For Frankenstein, we bought an over sized suit coat from a thrift store. He wore black pants and big black shoes. We patterned his make up after a photo from the original Frankenstein’s monster movie. We made the neck bolts out of tin foil and used duct tape to attach. We sprayed his hair black. … Read more
My brother which is the one dressed as Batman is a huge Batman and Robin fan. He had read in wizard magazine about a contest for homemade costumes and he wanted to enter it. First it started as him and my son Blake as Robin then he talked me into being Wonder Woman. We thought … Read more
My 2 year old son has become obsessed with Monster Jam trucks in the last few months and so I decided that for Halloween this year he should be his favorite Monster truck which is Batman. To make the Homemade Batman Monster Truck Costume the following materials are needed: 1 — Hot wheel monster truck … Read more
I spent the first couple of days scuffing, charring and applying shoe polish and charcoal powder to a cheap suit, tie and dress shirt. I singed the frayed pieces of the suit jacket with matches to give it a melted look. Once I was happy with the way the suit looked, I began working on … Read more
My son has been Batman Villains for the past 2 years, so this year he was Riddler. I purchased the suit at 2 different resale shops. Jacket was sprayed with fabric glue and covered with green glitter. I used silver glitter glue to draw in the ?(front and back). For the pants I simply created … 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
This is my Homemade Poison Ivy Costume. Over 1000 silk leaves were used to create it. I found an old bodice, bathing suit bottoms, and a pair of boots, along with a green curtain for a cape, at a local thrift store and used hot glue to attach the individual leaves to each piece. I … 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
This Iron Man costume is my first real costume attempt. The body is made of swag foam. Kinda a pain, because paint doesn’t stick to it too well, so next time I’ll remember to buy it in the colour I need. Anyway, the helmet I made out of cardboard, and covered with car bog. I … Read more
I made this homemade Kick Ass child costume by turning a Spiderman costume inside out and copying the pattern onto the green fabric. Then I glued the yellow pin stripes on and painted the sticks black. The gloves are cleaning gloves! This was fun to make and my son got to paint the sticks!
This year, our 4-year-old wanted to be Clark Kent and so the quest began. However, after analyzing what we needed, it ended up being rather easy and the result was great. In the end, all we needed was a pair of plastic glasses and a hat, because we already had a suit (for church) and … Read more
This is my Homemade Rorschach from The Watchmen Costume. The clothes were cheap. I bought the hat, scarf and trench coat from the Thrift Store. The hat was a light tan so I painted it black with acrylic paint. For the face I wanted to have breathable material, so I used cheesecloth. Cheesecloth is very … Read more