Spooky/Gory/Dark Costumes
700+ Horrifyingly DIY Scary Halloween Costumes
Coolest Zombie Halloween DIY Costume
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
Coolest Head in Fridge DIY Halloween Costume
I won for best for this head in fridge Halloween costume! Very easy to make.
Coolest Homemade Monster Halloween Costume
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
Coolest Homemade Mummy Costume
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
Coolest Homemade Head in Freezer Costume
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
Coolest Homemade Flesh of the Zombie Costume
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
Original Homemade Headless Bride Halloween Costume
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
Coolest Homemade Grim Reaper on Stilts Costume
I made this Homemade Grim Reaper on Stilts Costume for Halloween 2010. Purchased drywall stilts from local pawn shop and took a couple of days to learn how to walk on them lol! The mask is actually a Halloween decoration meant for hanging, I attached it to a construction worker’s helmet to wear on my … Read more
Coolest DIY Headless Woman Costume
This homemade headless woman costume is the easiest & coolest costume I’ve made yet! People on the street even stopped me to take pictures. Everything came from a second hand clothing store & my garage. Total cost to make about $5.00!! I used an old piece of Styrofoam & cut to shape body, butter dish … Read more
Coolest Stitch Doll Girls Costume
My daughter wanted to a Stitch Doll Girls Costume. We bought a toot-toot, leggings, a turtle neck and some felt squares at the local craft store. Also purchased some puff paint. I then cut squares out of felt and hot glued them to the turtle neck. when they were glued we added puff paint to … Read more
Coolest Mummy Halloween Costume
This Homemade Mummy Halloween Costume was made from gaze and strips off cotton. I bought 2 meters of cotton (on sale) from Fabricland and tore it into strips. Next I found a white shirt and white stretchy pants and glue guned all the strips on to the clothes…adding a ribcage and back bone from the … Read more