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…
This zombie costume was originally created for a zombie walk in the town I live in, Fayetteville, NC. The idea came a year ago when I was trying to think of clever zombie ideas. I wanted to create a zombie like no other that has been seen. Since I am a magician I started thinking of … Read more
Prickly the porcupine was made for a two year old severely OCD boy. Making his costume was a challenge of measuring a pair of pajamas for the faux fur fabric to making a separate cape of quills made out of zip ties and white tape sewed to the cape. We then attached it all with … Read more
Our 4th daughter left for college this year, so our “empty nest” was the inspiration behind our Halloween costume. We decided to dress up as chickens whose chicks “flew the coop”. All of our daughters are in college right now so in the cracked eggs (paper mached balloons using flour, water and salt and scrap … Read more
Here’s the end result of multiple all nighters and classic rock binges! The Maria Franz costume was a combination of sketching, sewing, painting, and sculpting; all entirely completed by hand. The antlers were created using an aluminum base with nails and wire for support. A sealed layer of tape was then applied in addition to … Read more
Our Toy Story costume was a challenge with the time crunch I was given by the creators (my little ones). Luckily we have plenty of craft/sewing/paint scraps from various projects. My girls were bumming about Halloween being cancelled for 2020 where we live, coupled with eLearning daily challenges that have dragged their holiday spirit down. … Read more
So, I’m a Halloween baby. In 2014, I went to the party at Disneyland on Halloween night. I wore my birthday pin and my Evil Queen costume – the first costume I made almost completely by hand and had so many people telling me “happy birthday!” The best part was meeting the characters, especially since … Read more
These are our twin boys. Rowdy, active, typical boys. They are always wrestling with each out and since my husband and I are children of the 80s and 90s, what better costume for our boys. We watched some old school WWF WrestleManias with them and they picked to be Hulk and Macho Man for Halloween … Read more
Hi! I’m Erica, a 12-year-old, and this Bambi Deer costume was completely handmade by myself. It consists of two parts, the headpiece, and the tutu. This is a no sewing required costume, and from head-to-toe, it only cost me $12. The whole costume probably took me more than 8 hours to make, but the time … Read more
This Emperor’s New Groove couples costume is one I’ve been wanting to do for a while now, but I was a bit intimidated by the project and wasn’t really sure where to start. It required quite a bit of creativity to craft a feathered collar and feather plume for Yzma, but I was able to … Read more
Whew, where do I start with describing this Janet Jackson costume? I could not find a jacket for starters, so I decided to go thrifting and BINGO I found the perfect jacket. I started by finding the logo online and printing it out in different sizes and cut it (for my hat, earring, jacket, and … Read more
We got many looks at a costume party full of Winnie the Poohs and Moanas! We hand-made the boat for the SS Georgie using cardboard, thick stock paper and (of course) paint! My rain jacket only required a bit of blood splatter paint for effect. Bromely’s (my daughter) pennywise costume was made from thrifted grey … Read more
My son loves Mac and cheese so he wanted to be it for Halloween. I got a laundry basket size small from the dollar tree near me. Next, I covered the basket with blue felt. then I cut out the words Mac-N-Cheeze in yellow felt and hot glued them to the basket. Then I took … Read more