This year my husband and I went as a ‘Deer Caught in Headlights’. This homemade deer caught in headlights couple costume was perfect, unique, clever, and homemade. To make the Deer, I bought a large, brown long-sleeved T-shirt, some white faux fur at the craft store, and some deer antlers. A little black make-up on … Read more
Oh, the drama!! We decided our original “drama queen” needed a costume that would suit her for Halloween. We shopped the local Goodwill store and found the perfect bridesmaid dress. We added matching shoes to complete the look. The tiara was purchased at the Halloween store, but I have seen them year round in stores … Read more
We came up with this idea for a devil’s food cake costume after looking at your website for quite some time. We liked the cupcake ideas, but my daughter wanted to be “scarier,” so somehow we came up with devil’s food cake! We took a laundry basket and cut out the bottom for her legs. … Read more
I had this idea to do a unique play on words costume and though I am not an artist my wonderful hubby is. At first he thought of one thing but I thought that idea would take up too much time so we put our heads together and came up with this homemade butter-fly wordplay … Read more
My son Kevin has autism – and he eats very few things, one of which is bacon. He said “no” to every costume suggestion, until I asked if he wanted to be “bacon”. As his name is Kevin, he became Kevin Bacon. He loved it!
My husband loves pigs in a blanket, which gave us the idea for this homemade pig in a blanket costume. We love homemade costumes with original ideas that no-one else will have! My sister was in college and didn’t have much money to spend on a costume and this was a very good penny pincher … 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 usually like to make my costume a play on words so this Halloween I made a Homemade Witch Kraft Costume. To make my cauldron, I used a aluminum sandwich serving tray which was the perfect size to fit in the opening of the cauldron. I bought the cheapest (largest) Mac & Cheese dried noodles … Read more
This is a Headcase costume. I wore white scrub pants and a white shirt (like the crazy people). I shredded the shirt at the bottom and at the arms. I then painted my face white with a little dark circles under my eyes to make me look tired and washed out and mental. I put … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to be something unique and funny this year for Halloween. Neither of us wanted to be the average couples costume so we started brainstorming ideas of things that go together or things that are opposites. When I came up with the idea of the birds and the bees he loved … Read more
My costume is a grandfather clock. I dressed as a grand father compete with grey wig, pyjama pants, a shirt and tie, a fleece waist cost and I had a walking stick. I painted my face white and wrote roman numerals to represent the clock. I also drew a mustache.
This costume is a funny play on the better know Starbucks barista uniform. The costume consists of: 1. Green Apron 2. White Shirt 3. Black skirt or pants 4. Tip Jar that reads: “Thanks A Latte!” 5. Name tag that reads: “Mocha” or another coffee name 6. Visor or cap (with new logo sticker attached) … Read more