I’ve always been a huge Halloween buff, and I’ve especially always loved Sweeney Todd. I wanted to be Mrs. Lovett for Halloween for years now, but I could never get anyone to agree to be my Sweeney Todd. Then I met my amazing boyfriend. He loved the costume idea as much as I did and … Read more
Halloween was rolling round again and I was struggling to come up with an idea for my homemade Halloween costume this year. I had already done the standard costumes like vampire, dead nurse, corpse bride and last year I was a Steam punk pirate captain (which I will also make a lens about as she … Read more
I bought 2 Viking wigs from eBay and cut one up and glued it to a black long sleeved top and black tights with clear silicone. I also glues some of the hair to the inside of the shorts so it would hang down a bit as well. I bought the beavers kit off eBay … Read more
My Silvia was looking for a WOW costume. No better than a peacock costume to do that. Our main focus was her long, fluffy colorful bustle. We started with a Velcro belt, nothing fancy just Velcro right from the craft store, fitted and sewed. Attached many different layers and colors of tulle, wrapping around the … Read more
I always try to go for a costume where I own at least half of the materials already. This Cruella de Vil Halloween costume is actually a lot easier than it looks. The only major construction that needed to be done was the Dalmatian cape, and even then all it was was cutting out a 3/4 … Read more
On the weeks preceding Halloween week 2012 our group put together six different Mario kart character costumes complete with matching adult size big wheels and flags. Bowser, Yoshi, Luigi, Donkey Kong, King Boo and Diddy Kong. We originally had a Mario, Peach and Toad but….well, you know the drill. We all purchased “Huffy Green Machine” … Read more
The idea for the Green Toy Soldiers: Driving back from Disneyland we decided we really wanted to dress up as the army men from Toy Story. We wanted to make it as authentic as we could so Googled lots of peoples ideas and found ideas.coolest-homemade-costumes.com After lots of searching we found old army jackets and … Read more
My boyfriend and I take one annual trip a year, and it’s to the Florida Keys. It’s our favorite place to get away, so I used it as inspiration when coming up with our Halloween costumes this year. Since we can’t take part in Halloween festivities in Key West, we brought Key West to us! … Read more
This cool blue Peacock costume was inspired by favorite color blue. I purchased a white corset from Fredrick’s and covered with blue ribbon. The peacock feathers I took off a cheap 3 dollar mask I bought in the fabric district. The back is spray painted in blue. I go the blue shorts from a trendy store. … Read more
Inspired by the classic movies and recent Broadway production of Shrek, we decided to make some green magic of our own. Shrek and Fiona costumes are easy to create. For Fiona, we found a green bridesmaid dress at our local Value Village and added a white peasant shirt from the closet. We added a red … Read more
David, my boyfriend is Atreyu and myself (Kristin) is the Childlike Empress/Moonchild from The Neverending Story. Our clothes were sewed by me from fabric we got at Wal-Mart. David used craft foam and fiberglass to make the Auryn pendant that he wears around his neck. He then poked holes in the edges of his shirt … Read more
This was a great group costume: Poison Ivy, The Riddler, Harley Quinn Vs. Batman. Poison Ivy– green stockings, black booty shorts, dyed my hair red, tank top with ivy leaves purchased from Michael’s craft store glued on with a hot glue gun. Took hours to make the top! The Riddler– green morph suit purchased at … Read more