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
I wanted my son to be something original this year. It worked, as everyone loved his Homemade Head on Platter Costume. People were constantly taking pictures of him at the homes we visited and people walking on the streets. Many of them stated that his was the best costume they have seen all night. It … Read more
We did this Homemade Headless Girl Costume last year too, but after trial and error made the costume better and lighter which my daughter loved. We used coat hangers for the arms and a wooden stick for the shoulders. A rolling back pack but it wasn’t tall enough so we tore it apart and used … Read more
This Mummy DIY Costume was fun to make!! I already had a pair of white dress pants that were too short on my son, but worked for this costume, and I had a white polo that I used as the background for this costume. I took a a gallon bucket and really hot water and … Read more
