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…
This year my son wanted to be Jack Skellington from Nightmare before Christmas. For his costume I bought super cheap ($1.50 yard) black and white striped fabric. I sewed simple elastic pants and then used a jacket as a pattern to make his coat, adding the tails and lapels. His bow tie is hot glue, … Read more
We used cardboard boxes for the body and head and feet of this robot costume. Dryer vent tubing for the arms and legs. The body, head and feet were covered with silver tape. The antennae was made with a coat hanger and 2 styrofoam balls covered with tape. We decorated the costume with furniture tacks … Read more
So… being fans of the HBO show, Big Love, we decided that a great group costume would be a polygamist family (Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints). All of the elements of this getup were found at local thrift stores and retailers and then altered to suit the style. My true wife, the one to my immediate … Read more
My husband and I decided we wanted to be something different than what we would find at a Haloween store. Se we decided to be Doug Funny’s alter ego Quail man and his crush Patty Mayonnaise, from the television show Doug, one of our favorites when we were young. Both costumes are pretty easy to … Read more
I was looking around Goodwill (my favorite place to come up with a Halloween costumes) and as soon as I walked in I saw this awesome purple vest. I immediately came up with the idea to be Aladdin. I then found the perfect pair of pants. I went home and started to put the creative … Read more
I used several materials to put together this unique Bald Eagle Halloween costume. I first got a brown leotard and hot glued on brown feather boas to the back side of the leotard. Then using Fleece fabric as long as my arms and cut in a rounded triangle, I attached the wing to the leotard … Read more
I was Mystique and my boyfriend was Professor X. We took an old wheelchair and spray painted it silver and put the X wheels on it. For Mystique, I didn’t plan on painting my whole body blue so I went off of the old school jumpsuit she wears in XMEN first class. I got a … Read more
My Dad has always been very into Halloween. Right after graduation from art school, him and his buddies used to enter costume contests all over NYC. He has said that in one weekend, they would win anywhere from $8,000-$10,000 from contests! In addition, they won tropical vacations, countless gift certificates, and other goodies. Eventually, their … Read more
Swamp King Troy Landry Costume We are grandparents who are lucky enough to live close to our grandchildren. In our never-ending quest to be the greatest grandparents ever, Halloween is our opportunity to shine. We have a lot of fun getting ready for Halloween. We make spooky cookies, go to pumpkin patches, hayrides, parades, and … Read more
I had absolutely no idea what I wanted to be for Halloween until one day I was looking through my laptop and I found the anime movie Princess Mononoke. I decided I wanted to be San, the wolf princess. My family thought it was a great idea but they had no idea how I’d do … Read more
This Crayon girls group costume was half homemade. Our 12 and 13 year old LUNATICS softball team played a Halloween tournament dressed as “Lunatics” brand crayons. The T-shirts were printed by a local printer, and the hats are dollar store birthday hats spray painted, or in a couple of cases, covered with colored duct tape to match … Read more
Happy Halloween Everyone! My boyfriend and I created our own Chuckie and Chuckie’s sister costumes for Halloween 2011. We went through a lot of trouble getting the costumes together, but we made them look amazing! We got multiple reactions from people at a party we went to, and everyone loved our costumes. My boyfriend is … Read more