This is my version of a Captain America costume.. I wanted it to be as comfortable and as practical as possible.. After looking at as many Captain America costume pictures I could find, I used the idea I had in mind, mixed with any other input I could find online, including this site.. The Captain … Read more
The costume I made this year for Halloween was ‘The Amazing Homemade Batgirl Costume.’ I hand-stitched my Batgirl costume to make it look as amazing as it should be. I dyed the base of my costume a greyish shade that is similar to the black, grey and yellow version of Batman. My inspiration was to … Read more
My Homemade Poison Ivy Costume was so cheap to make and super easy! I am a college student and needed a cheap costume and needed it 2 days before Halloween. I got a little girl’s leotard at Wal-mart for eight bucks! Since, they only came in short-sleeved, I just cut a sleeve off and made … Read more
I got the Homemade Sexy Female Iron Man Costume Idea for this costume after I had seen the Iron Man II movie. I decided it would be awesome to dress up as him for Halloween because I don’t like going to costume parties and seeing a slew of other girls dressed like me. Therefore, I … Read more
This Homemade HellBoy Costume was inspired by one of my favorite comic characters HellBoy! The most difficult and time consuming part of the costume was the fully functional hand of doom and everything else was either handed down or bought (i.e. makeup and adhesive). On YouTube.com, I found a video of a guy who used … Read more
For those who don’t know, Rorschach is the main anti-hero of the graphic novel “Watchmen” which is being adapted into a movie. Now I was one of the fools that thought the Joker would be an awesome costume, which it would be… if everyone else wasn’t doing the same thing. So with the movie coming … Read more
As a Korean-American studying abroad in Seoul, it was heart-warming for me to see so much enthusiasm and creativity put into costumes this year in Korea!! Our Scandinavian friends threw a Halloween party for our exchange group with the theme of “neon”. So, we decided to put a fun, NEON twist on the traditional Teenage … Read more
I was initially inspired by costumes on this website. I have always wanted a Wonder Woman Halloween costume, but never found the right commercially available costume. As others have commented, this one took a long time! But it was worth it. I made the bustier and bottoms from a spandex blend, hand beaded gold PVC … Read more
I love The Maxx, a comic book character that was also made into an animated movie. He is so over the top, that I knew it would be difficult to make a costume for it. I started with the mask as that is what makes The Maxx so cool and unique. I used plaster on … Read more
Several years ago I became very lazy and decided not to shave for a couple of months. In passing someone mentioned I vaguely resembled Hugh Jackman’s portrayal of Wolverine and a Homemade Wolverine Costume idea was born! My first preparation again was to not shave for several months. While fake mutton chops are workable, they … Read more
This year I went in a Homemade Mystique Costume. I started off by purchasing a blue unitard from an online discount dance supply store. After making sure it fits nicely – after all I was going for a bare skin look – I proceeded to paint it. I used watercolor (the kind that comes in … Read more
Well I love Wolverine (who doesn’t), I don’t really have the body to be him so I thought to my self if he was old and retired I could play him. Well this homemade retired Wolverine costume is what I came up with. I grew my hair and beard out so I wouldn’t have to … Read more