I actually got the idea for this costume from this site! I was really excited, as I’d never made my own costume before. I had an old black dress in the back of my closet, so that became the base. I got thick white pants and thin string from goodwill, and some small bells off … Read more
Our daughter came up with the idea to combine Frankenstein’s monster with Dr. Albert Einstein…and the Homemade Frank Einstein Costume was born! We found a white lab coat and green scrub pants at the local Goodwill, and bought green face paint, spirit gum (and remover!), cheap black eyeliner and a crazy white wig at a … Read more
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
I actually got the idea for my homemade Irish Stew costume this year from the Human and the Witch costume on your website. I decided to add a bit of whimsy and color, since I am Irish, and particularly wanted to wear these big funny ears! The witch thinks she’s got me, but she’ll never … Read more
My name is Sherri and it had been years since I dressed up. But I was invited to a Halloween/Birthday party so I thought I would throw something together plus my daughter wanted me to dress up as I walked around with her trick or treating. It seemed like every idea I had I couldn’t … Read more
I had a homemade cereal killer Halloween costume idea. I made it all with things I have at home. I took a pair of old cloths and glued small cereal boxes to the shirt with knives coming out of them with the fake blood coming out and splattered over it. I had blood splattered over … Read more
After being inspired by the costumes on the website we decided that “Holy Cows” were the way to go! We bought scrub bottoms and long sleeve t-shirts as our base and then cut out cow patches in black & white felt. We then added a big pink felt belly and stuck a blown up plastic … Read more
Each year I like to dress as something topically relevant from the past year. Last year was a Political Twister, this year it’s the Stimulus Package- the Stimulus Package that the American people really want. My homemade Stimulus Package costume was complete with an address label to the American Citizens from The Obama Administration and … Read more
My friend and I couldn’t decide what we wanted to be for Halloween so we looked up different compound words and figured we would each be half of the word we chose. We came across “blackmail” and thought that it was perfect. One of us wore all black and the other made a mail envelop … Read more
This is a homemade, life-size cutout of Wayne Brady and me being his biggest “fan.” I printed Wayne Brady on regular 11×8 paper, glued them on Styrofoam board. For my costume, I also used Styrofoam board and sewed some parts together. My fans also work/spin! This Celebrity Fan Costume cost me about $20 to make, … Read more
I needed something quick and easy, and something that I could still do my job at work in. I started looking around the house for things I could make a costume with when I spied the tape that I use to send packages with. I then came up with this mail order bride costume idea … Read more
My daughter was having a hard time deciding between a rapper or a clown costume this year so I suggested that we combine the two ideas to a Homemade Candy “Wrapper” Costume. The costume comes complete with cotton candy hair, candy corn painted finger nails, baggy pants that show boxers underneath, a rainbow belt, rainbow … Read more