I made my zombie homemade Cruella DeVille costume as part of a themed fancy dress of horror Disney outfits. I simply wore a black dress and stockings, red gloves and fur coat. For my hair I cut off pieces of a blonde wig, back-combed them and gripped them into my hair, then sprayed the whole … Read more
Every year we make our costumes, and this year we decided to make a Homemade Sensational Stainless Steel Refrigerator Costume. It took me about 10 hours all together to complete. What I did was put gray duct tape evenly around the outside of two boxes. One box should be a little smaller than the other. … Read more
My son wanted to be a devil for Halloween, but I wanted to add to it to make him stand out from the rest. I bought a devil costume and then added poster board for flames and put him in the basket. This one was a winner at the Halloween contest. Total Spent: $25
I had just found this new job, and been working there for less than a month when they announced that we should dress up to come to work on Halloween day. I had nothing to use and I wasn’t going to buy a costume only to wear to work so my daughters and my wife … Read more
I won for best for this head in fridge Halloween costume! Very easy to make.
This “Homemade Monster Halloween Costume” is 9 ft tall, and has a wing span of 8 feet. It is totally homemade, and a lot of time and care was spent working on it! The pants were made out of fabric from JoAnns Fabric, as well as the cloak. The “hood” that goes over my head … Read more
Homemade Mummy Costume, Good Old-Fashioned Monster Fun! All the pre-made mummy costumes we found were crummy, looked like uniformly layered petticoats! This costume took 20 hrs to make (including the time to figure out what I was doing!) but he looked like a movie monster and got lots of compliments. Inexpensive. Minimal sewing in straight … Read more
Originally I came to this site for inspiration, and inspiration I found! I took the dead frozen head idea and made it my own. My son, who is 4 years old, dresses up every-single-day-of-the-week, so for Halloween he was on board to do something a bit different. The Homemade Head in Freezer Costume was an … Read more
This was a homemade Flesh of the Zombie costume, using some prosthetics and lots of latex and blood. It took about four days to assemble and paint, and then about four hours to apply or get into. All the zombie parts on my legs and arms were connected to an underlayer, so that they would … Read more
Using some of the ideas from the ‘Coolest Homemade Costumes’ website, I created this homemade headless bride Halloween costume. The body is made from half of a plastic mannequin with holes drilled for the arms. I used support stockings for the arms, which I half-stuffed. I took two dowels and affixed them to the body … Read more
