To make the Joker Halloween costume (the Jack Nicholson version)I had to find a light coloured jacket to fit a 7 year old as I do not sew. This was no easy task as I did not want to spend a lot of money. I searched everywhere and finally found one in a charity shop. … Read more
First, for the make up of this Homemade Joker Costume ! All you have to do is get clown makeup from the dollar store! Now the Joker has big black circles around his eyes so do those! Now around your entire face add white makeup, when you do this scrunch up your face to give … Read more
I wanted to do something different from all the usual un-original witches and dark angels you see out on Halloween. After much thought and as I’d never seen a female Riddler then this Homemade Lady Riddler Costume was the idea for me. My shopping list was as follows: Long green vest top (Ebay £6), Mini … Read more
This is my son, we made his Two Face Costume by using up an old school blazer, shirt and trousers with a charity shop tie. All his clothes were carefully pressed neatly on one side and then scorched (careful now, adults only!) on the opposite side using an out-door heater (safety first and synthetic fabrics … Read more
Hello Bat-fans! Much to the delight of my 9 year old (who thoroughly checked my costuming for authenticity), I decided to ring in Halloween this year with a female version of the immortal Batman Comics character Two-Face! Specifically, I chose to reenact the version from the animated series (My kid’s favorite)…but with boobs. I started … Read more
This Joker Halloween costume was originally intended for a student film, however since Halloween was around the corner we decided, “why not use it for a Halloween costume as well!?” My friends and I were and still are such great fans of the late Heath Ledger’s performance as the “Joker” that it inspired us to … Read more
This is the first year since childhood I’ve really dressed up for Halloween, but I had a party to go to and figured I’d flex my creative muscles a bit rather than buying something cheap looking for $40 at the store. Back in September, while perusing some stores, a friend spotted a Riddler key chain … Read more
I made this homemade Poison Ivy costume for my daughter. I bought the wig, but made the twisted hair headband from a cheaper wig I cut up, twisted and attached to a wire headband. I also attached silk plant leaves to the headband. The leaves over her eyebrows I sculpted from plaster of Paris. She … Read more
We’re a group of five German guys who’ve always liked to come up with costume-themes all five of us can form part of. Today we’d like to present our Homemade Batman Cast Group Costume. Obviously the Batman, Joker and Robin costumes were bought, simply because they’re well made and it wouldn’t have been that easy … Read more
My friends and I were originally going to be the cast of The Little Mermaid but realized that would be way to hard to make in one month. So we were brainstorming and the idea of a Homemade Batman Villians Group Costume came up. When planning this we had no idea how amazing we would … Read more
I currently am a Substitute Teacher in the Huntington Union Free School District. Teaching is a great profession and I was notified that I would be teaching on October 31st, 2008. Every year the staff at the school where I work dress up as his/her favorite theme or character that he/she adores. This year, I … Read more
My friend was obsessed with Batman after the latest movie came out. So of course he wanted a Batman Costume and so my other friend and I obviously wanted to be his Villians. He pulled together a Penguin costume out of stuff in his closet and by stuffing his shirt with a pillow. I made … Read more