I came up with this Homemade Zombie Boy Scout Costume idea after having worked at a Boy Scout camp the past two summers. I had to make the pristine uniform look ragged and old, so I decided to run it over with a truck. I placed the shirt and shorts on the ground, lined them … Read more
My Husband and I had been watching the TV Series, The Tudors, so, when it came time to decide on this year’s Halloween costumes, we were both quick to choose Henry the VIII and a headless Anne Boleyn. I made a dummy body with insulation foam spray (sprayed into a cellophane lined tinfoil molded body … Read more
My daughter isn’t much into “girly things.” She wanted to be a scary (but not too scary) werewolf for Halloween. I searched Halloween stores and she tried on costumes, but the masks didn’t seem to fit her right. The eye sockets were not in the right spots and they were made out of rubber. I … Read more
The homemade headless girl costume was made with a dress from the thrift store and a rolling back pack. We used a deer park water jug for the base of the neck and hot glued food colored Styrofoam to the top. we used packing paper to stuff the shoulders and arms. We used a coat … Read more
This coolest Wedding Night costume was cheap & easy! Used wedding dress & veil covered with blood. The bloody knife I had in my Halloween decorations tote, picture of husband was ironed on a toddler shirt and stretched over a wig stand, shredded end of shirt, tucked sleeves under the do-rag & splattered with blood. … Read more
I made this Homemade Headless Costume for the Denver 2011 zombie crawl and the Fetish Ball. The costume came out so good that I ended up on three news web sites. 7 news, Denver Metromix (their photo), and the Denver Post even though there were somewhere between 15,000 to 30,000 people on the Denver 16th … Read more
I decided this year to be a werewolf… actually I decided about 3 years ago that I’d eventually take a crack at it and this was the year. I based the look of the werewolf on the Lycans from the Underworld movies. They’re just my favorite look for a werewolf. I hand-made every part of … Read more
This is our Homemade Dead Bride and Groom Costume of 2008. This took a lot of searching on eBay! I wanted the perfect white puffy wedding dress under 50 bucks. I found a lot of old wedding dresses online but decided to go with a new white prom dress. I bought a can of aerosol … Read more
My son loves looking at the coolest-homemade-costumes.com website and when he saw the haunted house costumes he decided that is what he wanted to be so this is what we came up with. I started with a plain cardboard box. Hot glued a piece of black foam board in the top opening with a hole … Read more
My husband and I made this Homemade Executioner and Headless Woman Costume from scratch except for the dress of course. We used cheesecloth to mold my body for the upper part of the costume. After it dried and was set we filled it in with liquid foam while securing 2 dowels in the middle of … Read more
My son Landen wanted to be a mummy this year. Instead of just wrapping him in gauze I took white fabric that I had on hand and ripped it into strips. I then soaked the strips in tea overnight, in the morning I put them in the dryer. I bought a pair of stretch pants … Read more
To start off I bought weave, lots and lots of weave from the hair supply store and a old flannel shirt and jeans. The only thing that is not homemade is the prosthetic mouth piece, but I even had to use spirit gum to attach it and latex to blend it in. Everything else on … Read more