Our Homemade Pickled Head in a Jar and Wheelchair Table Costume won a contest last year which made us more determined to come up with something better last year. I suffered a knee injury about two months ago, and just when I had recovered I was bitten by a venimous copperhead snake. So not completely … Read more
This Halloween I wanted a costume that would be scarier than previous years costumes I’ve made. I wanted something I could wear out taking my nephews trick or treating and scare the neighbors, so it had to be maneuverable and easy on and off. I also wanted a costume that was Halloween theme related. I … Read more
I’m really into scary costumes and this is the story behind my Demon costume. My name is Daniel. I’m a college art student in Southern California. Halloween is my favorite holiday and I love creating awesome scary costumes to scare as many people as possible (it always works). This year I challenged myself to create … Read more
This is my Space witch costume. My theory is the bigger and brighter your costume is this more everyone will pay attention to you. For My Space Witch I created a head dress for the added height and a piece to sit on my shoulders for added width. These two items were created out of … Read more
My youngest loves to play tea party so when asked what she wanted to be she said a tea party. For this homemade tea party Halloween costume idea, we took an old cardboard box and cut a hole big enough for her head. Then we covered it with white paper. I attached a tablecloth to … Read more
There is a history behind this Ninja Mummy costume. :-) My 12-year-old son wanted to be a “furry character” for Halloween this year, so I went shopping. I found a great gorilla costume for $39 at a Halloween costume shop, but my hubby saw the price tag & said “Absolutely NOT! He has to do … Read more
My son’s mummy costume was a huge hit. I stared with his old karate costume, bought some gauze fabric for $3 at Walmart and used fabric glue. I cut the fabric into strips about 12″-18″ long and began gluing them onto the karate outfit. I left lots of pieces hanging off. I found a bit … Read more
I was cleaning out my closet and I had this wedding dress that I had bought at a thrift store. I was going to use pieces off it for another project. It is a beautiful gown, I didn’t want to just throw it away. I decided to use it for Halloween, I didn’t want to … Read more
This Homemade Haunted House Costume was made by my dad, me, my mom and my brother helped a bit. It took us about a month and a half or so, and we worked on it almost everyday for a few hours. We were trying to find a good creative costume for the local costume contest … Read more
My daughter decided this year she wanted to do something different and be scary. We couldn’t find anything that hadn’t been done before, so we decided on making a Voodoo Doll costume. I took a bed sheet and made a loose outline of her face. I then cut two pieces and hand sewed them along … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a mummy for Halloween so I got right to work searching for different homemade mummy costume ideas. What we did was took a white turtle neck & white sweats (which we already had both) I took an old set of white sheets & a box of tea bags. The idea … Read more
