I love making costumes and love a challenge. I had been reading too many fictional novels about the Boleyn sisters and kept thinking of beheaded queens when I finally decided I should be one for Halloween. I started looking for pictures of inspiration on the internet and found a few that tickled my fancy. When … Read more
I am a mother of three children and have always made Halloween costumes for them. I have experimented with many different materials but last year my costume making abilities changed dramatically when I started using plumbing pipe insulation to form my costumes. My sister has been using this for some time and I absolutely love … Read more
This Homemade Dead Bride And Groom Costume was a fun costume to wear! First, I found an old southern wedding dress at a vintage clothing store. Then I spray painted the bottom edges of the dress with black spray paint and also used watered down brown paint on the edges to add to the affect. … Read more
This Dead Couple Costume was a complete last minute jobby! I managed to pick up an Indian wedding outfit from a charity shop on the morning of the party, and wore the skirt pulled up as a dress and turned the shawl into a veil using a hair slide and super glue. My boyfriend already … Read more
I made this zombie costume as a doctor zombie. I Used my name tag from work, and bought blue scrubs, drenched them in blood, burned holes, rubbed them outside in dirt, and ripped them. I put the stethoscope in my front pocket, and a bloody bandage on my arm. I used white/black/red face-paint to paint … Read more
This year my son wanted to again be something scary. I looked through several choices and he picked the Homemade Head in a Freezer Halloween Costume idea off this site. We used a clothing box that you can get from the U-Haul store to start with. Then my husband went to work spray painting cutting … Read more
I got the idea from something similar I saw on this site for a headless Halloween costume. We used a small backpack and used an extra long telescope handle that attached to the backpack. We secured it with a belt through the straps to around my sons torso. A swim noodle was used for the … Read more
This Homemade Mummy Halloween Costume was the inspiration came from a Hallmark Halloween ornament. I am a graphic designer and love creating costumes as a creative outlet. I always put extra time into my 3 kids costumes due to a local parade we enter yearly. The mummy was put together with staples and a hot … Read more
I was searching around this site last year and decided to do my version of a ‘Head on a Platter’ which could include 3 children in a group costume. I came up with this homemade Vampire’s Feast Group costume. I used a piece of foam core and cut a hole in the center. I had … Read more
I took some random clothing and put together a schoolgirl outfit, shredded it, threw on some fake blood, ordered some funky contacts, and used eyeshadow to create the whole “sunken eye” effect. A few children screamed and ran from me. I consider that an accomplishment on my Homemade Zombie DIY Halloween Costume Idea. I loved … Read more
My daughter, husband and I are involved in a lot of fundraisers for our club, the Indiana Ghost Trackers. We do several ghost tours and walks during the month of October. I put this costume on as night falls and our tours begin. I move about, keeping some distance from the tour groups, weaving in … Read more
