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 was looking for a costume that was a little different this year. My son wanted to do a transformation since I had made princess transformation costumes for my daughter the years before. My daughter wanted to be a princess. After some convincing, my son agreed to do a magic carpet costume if he could … Read more
And the winner is? I made a Golden Globe Award costume for my school’s Spirit day “Red Carpet Day”. Materials: -2 boxes -3 hula hoops -gold fabric or material -string -glitter The bottom half of the costume is just two boxes on top of each other with the bottoms cut out so that you can … Read more
This year we decided to be Dumb and Dumber for Halloween. I really wanted to make it extra special this year, so I decided to use our carpet fragments from a recent remodel in our home to create the Mutt Cutt’s car! My hubby has a cute little vintage MG, and it was the perfect … Read more
Once again it’s that time of the year for my sister’s annual Halloween party! I had just gone to Las Vegas and saw a show and that’s how I came up with the idea of being a showgirl for Halloween. I looked online for a real showgirl outfit and they were about $2,000 and the … Read more
After weeks of debate, my husband and I finally agreed on the perfect “couple” costume – Homemade Mr. and Mrs. Garden Gnome Costumes. We had an absolute blast making our costumes together too! Our costume-making adventure began with a trip to the local second-hand stores where we found the base outfits. For me – a … Read more
My best friends and I did a Homemade Yard Art Group Costume for Halloween this year and posed in a yard for pictures at a Halloween party! From left to right we were: a flamingo, a peeing cherub fountain, a garden gnome, and a pinwheel. The flamingo was created from pink cotton fabric, elastic sewn … Read more
This story starts with my wife and I in the past buying costumes then deciding to make costumes. The materials used for this particular costume are cardboard, foam, metal screen, spray adhesive, spray can tops, Velcro, Reynolds wrap, gray and silver spray paint, glue gun, antenna, 9 volt battery and a dissembled CD player. This … Read more
This is a Homemade Cleopatra on a Litter Costume being carried by four Egyptians. All my clothes and jewelry came from garage sales. I got the boxes, cardboard, & boards from the neighbors’ trash, so all I had to buy were some bolts. I wore a long gold skirt and cut the sleeves off a … Read more
Here’s the story behind the Lego Ninjago costumes for kids I created for my four children (ages 10 to 4). If there is one thing they agree on, it’s Lego… specifically Lego Ninjago. The play sets, the movie, the TV series — they love it all. So when they *all* excitedly approached me about making … Read more
I’ve been making my kids’ costumes every year since my older son was born. It has become one of my hobbies now. As we were thinking about the ideas for Halloween this year, I wanted my younger son to dress up as an animal or something cute because I think little toddlers are so cute … Read more
The Homemade Piranha Plant from Mario Bros Costume is a great costume for anyone! It’s an unexpected yet beloved Mario Bros character that’s guaranteed to be the hit of any Halloween the party. The piranha plant head was constructed from old FedEx envelopes, 1/8 of an inch thick foam and duct tape. The piranha plant’s … Read more
When we asked my two-year-old son what he wanted to be for Halloween he responded with words we have heard often in recent months, “Cuckoo”. For the past year he has been obsessed with cuckoo clocks. It started when he watched The Sound of Music and fell in love with the song “So Long, Farewell” … Read more