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…
I like the idea of headless costumes and never want to spend a fortune on costumes. So I decided to make a waiter serving…well me! I hate when costumes are too tall as they don’t look quite right so I got a hollow mannequin body and strapped it to my back. Taking an old suit … Read more
Inspired from the SNL Skit! Homemade Sloppy Joe Costume: We found 2 circular cushions at Joann fabrics. We were also lucky enough to find that yellow fabric with brown splotches, which looks like a toasted bun (we initially planned to just use yellow and lightly spray paint it with brown but the fabric we can across … Read more
Both the King and Queen Centaur Costume were made the same: The body is a white garbage can that is rounded on one side and flat on the other. We cut holes in the garbage cans and stuck two 2x4s in the back for the legs. We also put wheels on the two bag legs … Read more
The sun drop girl costume DIY! Neon Tshirt jean shorts leggings high socks (I used my volleyball socks) boots/sneakers red pre wrap paper, markers, scissors, tape, glitter I made this costume simply by clothing I already had. My sister and I took yellow computer paper and cut out yellow drops that said the sun drops … Read more
My name is Hadar ,I am 28 years old and I am from Israel. Since I was a little girl I loved that movie Edward Scissors Hand and always wanted to make my own costume and didn’t know how. This is how you can make this costume very easily: one black turtle neck shirt (which … Read more
My 8-year son has been obsessed with Legos for the past 3-4 years. So when I asked him what he wants to be for Halloween he said “A Lego Man”. I went and Googled “how to make a Lego costume” and several helpful links came up. Our costume is a combination of ideas that we … Read more
I bought a huge bag of cotton batton, I thought I had to make it into a wig, but I was surprised when all I had to do was pin it to my head. I was able to get height with hairspray and a ton of bobby pins. I found a dress that I was … Read more
I put my three favorite things together horror, humor, and music. After going to a few thrift stores I found a blue dress to fit me. All the sexy blues dresses I tried on would not fit. I needed a bra large enough to fit two computer amplified computer speakers under the dress which I … Read more
We used paper mache to make the hat, then painted it. We just looked up some YouTube videos on paper mache hats and just tweaked them to suit our needs (the black bill and the height). The actual Spongebob body we bought, then we got some mid calf socks and painted the lines and wore … Read more
I’d been wanting to do my own version of Two Face from Batman: The Animated Series for about 6 years now. However, I wanted to do my own take on the character. I love polka dots so I KNEW I had to make this costume my own. I used commercial patterns and instead of cutting two … Read more
Our work goes all out for holidays and decorates the entire company with contests between departments and all kinds of fun. One year when funds were tight, they challenged us to create a “recycled” Halloween. Our department took this literally, so we decided to do a “Recycle” theme. I made costumes for most of our … Read more
The inspiration for this Nacho Libre costume came as we were shopping in a local store one day and saw a variety of authentic Mexican wrestling masks. After deciding the Nacho Libre mask was the one we had to have, I embarked on my journey to re-create his outfit for my husband for Halloween. I started … Read more