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
My son didn’t want the regular cartoon Wolverine costume, he wanted the Hugh Jackman “logan” look. We grew the hair out for about 3 months prior to Halloween so we could spike and blow dry it up. We also colored it black for the special look. Makeup was used for the beard and fake wounds … Read more
The inspiration for this Homemade Frankstein Wants His Mummy Costume came from a pregame show at an Altoona Curve Baseball game. A gentleman dressed as the Indian from the Village People puppeteered the five other V.P. characters to the song Y.M.C.A., using poles much like we used on our costume’s feet. The Indian was placed … Read more
All I got for this costume was a blue onesie (I already owned one), red socks (already had these too), red felt, yellow felt (which costs like 20 cents at WalMart), some glue and satiny fabric for the cape (Velcro if you want the cape to be detachable). I just cut out the superman emblem … Read more
This is my Riddler costume. The Riddler is the lead vocalist in my husband’s band ‘The Villains’. It took some time to find the correct green to make the suit with. Then with the chosen pattern I was underway. There are 72 question marks in three different sizes on the lined jacket. A friend and … Read more
My friend was obsessed with Batman after the latest movie came out. So of course he wanted a Batman Costume and so my other friend and I obviously wanted to be his Villians. He pulled together a Penguin costume out of stuff in his closet and by stuffing his shirt with a pillow. I made … Read more
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