This year, we decided to have a little fun with some homemade costumes. I didn’t want to go with the traditional ‘dead dog’ or ‘zombie’ affect. Usually there are hundreds of thousands of ‘zombie’ or ‘undead’-based costumes and they all pretty well look the same, some a bit more professional than others. Then, as I … Read more
My son wanted to be a mailman this year. However, not a simple mailman but one who was being bitten in the behind by a dog! This was the homemade US Mailman costume. It was a very easy costume to make. He looked really great and his costume drew a great response. An additional accessory … Read more
My stepson came home one day and tells me he wants to be a u-haul truck for Halloween as a joke. I was like, OK! So here it is, our Homemade U Haul Truck Costume, prior to cutting the head and arm holes. Its simple enough made out of a cardboard box, paint, hot glue … Read more
My sister came up with the idea of the Battling Beauty Queens and we all loved it. First we went to thrift stores and found gowns that we would not mind ripping or cutting up. I found temporary tattoos of scrapes and cuts at the costume shop and we used plenty of those and makeup … Read more
I made this Homemade Zoltar Costume from Big back in high school the night before Halloween. Basically took a big box and spraypainted it and rubbed coal from the woodstove on it to make it look a little bit less like a cardboard box and cut it to size. I’m pretty sure I was wearing … Read more
My little brother and I were thinking of a new costume idea for last years Halloween Trunk or Treat at our old parish. So, it had to be appropriate for all ages and for our priests! The costume is super easy to put together. Just grab everything in your closet that is green (any shade) … Read more
My Zoltar Fortune Teller Machine Costume is a classic coin machine well known from the movie “Big” starring Tom Hanks. It was inexpensive to make with materials I found either around the house or from the dollar store and thrift shop. Materials used: box, paint, touch light, balloon, construction paper, gold shirt, black vest, old … Read more
For Halloween this year, I wanted to be something funny, so I started looking at ideas online and saw a Claw machine. I found a box, and we measured out three sides for the windows. After cutting them out we used plastic paper to cover them, you can find it at Joann fabrics and then … Read more
My Homemade Claw Vending Machine Costume was designed to be one of those prize machines found in every arcade. I was trying to find materials that weren’t to heavy as I was going to enter a costume parade. I purchased a garment box from a local moving and storage store. Purchased clear plexi-glass from Home … Read more
I decided after looking at many Halloween costumes that I would make my very own Homemade Zoltar from the movie “Big” Costume. I managed to get a big strong box from work which the new printer had come in, and started by cutting out where I needed the front to be and also the sides … Read more
I spent months thinking of what to dress up as for Halloween last year and not until the the day before did I figure out what I was going to do. Finally I typed in ‘Creative Halloween Costumes’ in Google, closed my eyes, scrolled down and up the page and clicked. It took me to … Read more
This Homemade John Deere Halloween Costume was inspired by my father and grandpa (who is no longer with us) who collect and love John Deere tractors. This project is all cardboard with a piece of window screen on the front. I started by taking cardboard and creating an opening that my son could fit into. … Read more