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…
Wonder Woman: Started off with a red spangly tube top, with the ‘W’ cut out of gold fabric and hand stitched on. I tried it with duct tape at first, but it had no give and made my body look funny shaped. With the same gold fabric, a thick belt sized for my waist got … Read more
This is how I made my homemade Dopey the Dwarf costume from Snow White: Shirt: Took my green Snuggie®, flipped it backwards and sewed the front to make Dopey’s over sized shirt/tunic type thing (I used sticky sided yellow felt to make the two large buttons and sticky sided brown felt to make his elbow patches). … Read more
Relationships can often have their ups and downs just like your favorite roller coaster. This being said, my boyfriend and I recently moved in together after dating for several years. I felt this was an appropriate time for our first couples costume!. With budgets being tight right now, rather than spending $60 on a “sexy” costume five other … Read more
My four year old son is a big fan of science experiments and discovery, but unfortunately, there aren’t very many “mad scientist” costumes out there for younger kids. SO…I decided to take matters into my own hands. I went to Goodwill (oh how I love that place) and found a boy’s white shirt a few … Read more
My 5 year old son is a train fanatic. He watches a lot of train videos and in one of the videos he saw a Burlington Northern diesel train and kept asking for it for months. The train he wanted was a few hundred dollars so when he said he wanted to be a train … Read more
My favorite comic of all time (I have them tattooed on my body, for crying out loud), brought to life. I opted to go for the realistic version of Calvin, as opposed to a cartoonish version. The main reason was the hair. I was finding his signature yellow spikes very tough to recreate, but I … Read more
I am a child of 1980’s cartoons. Back when G.I. JOE gave you the inspiring “knowing is half the battle” words of wisdom. Back when the Autobots were more than just six robots. Back when a tree in your backyard became the Black Lion from Voltron! Yea those were the days. One of my favorite … Read more
I’m from Brazil, so here we don’t have halloween. But we have those costumes parties and I was tired of those typical costumes like cop, nurse, and others. One day I was watching the original Alice on Wonderland and I always loved the Cheshire cat and his face and I already had a pink dress, so I … Read more
My husband Arsenio made these awesome Cranky the Crane and Diesel 10 character costumes for himself and our son, Egon, from scratch by sculpting cardboard. Egon’s a huge Thomas fan, so these two grumpy characters were a natural choice for Halloween costumes! We both had an awesome time making them – him shaping the bodies, … Read more
I wasn’t going to do this costume till I found the umbrella. The total cost of the costume was around 35 dollers. The weather trick or treating was very wet yet I stayed dry the whole time and warm. At almost every door someone had to call for someone else to see me. People were talking about it … Read more
Everyone LOVED this Energizer Bunny Costume! It is one of my all time favorites and both easy and cheap to make. The battery pack and drum MADE this costume. I already had bunny accessories from a previous costume (tail, ears), you can use any set or make your own. I decked myself out in pink yoga gear: tights, shorts and tank- you … Read more
Emilia, age 2 chose Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz as her Halloween costume. Pulling her in a wagon was the perfect set up for her house prop. It’s just as if we were standing in Munchkin Land where the house landed on the witch, getting ready for the great journey to Oz. Dorothy and … Read more