I like the idea of headless costumes and never want to spend a fortune on costumes. So I decided to make a waiter serving…well me! I hate when costumes are too tall as they don’t look quite right so I got a hollow mannequin body and strapped it to my back. Taking an old suit … Read more
This particular headless Bride halloween costume was inspired by an old wedding dress found in a vacated rental property. I borrowed a backpack and some tent poles from my nephew. Next, I stuffed an old t-shirt with plastic grocery bags. You could use any kind of stuffing, these were handy and lightweight. Then I slid the t-shirt over … Read more
We got an over sized button up shirt from Goodwill, flower foam for the neck piece, silicone putty for the meat look, corrugated tubing for the blood veins and arteries, empty pretzel jar with the back cut out, and breathing holes drill in front of his mouth, and fake blood. This head in a jar … Read more
For my son’s costume we decided on an illusion costume. We made this headless cook costume. I first got a cardboard box I cut up and shaped to fit on my son’s back. I tied on sports shoulder pads to the top of the box. I then got an extra large black button-up shirt, put … Read more
Every year our school has a Book Day and the children come dressed as their favorite book character. As they have been learning about the Tudors and my daughter is a big fan of the Terry Deary Horrid Histories books, she wanted to go as Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. I decided it just … Read more
I dressed up in a headless costume, inspired by ideas from this website. I used a kid-sized roller bag and cut away most of it (including the wheels) so that only the handle and the part that goes against the back remained. Using duct tape I secured the handle up in place, and attached a … Read more
This year I wanted to be something different from everybody, but scary at the same time. I decided to make a Homemade Headless Bride Costume. I had an old mannequin that I used in order to sell clothes on eBay. I bought an old wedding dress for $25.00 at the Goodwill store, cut a hole … Read more
I made this homemade decapitated woman costume all out of paper mache, I formed the upper body and arms out of wire and tape then paper mache’d it and painted it, for the cut neck to look more realistic I used the expandable foam in a can. The dress is a long formal from a … Read more
I saw the original Homemade Headless Boy Costume on this website a couple of years ago. My son wanted to do it so I thought we’d add our own touches. 1. I found an old tshirt of my son’s and hot glued the shoulder areas to a long piece of cardboard. 2. I then glued … Read more
Found this homemade headless boy costume idea from this site! Everyone loved it! Used parts we had at home and cost only 5$ for the fake blood and make-up! Used an old Star Wars kite and stockings filled with plastic bags… an old foam head minus the head – pretty cool and very scary!
This is a Homemade Headless Bride Costume. I used plaster of Paris bandages and made a mold of my upper torso and painted it to look like flesh. I then sprayed the inside of the mold with spray foam and glued it to a rolling back pack. I attached a wedding dress longer than I … Read more
