I went to a thrift store and purchased a white long sleeved shirt and a pair of white pants for this Homemade Mummy Costume. I then went to a local fabric store and bought 9 yards of fabric in an “undead” color. Then I cut the fabric by hand, into about 150 small jagged strips. … Read more
Attached are the boys’ in full Homemade Werewolf Costumes on Halloween night. The costumes were completely hand made and sewn by yours truly (Anthony), with a little help from mine truly (Stephanie). The materials were all ‘found items’, old stuff lying around the house, with a few items like the shirts and pants purchased at … Read more
This Head on a Platter Costume was such an easy costume to make. We got everything at the dollar tree, including the boxes. We fitted one box on top of another one and made a holes for her neck and arms. I then glued two black plastic tables clothes to the box so that it … Read more
I was on a tight budget and running out of time before Halloween. But, I still wanted a fun and creative costume. I decided that I hadn’t seen many mummy costumes around since I was a child so I thought I’d give it a try. This Homemade Mummy Woman’s Costume was extremely inexpensive and easy … Read more
Coolest Electric Chair Costume was made from recycled materials, except for $3 purchase for grey and black eyeshadow for the face effects. The chair is from a fridge box panel we painted and cut out like a pop-up card, it’s just one piece. The prison suit is a used tyvek jumpsuit from a mechanic friend … Read more
This Homemade Gargoyle Costume took me over a year to make. The wing frame is made from an old satellite dish, flexible aluminum conduit, and fabric from my buddies old sectional couch. The satellite dish makes up the main beam of the wings. I attached the conduit to the top of the dish frame which … Read more
This Headless Bride Halloween costume is my wife Deb. We wanted to create something cool but a bit spooky. We purchased a wedding dress at the local Goodwill store then went on to basically destroying it. I took one of her old turtle neck shirts, put a roll of nylon covered paper towels in the … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a mummy Bride, so I found a white dress, and sewed gauze and spiders to it. Then to give it the aged look, I got brown fabric paint and brushed it onto the dress and the gauze. Then for the veil, I bought see through material and sewed it around … Read more
We wanted to do something original and thought this homemade vampire costume would be cute. We just used black pants we already had – a vampire Billy Bob binky was a must! Then I got a white dress shirt at a thrift store. I had to get some fabric to make the cape. We found … Read more
What I used for this homemade zombie prom costume: – a dress from a thrift store – a makeup palette of green, yellow, red, and black – white face paint – eye makeup – blue eye liner pencil – Vaseline – white-out contact lenses – fake spiderwebs – fake moss – fake blood – hair … Read more
This wicked witch costume was thrown together at the very last minute. I was getting the kids ready to go and decided I wanted to dress up to. The cape is the one I had made for my Professor McGonagall Harry Potter costume. The skirt is one I got cheap at a thrift store and … Read more
My three year old wanted to be Spiderman for Halloween so I let him decide who his little brother should be and ‘Green Goblin’ was his answer. I decided on the classic Green Goblin ; with some modifications for a baby. I hand dyed the stretch fabric for the top and pants, created the bodysuit … Read more