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 daughter’s school has a themed Halloween. This year it was Dr. Seuss or Alice in Wonderland. We decided to take on the challenge of Dr. Seuss classic Grinch. The pants are green leggings with green crochet yarn fabric glued to the pants. The top is a long sleeve red shirt with white faux fur … Read more
This homemade Peanut Butter and Jelly family costume first started when I purchased this store-bought Wonder Bread costume for my youngest son (in the center). I wanted his two older brothers to have something that “complimented” the theme. The inside frames of the costumes are both pop-up hampers (the Jelly one was hemmed up for … Read more
My 8 month old daughter was our inspiration for our costumes this year! Ever since she was born we have been told how she looks like Pebbles! So I decided to make a Homemade Flintstone Family Costume for Halloween. I went to Hobby Lobby for the following: – about 2 yards of white fabric – … Read more
We had great fun dreaming up this group Homemade Arby’s Family Halloween Costume Idea. I was trying to think of something minimal for my husband as he doesn’t like to dress up. The guy “thinking” Arby’s seemed like the perfect minimal costume. Then the wheels started turning in my head. Every husband should be thinking … Read more
My son is a villain fan and he wanted to have a Maleficent costume from Sleeping Beauty. We used a cape my sister had made for a Harry Potter costume. We used purple felt and made a dress. Then we took a black snow face mask and sewed horns onto it for her horns and … Read more
I decided to make my own peacock costume after searching through all the ones for women on the internet that look identical. I ordered tons of genuine peacock feathers online, and started my costume. I sewed a bodice to which I hot glued the feathers to. Then I utilized the long feathers for the back … Read more
Here we have a modern updated Sparkly version of Fred, Wilma, Pebbles, Bam-Bam and Dino from the Flintstones Family. My oldest daughter Kayla was having some Fruity Pebbles for breakfast one day recently and said, “Mom, Kaylei (our middle daughter) looks just like Pebbles and I look just like a girl version of Bam-Bam! We … Read more
After browsing on your site for baby costume ideas I decided on the chicken. With help from previous entrants made one for my baby girl. After I finished I started thinking about what my husband and I would be. At first I thought rooster and hen with a baby chick, but my husband quickly vetoed … Read more
My wife and I needed an idea for Halloween couples and since our family plays video games together with our kids, we thought a Mario and Luigi Halloween costume would be good. Plus, the kids loved the costumes. I purchased all of the items from a Hancock fabric store (except the gloves and shirt, shoes) … Read more
Hi, this was my 2009 homemade peacock costume worn in Vegas. My girlfriend was a flamingo and I was a peacock. We used hot glue and more feathers than I can count to attach the feathers onto booty shorts, corset, and bra. I used peacock and blue ostrich feathers, as well as a cheap turquoise … Read more
My son was born with bilateral congenital cataracts, and had them removed at 6 and 7 weeks old. As a result he has to wear glasses. Naturally, I wanted to go with something that played off of that. I thought about Harry Potter, but just really didn’t feel it. As I thought of other cute … Read more
I made the bodysuit of this Mortal Combat costume using a full swimsuit pattern with pink fabric. Then just sewed some black stretchy fabric and put as belt and attached to pink bought gloves. The mask was just a painter’s mask covered and hot glues some extra pink fabric. The boots I made some socks/knee … Read more