There is a history behind this Ninja Mummy costume. :-) My 12-year-old son wanted to be a “furry character” for Halloween this year, so I went shopping. I found a great gorilla costume for $39 at a Halloween costume shop, but my hubby saw the price tag & said “Absolutely NOT! He has to do … Read more
My son’s mummy costume was a huge hit. I stared with his old karate costume, bought some gauze fabric for $3 at Walmart and used fabric glue. I cut the fabric into strips about 12″-18″ long and began gluing them onto the karate outfit. I left lots of pieces hanging off. I found a bit … Read more
I was cleaning out my closet and I had this wedding dress that I had bought at a thrift store. I was going to use pieces off it for another project. It is a beautiful gown, I didn’t want to just throw it away. I decided to use it for Halloween, I didn’t want to … Read more
This Homemade Haunted House Costume was made by my dad, me, my mom and my brother helped a bit. It took us about a month and a half or so, and we worked on it almost everyday for a few hours. We were trying to find a good creative costume for the local costume contest … Read more
My daughter decided this year she wanted to do something different and be scary. We couldn’t find anything that hadn’t been done before, so we decided on making a Voodoo Doll costume. I took a bed sheet and made a loose outline of her face. I then cut two pieces and hand sewed them along … Read more
My daughter wanted to be a mummy for Halloween so I got right to work searching for different homemade mummy costume ideas. What we did was took a white turtle neck & white sweats (which we already had both) I took an old set of white sheets & a box of tea bags. The idea … Read more
This Zombie Costume was simple to make – I just got some old clothes, ripped a few holes in them, and added some red food colouring and dirt to them. For the make up, I started by painting my face, neck and arms white; then I smudged black eyeshadow around my eyes to make a … Read more
My son wanted to be the headless horseman for Halloween last year so… where do I start? A trip to Goodwill yielded a trenchcoat, a scarf, and a black dress shirt. Total cost $10. Cool. I found an old backpack with wheels and the extendable handle and had my husband put some screws into the … Read more
This Homemade Dinner for Two Head on Platter Costume was the easiest costume ever. I got every thing at the Dollar store. The blood splatter is the kind you usually put on your windows, the spiders, roaches, rats and mice were all available in the Halloween isle. Basically I got 2 boxes, 1 for the … Read more
I saw the original Homemade Headless Boy Costume on this website a couple of years ago. My son wanted to do it so I thought we’d add our own touches. 1. I found an old tshirt of my son’s and hot glued the shoulder areas to a long piece of cardboard. 2. I then glued … Read more
For this Scariest Headless Dead Bride Costume I went off and bought a used bride’s dress at a thrift store for $20. At the waist line I unsewed the stitching to make sure your head will fit through it. The body part of the Headless Dead Bride Costume is a pillow. to form the shoulders … Read more
I used my own bridal wreath with veil and (silk flower) bouquet from 1990 and found the dress at the local AmVets. The rest is ‘accident’ makeup with plexiglass shards of glass for the face, and neck, one fallen false eyelash, ripped panty hose, plenty of scars and pinned to one shoulder a cardboard banner … Read more