This homemade Mystique Halloween costume idea took about a month to do. 1st I bought a full bodysuit, liquid latex, yellow contacts, casting, clay spray paint, blue and black face paint and red hair spray. Steps: 1- I traced my body out on poster paper. 2- drew on all the Mystique shapes. 3- covered all … Read more
This DIY Wonder Woman Halloween Costume is my very first time attempting to make my own Halloween Costume. Funds were really low this year and I had to improvise. With a little bit of fabric, my idea came true. I’ve used a little red and blue spandex, red pleather, red and blue cotton, and iron-on … Read more
This Little Bride of Frankenstein was a “night before” Halloween costume with very little money to be spent! First we filched an old twin sheet from my husband’s grandma…ok “filched” is a strong word, she knew we were taking it so I guess that isn’t filching. We soaked it in strong coffee for a couple … Read more
We love Legos at our house. My son came up with the idea of being a Lego minifigure. After some research, and finding this website, I agreed to make it! He chose a Homemade Lego Frankenstein Costume. The body and legs are made out of cardboard, covered in brown paper. Head is made out of … Read more
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
Let me first say that I am in no way a seamstress, and am not very skilled at sewing. But I know my way around a machine and do well enough to put together costumes for myself. I sewed this Harley Quinn costume completely from scratch using this Kwik Sew pattern – A. I just … Read more
This is my entirely homemade 2009 Dark Knight Batman costume. The main materials used in the making of this costume are paper, fiberglass and aluminum. The cowl is a paper base that is siliconed together with several layers of fiberglass resin to make the cowl hard. It is finished with bondo and a latex flat … Read more
I was the Joker last year for Halloween 08 but I did it my own way but this year I really wanted to go for a screen accurate take on the Joker Costume. I think I got what I was looking for. The whole process began around the end of August. I was going to … Read more
I am a cat lover so I had to have a Catwoman Costume for Halloween at least once in my life. There are many variations of Catwoman’s costume. Michelle Pfeiffer’s makeup and Halle Berry’s costume inspired me the most to create my own version. I already had black liquid leggings, black boots, a black bra, … Read more
This Poison Ivy costume was actually a last minute idea. I thought of characters I could dress up as that also had intense red hair , so I thought Poison Ivy from Batman would be perfect. I had to purchase a few things to begin with, such as: – Green metallic leggings – Green body … Read more
Halloween has always been my Christmas so I decided that last year I would go as one of my favorite villains. I based the look of the Joker costume on the comic book Joker instead of any of the films designs. I picked up the purple suit in the ladies section of a charity shop … Read more
Made this Iron Man Halloween costume (by myself) out of 5/8″ and 1/2 inch thick(polyethylene) foam yoga mats, hot glue and other items found at thrift stores. Used scissors and X-Acto knives to cut the mats. Took about a month and devoted at least a couple of hours a day working on it. Made patterns … Read more