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 son’s favorite book is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, so last year I made him into a coconut tree being climbed by all the letters. Isaac likes comfortable costumes – soft fabrics, no hats. I started with brown sweatpants and a brown thermal shirt (apparently, brown sweatshirts were not in vogue in 2011 as I … Read more
I started off wanting to incorporate the popular Dia de los Muertos skull candy makeup into a Halloween costume. I was inspired by photos I found on Deviantart to use a cantina girl kind of costume so I set out finding and making my pieces. I reused a corset I had from a previous Catwoman … Read more
We attended the 2012 Mickey’s Halloween Party that they have in September and October, and wanted to do something unique and Disney themed. We decided to do a Jellyfish Group Costume from Finding Nemo. We got lots of attention, and even had people want to take their picture with us. I found this site when looking … Read more
I created this Georgian style fantasy Pirate Ball Gown costume for Halloween 2011. That year our decoration theme was a wrecked, deserted pirate ship so I needed a coordinating costume. However, I knew I didn’t want to dress up as a plan ol’ pirate! When it comes to Halloween the fancier the better. I decided … Read more
My two friends and I love the Kardashians and decided to dress as them for Ohio University’s Halloween Weekend 2010. I went as Khloe, and bought a wig, large fake diamond ring, purple shirt and iron-on yellow letters to spell Mrs. Odom and yellow paint to paint his Lakers number on the back of my … Read more
This easy Leeloo Dallas 5th element costume was my all-time favorite DIY Halloween costume I’ve made by far. I did it 2 years ago, and people still talk about! That Halloween I had people asking to take pictures with me, guys proposed, and everyone would start quoting the Fifth Element. I even won the local … Read more
Cardboard Boxes, Yellow and Blue Spray Paint, Plastic Bucket from WalMart and Tuna Can is all you need for this Lego Boy Halloween costume. The hardest part of this costume was getting the head right with the plastic bucket. I used Pringle cans to give the head a curved shape near the neck. Model spray paint … Read more
The theme for this fancy dress was ‘bad taste’. Turning up to the event painted blue and yellow wearing swimming flippers and plastic ears definitely fitted the ‘bad taste’ profile.To creative this master piece my creative friend made two full body onsies complete with tails. We utilized swimming flippers for feet, deadly boppers for antenna , used … Read more
I came home from college specifically for Halloween. I knew all along I wanted to be Leeloo, but I didn’t even know where to start. A cheap fashion store had those gold leggings. I bought the orange wig on Ebay and the orange straps came from the Borat penis sling costume (Ingenious)! I had the … Read more
I made this best ever homemade Disco Ball costume using a palates ball from Wal-Mart. I covered it in a t shirt and then paper mache leaving holes at the top and bottom for my body and making sure the deflate hole was accessible. Then after it dried, I deflated the ball and removed it, … Read more
We bought the red queen costume. But made his mad hatter costume from scratch except for his hat. We bought everything at goodwill and i hot glued thread spools to 2 belts that he wore across himself. short pants. 2 different socks. a plaid vest butterfly scarf and brown corduroy jacket. Then i took some … Read more
Both the wigs for this Chucky and Bride of Chucky homemade halloween couple costume was purchased at a Halloween store. I was not able to find a Chucky wig so I had to buy a hill billy red wig and cut it to match Chucky’s hair. Bride of Chucky’s wig was used the year before for … Read more