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
This year, I made my husband an animatronic homemade Krang costume for Halloween. In case you’re interested in the how of things: 1. Bought a super-cheap and crappy sumo wrestler suit on eBay. 2. Restuffed it with polyfill so it didn’t look so crappy. 3. Sewed and stuffed a Krang doll 4. Ripped apart two … Read more
I was inspired by many of the costumes on this site, and had wanted to be Wonder Woman costume for a few years, so put in the time and effort to make it happen this year. I found electric blue shiny hot pants on eBay for about $10, red boots online for about $15-$20. I … Read more
Every year when choosing a costume I look for a strong, kick ass, female character. Preferably a Villain but not exclusively. I was in my office thinking up characters and came across Mystique. I automatically knew this was the character for me. Now once I told anyone that I was doing Mystique they all gave … Read more
The idea to create a Homemade Wonder Woman Halloween Costume came about because I really wanted to dress up but did not want to buy a costume. I looked in this web page “Coolest Homemade Costumes” for ideas and found some pretty good insight. I looked at home and found a red dress, which I … Read more
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