We go to a Halloween party every year and I am always at the last minute trying to find something since he hates to wear any costume whatsoever. He came home from a hunting weekend right before party and I had this idea of a Homemade Hunter and his “Dear” Costume. These are real deer … Read more
This is a Homemade Baby Octopus Costume we made by making a cape with four legs, green circles stitched on for tentacles and purple tights and onsie with more tentacles sewn on to make the other four legs. We took a purple ski cap and made a pattern for eyes and a big octopus nose!
I am a Senior in high school and I decided to make a Homemade Senior Citizen Halloween Costume. The costume I have is really cheap and easy to do. All you have to do is find a long skirt and a knitted shawl and a white long sleeved blouse to wear under. Then for my … Read more
I’ve been trying for years to figure out how to make a Brutus the Buckeye costume. I was recently in a parade and our entry was Pirate themed. Of course, being in Ohio and being diehard Buckeye fans, we tried to find a way to incorporate the Buckeyes into it. So I was Captain Brutus. … Read more
I believe I had a very original Homemade Octopus Costume. I had some shiny pink material left over from the year before and was brainstorming what to do with it. My roommate threw out an octopus and I latched on to that real quick. Rather than being all shiny and pink, I thought it would … Read more
My friends and I went to a Halloween party all dressed up as Wrestlers. As you see, I wanted a Homemade Macho Man Costume. There was nothing to it! I went to Wal-Mart and got a plain black T and some red paint. I also got some black tights. With the red paint I painted … Read more
I decorated by myself this Homemade Lobster in a Clam Shell Baby Costume. Took a stroller to create the clam shell. I took one big cardboard box and paper mached it into the shape of a clam shell. Painted the shell outside white, inside pinkish. Had to put cushion where my son laid as he … Read more
I decided to be a Homemade Gold Fish Costume, but cute. Orange was the color I was in love with at the time. First, I needed scales; I found a light salmon colored old lady sequined sweater at Goodwill. I dyed it with RIT orange fabric dye. The boiling process curled the sequins so they … Read more
When Daddy found out we were having a little girl I made her a Homemade Nun Halloween Costume for her first Halloween as a joke. Now this year since she is actually Trick-Or-Treating, I made her another one and that is how the nun costume came about. I simple could not find one anywhere so … Read more
LAST MINUTE i decided to be a prisoner, i had a ton of ideas for it i love what i ended up doing! i made it in 3 days, made my own pattern spent like 10 bucks on everything i used for it! :D
I needed an easy to do, inexpensive costume I could wear at work. I also needed a costume I could somehow put aside while I worked. I decided on this Homemade Jellyfish Costume. I bought online one of those dome transparent umbrellas they sell in catalogs. I used double stick tape to attach strips of … Read more
I have been the traditional Hulk Hogan for a couple of years now and decided I would take it up a notch and dress as Hollywood Hulk Hogan when he was a part of ECW and NWO. It was much harder because of the black beard mixed in with the blonde hair and mustache. I … Read more