This mummy costume I made for my son Terrell. It wasn’t hard to make but looked as if it was. All I paid for were some glue sticks and some fake bugs from the dollar store. This is how I made it. First I found some old top sheets in my closet, tore them up … Read more
The idea of this Severed Head on a Tree Trunk Costume was to look like a severed head that had been chopped off resting on a tree trunk. We took a big cardboard box and cut the ends off. Then we rolled it and bent it so it conformed to a circular shape instead of … Read more
The homemade Zombie costume was made from a black tunic outfit I found at Goodwill for $6. I purchased 2 yards of thin netting material for $3, I cut a hole out in the center for my head and ripped strips up the front and back of the fabric. I found plastic chains at the … Read more
This year my son wanted to be “Count Dracula” for Halloween. But of course we had no chance of winning our local contest with just plain old Dracula (boring) so I modified several different “Headless” costume ideas from this site to make it happen. ALL of the clothing and accessories (not the fangs) in this … Read more
Last Halloween my then 7 year-old asked to be a haunted house this year. So when we saw the previews for Monster House we knew we had to use that house as our inspiration! We wanted to get the house before it got too jagged looking and we knew that it could be a free … Read more
I dressed as “The Grudge” for Halloween – it’s sort of a ghost costume. Spooked and scared the kids who knocked on our door. I am fascinated with tales about ghost’s folklore. In Asia especially in Malaysia and rural parts of Singapore in the early years people believed that there are Female Ghosts called “Pontianak” … Read more
I used the Dracula dress from the year before. It’s black satin. We just sewed feather boas around the bottom and at the wrists. The hat I bought premade. I love the fun tights! A little makeup (well a lot) and big hair and we have a pretty witch. No ugly for my girl. I … Read more
This year I wanted to make a costume that would be more on the scary side of the costume scale. I put together pieces from all sorts of different ideas. I made the reaper’s sickle from decorations, costume accessories and other items. The store bought Grim Reaper Halloween costumes are too small and I felt … Read more
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
I was trying very hard to think of a great unusual costume that it felt as if my head would pop, then it hit me! Headless ghoul! I played around in my head about how to make this Headless Ghoul Homemade Halloween Costume work, especially since I would be wearing it to work! I took … Read more
