloween is an opportunity to be something you have always wanted to be and for me I have … Read more
Prepared for Trouble, that’s what I did… And made it double, having fun with the kids. Halloween 2006 and time to trick or treat; A Jessie from Pokemon Team Rocket costume idea that was really neat! Dressed up for laughs as a villainous lass, Just there for All Hallows Eve and having some laughs. I … Read more