I love to dress up. No matter the holiday, theme, or occasion I will find a way to costume-it-up. So, obviously I love Halloween. Each year, I commit days, weeks, (and this year) the past few months to putting together my Halloween costumes. I put blood, sweat, and tears into designs for myself and my … Read more
This Jet Pack Optical Illusion Halloween costume took a couple of days of planning and a lot of thought. But the results are great. People think that I’m doing some kind of magic trick at first and then they laugh when they figure out the costume. I took one old motorcycle helmet one old Bee Gees … Read more
I was tired of store bought trashy girl costumes. I wanted something that was unique, magical, and slightly obnoxious in a crowd. This site inspired me to create everything from scratch in the true homemade spirit. This is how I made my own original and creative homemade Halloween costume: Dreamcatcher Materials: Small diameter irrigation tubing … Read more
Hi all. This costume for Ursula was made a few years ago, thought you might like it anyway. I was so stoked when my bestie agreed to go as Ariel, She got her costume and Wig from Amazon and looked amazing on Halloween day. Okay. Now it was time to get to work, wanted to … Read more
Okay, must say Greta Gremlin costume came to mind during Covid, having to stay home more, working remotely, this costume was my therapy and distraction from all the craziness. I needed something epic to wear, something fun and amazing to make everyone smile. Gremlins, who doesn’t love Gremlins? You people out there are so talented, … Read more
This homemade Thing 1 costume and Thing 2 illusion wasn’t a Halloween costume. We made this costume for Dr. Seuss Day but it came out so great I wanted to share it. I suggested Thing 1 and Thing 2 thinking I could make red costumes for my daughter and her little friend. She said No … Read more
This year my kiddo wanted a Queen of Hearts costume. We went to Hobby Lobby to pick out material. My daughter was excited to start the project so she told the young girl at the cut counter all of her plans for the costume. The girl asked if she planned on being a nice queen. … Read more
Here’s our Sackboy costume. My son loves the LittleBigPlanet video game series and really wanted to be Sackboy for Halloween. I had no idea how I was going to do it, but just decided to figure it out as I went. The Sackboy character itself can wear costumes in the video game, but we both … Read more
Another one of my favorite costumes to make and wear, and is always a huge hit with the crowds at my events is Friday the 13th Part 7 Jason The New Blood Voorhees costume. I get all the clothes and then I weather them all up with lots of cutting, sanding, dremeling, fraying ect. I … Read more
I got the idea to dress up my 8-year-old and 6-year-old daughter’s as a sushi roll and Chinese take out box because they both love to eat sushi (or California spring rolls). I originally was going to make both of them sushi rolls and then decided that since they are individuals, they needed to be … Read more
WHATS UP GUYS! Hello My name is Andy and I’m 24 years young. I live in Larose, Louisiana SWAMPS!! I’ll be showing you my Witch doctor costume 100% hand made. I spent many hours in the late night on this costume. Details are what I stride for. My favorite part about this costume is the … Read more
This year Gabe is 10, and we can no longer build his costume around a wagon. Last year as Scooby Doo and the Mystery Machine, kept wanting to tip over. Gabe came up with the idea of “Oscar the Grouch” and that is all she wrote. Paper mache, balloon, a bunch of fur, a lot … Read more