My name is Anthony. For the past four Halloween costumes I have gone the way of Batman villains. In 2006 I did the Joker, which was inspired by the 1950’s comics. Next was Two-Face, which drew inspiration from the animated series. Last year was Scarecrow, who I took ideas from the cartoons and movie. This … Read more
I found a basque in a underwear sale and dyed it green. Be careful though as man made fiber will not dye but it gave a good effect on the lace of the basque. I bought fake ivy leaves from a florist and individually sewed the ivy leaves to the front of the basque and … Read more
I made the Batman costume out of a black sweat shirt and pants. I ironed on the logo to the shirt. For the arms and legs I used soccer shin guards and for the spikes on the arms I made out of poster board and hot guled them to the shin guards. The belt I … Read more
I wanted to get back to the old “Batman in cloth” cape and cowl – like in the comics. I also wanted a homemade Batman costume that was “Party Friendly” – something that was easy to get on, lightweight, something that wouldn’t be like a sauna (most rubber cowls make you sweat like crazy), something … Read more
This is my Homemade Riddler Halloween Costume. I pieced a lot of this together over the last year. The suit was originally white and after some trial and error with trying to dye it green. I eventually spray painted it green. I had to let it air out for a while. But I am very … Read more
I was never a big Halloween guy until I had kids. Now as a dad, I get to enjoy Halloween thru the eyes of my children. After the first couple years of random costumes, we decided to start applying a theme to our costumes. Last year, we were all Super Heroes: Spiderman, Hulk, Batgirl, etc. … Read more
To create my Homemade Hellboy Halloween Costume Idea, I started with the arm. Using children’s foam playmats I rolled them in a tube shape, layering up the pieces of foam, I then cut out the fingers, sticking them to a red welding glove and the horns from the same foam and sprayed the whole lot … Read more
My mom and I took the Ninja Turtle pattern 5143 Butterwick which is hard to find and we modified it to make our Ninja Turtles costumes. We chose not to make a big ninja turtle head, we used masks only and we made the turtle shell three dimensional by stuffing section of shell with fiberfill … Read more
We looked at costumes for teenage mutant ninja turtle and noticed that they were really original. So we did get some online ideas for our Homemade Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Couple Costume. The male material was made up up clothes wire hanger for the shell stuffed with white stuffing. We then fabricated with brown and … Read more
This is what you will need to make a Homemade Aquaman Costume: 1) Orange Under Armour jersey from Academy (only available in kids, so had to get kids XL). 2) Aqua colored tights from American Apparel (way over priced). 3) Black speedo. 4) Beaded, green, net tank top from mom’s closet (no mom was not … Read more
I’ve been DYING to create a Homemade Mystique Halloween Costume and finally decided to go for it this year. I’m not the greatest at sewing, so I had a bodysuit made to my exact measurements. I needed the suit to fit really tightly so as to give the impression of body paint and not a … Read more
My son wanted to wear a Wolverine costume for Halloween this year. However, he specified that he wanted to be dressed in a muscle shirt and leather jacket like the Wolverine in the movie. So this is what he wore for his homemade Wolverine costume: a pair of jeans, cowboy boots, a brown leather jacket, … Read more