Coolest Electric Chair Homemade Costume

Electric Chair Costume

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

Cool Homemade Gargoyle Costume

Homemade Gargoyle Costume

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

Coolest Headless Bride Halloween Costume

Headless Bride Halloween Costume

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

Coolest Homemade Mummy Bride Halloween Costume

Homemade Mummy Bride Halloween Costume

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

Coolest Homemade Vampire Costume

Homemade Vampire Costume

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

Coolest Homemade Zombie Prom Costume

Homemade Zombie Prom Costume

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

Wicked Witch Costume

Wicked Witch Costume

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

Coolest Homemade Goblin Costume for a Baby

Coolest Homemade Goblin Costume Ideas

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

Grim Reaper Costume

A big piece of black fabric, a brooch to pin it on, some makeup and black clothes make for a great last-minute Grim reaper costume. I pulled out my anatomy book to help me paint my face like a skull. I painted my eyelids black and even put on eyeliner (first) to completely cover my … Read more

Wolfman Costume

Wolfman and his Dinner Costume

We tore up some old blue jeans and an old green jacket to make our Wolfman costume. We bought some fur fabric to use for the chest hair and also stitched it into the jacket and torn pants to have the “totally furry” appearance. We bought a wig and chopped it up for the mange … Read more

Coolest Grim Reaper Costume

Horseless Headsman and Grim

Always fascinated by fooling the eye with the unexpected placement or appearance of the human body adapted to another entity, i.e. a classic horse and rider costume, it was time to adapt an entity against which a head with no body could play. The entity was decided by the fact that there was no money … Read more