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…
Nicole as Winifred Sanderson. I have loved the movie “Hocus Pocus” since I was a little kid and the first year I was able to host my own Halloween Party I knew this had to be my costume! There aren’t any premade costumes out there so I had to get creative and piece it together! … Read more
Hello lovers of horror!! The exorcist has got to be one of my all time favourite films so this year I thought before I get any older and can’t pull off looking like a child anymore (I’m 22!) I thought I’d go as Regan. I don’t have much money so I came up with a … Read more
This is how I got to make our fun Pikachu and Ash Couple Costume: Pikachu The Pikachu ears were made out of old devil horns from a previous costume. I put wire in them to make them longer, then covered them with yellow felt, and put black felt at the tips. To make it stay … Read more
I got the blue body paint at Omer De Serre, found a little white dress at Sears that reminds me the joyful spirit of The Smurfs so got to work on our Smurf and Smurfette couple Halloween costume. I found the white shoes in sales (10$)! I put a blue sweater and matching socks on … Read more
Muppets are big this year. PBS under fire. Brought out the Yip Yips to make a stand for the Muppets, as well as bring back a little bit of our childhood. Was so great to see people light up and smile when they saw us or when we were chanting ‘yip,yip,yip..ring,ring,ring’. People loved taking their … Read more
My daughter made all of the pieces to her Popcorn costume this year – and I helped her glue it together with hot glue. She used the spray insulation foam and sprayed blobs of it on a table covered in saran wrap (she did this outside of course!). She waited a few days and then … Read more
We’re both named Erin and we work at a country club, so some of the members there refer to us as E1 and E2. That is what gave us the idea to dress up as Thing1 And Thing2 for the Halloween party at the country club. We found this red sparkly dress for $19 at … Read more
My boys decided that they wanted to be very specific snakes from the Lego Ninjago series. Of course there are no premade costumes. I did find one snake but it was not up to the “requirements.” While looking at the images online I set to work. The shirts were easy as I just took the … Read more
For my 21st birthday (which was conveniently Halloween 2012) my mom and I got together to make by far the coolest hand made Princess Peach costume I have ever had the chance to wear! Unfortunately, neither my mother or I had any experience in costume making or sewing so we bit off a lot to chew. At … Read more
Since my husband is tall and slender, and I am short and chunky, we thought Willy Wonka and an Oompa Loompa would be perfect costumes! With the help of my mom, we managed to pull it off! For Willy Wonka, we made a vest from scratch, and used the extra fabric to embellish a jacket we … Read more
Every year we do homemade costumes and every year are boys costumes, all go together! This year we decided to do LMFAO since they LOVE them!! They love to dance and sing their songs and know them all by heart. So the fun began and I started making the costumes. I bought the zebra pants … Read more
HEY THERE!! My name is Heather and this is my Miss Argentina from Beetlejuice Costume. I was watching Beetlejuice one night in the summer and the light bulb turned on over my head when I saw Miss. Argentina. I knew I wanted to be her for Halloween. I knew that if I wanted to do … Read more