If you have a few days, you can make a killer homemade costume! Spare a few moments and browse through this section of over 1000 DIY costume ideas. None of these took longer than a few days, which means your costume is well on it’s way!
Send someone out to buy the candy so you can focus on a homemade costume idea. Will you go with movie characters like Forrest Gump and the Queen of Zamunda? Or will you transform yourself into a popcorn or crayon box? Your options are not limited, even if you only have a few days to prepare.
You can create a killer whale with a trainer costume, use a pregnant belly as a crystal ball for a fortune teller costume or build some really awesome optical illusion costumes. All this in just a few days!
In conclusion, don’t discount your dreams of becoming a windy weatherman or a pumpkin spice latte. Your homemade costume idea is waiting for you on these pages below…
I am a huge Looney Tunes fan and have been since I was a kid. I love to think of offbeat characters to be for Halloween, especially ones that are easily recognizable and that you can’t easily buy a costume for. So Marvin the Martian popped into my head the week of Halloween. I got … Read more
I started making my sexy Peacock costume about 3 weeks before Halloween. I purchased a corset from Charlotte Russe for $10, a tutu from Party City for about $12 with a coupon. I ordered the feathers from Joann’s Fabrics (6) of the 12 pack – 36 inch feathers for $7.99 a pack and by using … Read more
We took two tri-fold presentation boards, 1 red, 1 purple and painted the background with the design of a traditional Nerds box. We then took a darker shade of purple and black and created the Wonka background to the logo. We free-handed it with stripes diagonally across the grape box and partially across the cherry … Read more
This darling Dead Receptionist Halloween costume from Beetlejuice took time and planning but it was oh so worth it! I went to a concert on Halloween and I felt like a celebrity… so many people wanted a picture of me! As I walked through the crowd, I kept hearing people saying “the girl from Beetlejuice!”… … Read more
My inspiration for the Poison Ivy Halloween costume started when I was online shopping and stumbled upon a cheap green corset. Immediately I thought of Poison Ivy and thought that could be my costume. I also missed my red hair so it was a perfect excuse to re dye it. I then went on the hunt … Read more
We both LOVE The Big Bang Theory TV show! One day I was on pinterest thinking about what we should be for Halloween and BOOM! I see a picture of them two and KNEW the Dr. Sheldon Cooper and Amy Farrah Fowler Couple Halloween Costume would be perfect! My husband is tall and skinny, and I … Read more
I started with a bustier and a crinkle skirt. I bought a ton of black mesh, and made a tutu by tying cut strips to elastic. This sat under the tentacles, giving them a flowy, under-the-sea look. I cut & sewed the tentacles, stuffed them with wire hangers and bubble wrap, and sealed them over … Read more
I had several ideas in mind for my Halloween costume this year. The costume ideas were Pocahontas, Disney Princess, cat and owl. My decision to be the owl was not hard to make after looking through pictures on Pinterest. The picture that I saw was one of a young girl who was wearing a handmade … Read more
This year I thought it would be fun to create a back story for two of the most well know fast food characters. Ronald and Wendy are in a relationship and Ronald got upset when Wendy ordered lunch from Jack and the Box! The stress of selling billions of burgers has resulted in an anger … Read more
Who didn’t love searching the world for Carmen Sandiego growing up? The mystery, the intrigue, the geography lessons. Those were the years when Oregon Trail and Carmen Sandiego were the go-to computer games—the years of my childhood. Now that I’m grown up and have long hair for the first time in years, I realized I … Read more
When X-Men 3 came out a few years back, my friends began telling me how much I resembled Famke Janssen, aka Jean Grey, aka Dark Phoenix. I never watched the movies myself, but Googled her and found out they were right. Really right. I heard it so much in the months before Halloween that I … Read more
So Lindsey and I were searching on the internet for costumes ideas. We came across a peacock costume, but knew we couldn’t just go out and buy any ordinary store brought costume. So we started thinking, and we came up with a few ideas(some good ones, some bad ones and some we knew wouldn’t work). … Read more