There was a civic strike which affected Garbage pickup when I made this costume. I actually had people ask me who was carrying me! Here is how I made this trash costume: Cut a hole in the back of a garbage can. Leave about a 6” rim at the top so it looks continuous. I … Read more
We loved the deviled egg pun and thought it would be a cute costume! We made this costume by paper macheing the egg on top of a 24″balloon that we bought at a party store. We used 2 parts Elmer’s glue to 1 part water and cut up strips of a old phone book. We … Read more
For Halloween this year my roommate and I had a homemade one night stand couple Halloween costume idea. We started out by making our lampshades to put on our heads like hats. We took 4 sheets of paper and separately folded them in zig-zags, making one end wider between zags to have the smaller ends … Read more
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