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 friends and I decided to be “lawn ornaments” for Halloween, and they gave me the task of turning myself into a flower pot costume. I called around to a few floral stores asking how big their biggest planter was. I found some larger ones at Bachman’s Floral, and decided to go “try them on.” … Read more
They loved the movie – so I was stuck sewing. I didn’t want to spend a lot, so I opted for white eyelit fabric I owned, some fleece from a blanket making project and there you have it, a dad and daughter costume! Papa Smurf: I sewed his pants and sewed the shirt. We always … Read more
My 9 year old wanted to be Perry so I searched for material and the fun began. I used and old sweatshirt and old sweats (that fit) to cut a pattern out for her to wear. We then used cardboard and rolled it into a circle to fit her head. I covered it, measured the … Read more
The whole gang got together to make this easy group Crayon costume. We got different color hard paper for the body where we drew crayola down them and painted it black. We measured them on everyone (cut off any excess) then stapled them with enough room to take on and off easy. We used shoe … Read more
The engineer in me decided to make a transforming costume for my office costume contest a few years ago. I got the idea for this awesome Transforming Ferrari costume that really transforms from the series of Transformer movies that were in theaters. I made the costume out of leftover boxes after moving into my new … Read more
I home make my son’s costumes every year. So when my 6 year old said he wanted to be a Lego man for Halloween, I was up for the challenge of making a Lego Boy costume. I made the head out of Styrofoam and used yellow duct tape for the color. I sanded the Styrofoam to make … Read more
I love anything to do with Dia De Los Muertos which is Day of the Dead-a Mexican celebration, so I decided to try and create my own version! I bought my beautiful red and black velvet gown from a garage sale for a whopping $3! My top hat, I bought at our local dollar store … Read more
This Christmas story leg lamp and fragile crate couple costume was a hit- and it was inexpensive and pretty easy to make. For the crate (easiest of the two) we found a big box (one that seemed long/big enough to actually fit a leg lamp in). We cut out a hole in the top for the … Read more
I made this Sushi and Soy Sauce Halloween costume for myself and my boyfriend using a white tube dress some salmon colored cloth that I sewed into a pillow with shimmery ribbon for the “lines” on sushi and a green sash for my seaweed. For my hair accessory I made rosettes of pink “ginger” and … Read more
This is my son Ricky in his unusual Leaf Monster Halloween costume, he’s 9. This year he wanted to be able to REALLY scare the heck out of people. We thought long and hard. We came up with a leaf pile. He can squat down and when the people are coming pop up! Who would … Read more
I didn’t know what to be for Halloween and I was watching Kingpin and I was cracking up during the bowling scene and it hit me. Big Ern is one of the best, most underrated movie characters ever. So a few friends and I went as the cast from Kingpin. Munson and Ismael were with … Read more
When my friend bought me an awesome white blond wig from The Five Wits for my birthday, I knew that I had to incorporate it into a rockin’ Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen costume for this year! I premiered it at New York Comic Con a few weeks ago and everyone told me I was the most authentic … Read more