I usually make my son’s costume, but this year he was old enough to participate in the creation. A Traffic Light Costume popped into his head, I thought wow, that’s great and easy. I added my own spin to it by adding the sign. I will be dressing up as a police women so together … Read more
My daughter and I had to make a mode of transport costume for her school transport day. We decided on a Pink Hummer costume. We made it out of normal cardboard boxes, paper masking tape, paint and silver engineering tape. For the wheels we downloaded a pictuer of pink alloy wheels of the net and … Read more
The first part of the Couch Potato Costume made is the potato. I bought a textured beige curtain panel, folded it in half, sewed the rectangle 3/4ths around, leaving enough room to stuff it with quilt batting. I then sewed small pockets across the top and bottom of the stuffed rectangle and ran elastic through … Read more
Braxton is ready to rock it out and take your money!! Especially with the little chubby belly…I used a white dress shirt and cut off the collar and sleeve cuffs, he already had the black bow tie and black dress pants. We slicked up his hair and he was ready to go! We got a … Read more
I made this costume a few years ago, just for a photoshoot and a documentation. I used some textiles, I needled them. And alsa there is a long textil. For the jewelery I used pearls and braids and I went to the shop. I painted the face and the hands and made the hair indian-ish.
The Homemade Native American Girl Costume is a simple pillow case dress with fringe glued all the way around. She’s wearing a wig with fabric trim fitted as a headband with feather embellishments. It was SO easy! We glued some of that fringe to her flip flops to,o instead of buying or making moccassins. Excellent.
How to make this Homemade Kissing Booth Woman’s Costume: 1. Start with Large box that will fit around your bottom cut off flaps on top and bottom 2. Find a spray paint to color box I used light pink and used a glitter spray over it 3. Use black paint and brush to paint words, … Read more
The Homemade One Night Stand Costume was a big hit! I entered in a costume contest at a local bar and took first place. Items used: cardboard box (for the table), 1 yard of fabric (to cover the table), lampshade (hat), bra (hat), condoms, empty beer cans, ash tray, and fishing line (for the straps. … Read more
I made this Bubble Gum Machine Halloween costume for my 2 year old neighbor. It required red paint, a box, balloons, Styrofoam, aluminum foil, and a swimming cap. I started by cutting the bottom out of the box, two holes for the arms, and a hole in the top for his head. Cut strips of … Read more
I was sitting around thinking of a great idea for a costume and remembered my boyfriend telling me a story. His mother had a Cactus ornament on her antenna of her car. Cactus Cowboy Joe, was the name they gave him. They had taken this ornament off of her antenna and held it for ransom; … Read more
I got this costume idea from another Coolest-Homemade-Costume submitter. They made the original version of this and I wanted to share my version of it… and prove that with a little elbow grease it’s possible to recreate these great costumes on this site! My son is obsessed (to say the least) with Hot Wheels cars. … Read more
My son was 9 months old on Halloween this year and we needed to find a costume for him to wear to an indoor Halloween party. I wanted something that would be both adorable and funny enough to make people laugh. I created this Chippendale Dancer costume by cutting and re-purposing a white table napkin … Read more