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
This Zomie cheerleader costume is completely homemade by me. My daughter decided as a joke she wanted to be a zombie cheerleader. Well, trying to find a costume was impossible so I shopped around at consignment shops and found this cheer leading outfit. I ruffed it up, rubbed dirt into it. Made it look like … Read more
I made my Zombie Gnome costume from things I found at the Thrift store, a Halloween shop, and some so old curtains I had at my house. I have always wanted to incorporate two of my favorite things: zombies and gnomes. Since I am on the short side (5 foot), I thought it was perfect. … Read more
This is how we made our coolest home made female pinup male groom Day of the Dead couple costume: For my girlfriend’s costume: Her costume was for a Day of the Dead pinup contest, and together for a couple costume contest. She ended up getting second place but I think she should have won. She … 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
My wife (real wife, not only mummified wife) and I dressed up as Mummies from this year Carnival parade as part of our neighborhood theme Egypt (we participated in Ispra, Gavirate and Laveno Italy) plus image of the kids and friend costume that I made for the same events. Artistic wise both masks were made … Read more
We bought a Pittsburgh penguins jersey, $2.00, at the Thrift shop. Then we stopped at the party store and picked up two really big bowls, hot glued them together and cut the bottom out for my daughter’s head to fit inside. We used a back-lack with a board inserted and tie strapped down along with … Read more
We started a little late so the “scavenging” didn’t really take place and instead we ended up purchasing a good deal of the items used to construct this headless costume. We started with a basic set of football shoulder pads and we modified them (cut off the portion of the padding that wasn’t needed for … Read more
This Homemade Spooky Ghost Halloween Costume was made out of an old sheet. I cut a hole at the top and then hemmed around it leaving an opening. I pulled elastic through the hem and then sewed it together. Next I cut out holes for each arm and zig-zagged around the holes so they would … Read more
I created this Homemade Headless Costume by building the shoulder unit out of supplies around the house. I used a coat hanger, some duct tape, old pillows/cloth, and some packing Styrofoam. I got the dress at Value Village for $6. I used some stuffed gloves for the hands. I made sure the dress was long … Read more