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…
My dilemma this year: how to out-do last year’s costume (a wee baby Viking), plus make it warm (we live in Washington), and comfy (or my son will try to rip it off), and last but not least durable (for a very active one year old). Luckily, I didn’t have to search quite as long … Read more
With this being the last time I would be pregnant at Halloween, I wanted to take advantage of my growing belly and incorporate it into the costume somehow. When my oldest said he wanted to be a pickle, it clicked. He could be the pickles, my youngest, the chubby hubby ice cream and we’d have … Read more
Every year I find it more and more challenging to top my previous Halloween’s costume – but this year, we did it! There will never be a better group costume than SHARK WEEK. As a group, we have always refused to buy our costumes at the store, and prefer to be “funny” over “sexy”. Also, … Read more
Sistaaaaaas! Three girls, a love of Hocus Pocus and Halloween will mix up to this great combo of the Hocus Pocus girls group costume! This dynamic trio, which was born three years ago, was created through an entire September and October of watching this great film DAILY! Every detail had to be perfect for us … Read more
This Pinata costume was a time consuming costume to make but it was worth all the fun I had wearing it. I used to have Pinatas at all my birthday parties. I just love the colors they are made of and Pinatas always make people remember happy days! To make the costume I just took an old … Read more
I started off this best homemade Peacock costume with a dance leotard that my daughter had from a recital. I got the feathers from friends and an online resource. Steps to make the tail: 1. Get a sturdy plastic oriental folding fan 2. Measure a 2″ satin ribbon to fit around your (or child’s) waist, … Read more
Our son William was born 3 months premature and as a result of complication from his early start he has cerebral palsy. Last year he decided he wanted to be Batman so his dad Matt decided to make a Batmobile to go over his wheelchair. They spent time in the shop working on the design, … Read more
I love mini-golf and when I was playing this summer with friends, I thought it would make a pretty cool costume. The windmill is made from cardboard, glued and tied together in an A-frame. It was lightweight so I could lift it up to walk in. I covered it in purple felt and cut a … Read more
I LOVE Halloween, you get to dress up and be anything you want and it really sparks creativity for everyone. This year I became a mom and realized it even gives you a unique way to bond. My 4 month old son is in “hot water” as he is a lobster, and I am the … Read more
Corona 6 pack costumes was originated from an idea we saw on Pinterest but with Bud Light logo. We used a lot of yellow felt and man it was hot in those things . We used poster boards for the box and we cut everything out by hand for the letters of the box . We … Read more
I love Halloween and was thrilled to celebrate my daughter’s first Halloween in grand fashion, and celebrate our first Halloween as a family of three with an ensemble. A corny Halloween Every good idea starts with a kernel I love sweet corn even more than I love Halloween. As an Iowa native living in Minnesota, … Read more
To create the head of my tree costume I used a hat which I wrapped in flower foam and taped in place using packaging tape. I wrapped the foam hat with burlap and then sewed a burlap mask around the perimeter which hangs down to my shoulders. I cut a face hole in the front … Read more