I decided to do something traditional this year by dressing up as a Voo Doo Witch. I bought the pre-made nose and chin, but the rest is a complicated mixture of liquid latex and different shades of makeup. I am layered in 3 sets of black dresses, for warmth and effect. The layers are torn, … Read more
This Zombie costume was made from old clothes that I did not want any more. I got them dirty by rubbing dirt from outside on the clothes and ripped holes in them to make it look warned. I got white and green paint for the dead look. I got makeup from a party store to … Read more
This was an easy to make Homemade Head in Freezer Costume. All the items you need is a few good size cardboard boxes, a roll or 2 of duck tape and some cotton wool for the ice look. A bottle of spray glue and bottle of white couleur cheveux temporaire. Also temporary hair colour for … Read more
I got my inspiration for my “Dead Head in the Freezer’ costume from various sites including yours. It was a big hit on the night. Here is how we made it: 1)We got a cardboard box, bent it into shape and hot-glued it together 2)We then put a foam piece for the top. 3)We spray … Read more
I worked on this Wall Street Zombie costume for two years, basically learning how to do the make up and get the special effects right. I’m just a post Economic Crisis Zombie, that’s all. I don’t think I’ll win but I do look cool!
My son always enjoys dressing up in homemade costumes every year. As we trick or treat through a sea of store bought costumes, he loves hearing over and over again how original his costume is or how it is the best costume of the night. The problem is, every year it gets harder and harder … Read more
This was an original Homemade Mutated Cannibal Unique Halloween Costume Idea . The face took 7 hours to make and the dress took about an hour. The dress was cut up, made to look dirty and liquid latex on it. I also added fake blood to the dress to make it look like I had … Read more
My 5yr old has quite the imagination. She wanted to be a headless skeleton but also wanted to be sure everyone would know she’s a girl, so we added a tutu. Her head is also her candy bucket. This Homemade Headless Girl Skeleton Costume was so much fun to make and not too much work. … Read more
The “frozen head” costume was created using an old water heater box made into a refrigerator with an upper freezer. I used a styrofoam “shelf” to stick my head through and added “rails” on each side of the interior of the freezer compartment for the shelf to rest on. I then covered the interior with … Read more
Materials used for this Voodoo Witch Doctor Costume: * 2 Hula skirts * Pirate wig * Cave man necklaces and bracelets * Character teeth * White contacts * Beads * Hemp string * Skull * Bag of feathers * Hot glue gun and glue sticks * Skull necklaces * Make-up * Small elastic * Skull … Read more
I’m a beauty school drop out and I love to do special effects makeup. You may have seen my other costumes on here; Exorcist and Tippy from the Birds. We attended the Zombie Crawl this year and decided to use them as our Halloween Costumes too. Zombie Mom: GoodWill dress and shoes Contacts. Girl Zombie: … Read more
My 11 year old daughter wanted something scary for a Halloween costume. I started this Head in Freezer Costume with a hot water heater box and cut 3 sides of the top front to make the door of the freezer. I put a handle on the door and a handle on the box slightly lower … Read more