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
Okay, I would have to say this was a very challenging costume for me to put together. Katelynn wanted to be Harleyquin from the Batman cartoon. So I set to work on getting the materials needed to make the costume. I had to purchase two long sleeved body suits and two pairs of tights, each … Read more
After watching the Dark Knight in the Summer of 2008 I knew exactly what I wanted to be, The Joker. What I did first for this Homemade Joker Costume was buy the trench coat. Luckily I found it at Hot Topic. It was about $60. Then I bought red, white, and black makeup at party … Read more
With so many Jokers running around last Halloween, I wanted to do something with TDK not involving the Joker. I’ve always loved Two face anyway, and he was amazing in TDK, it was just that the Joker stole the screen. To procure my Homemade Harvey Dent Two Face Costume, I spent about 20 dollars total … Read more
Danny Divito stars as the Penguin! This Penguin and the Riddler costme was a great idea and a lot of fun and was not hard at all! The Penguin: Tons of white make up! I went over and over my face until I felt like it was going to crack! I took black and painted … Read more
I bought the jump suit online and attached a vine to her shoulder for this Posion Ivy Homemade Halloween Costume. After wrapping it around her waist I pinned it to her ankle. The leaves on the vine were replaced from other flowers I purchased. The eyebrows are leaves glue together with a glue gun. The … Read more