For years now I’ve been wanting a Snow Queen costume for Halloween (because I’m a winter-born baby and in sunny South Florida we don’t get any snow!). I knew I would have to make the costume for it to be even halfway good, but I never had enough time to do it and eventually went … Read more
A month ago, we decided we wanted to do a vintage Mickey and Minnie Mouse costume as our first homemade couples costume. My boyfriend is quite creative and he had the idea of doing huge Mickey and Minnie heads on our little bodies. The process of making the heads took about two weeks of long evenings … Read more
Every Halloween I have fun taking on new costume challenges. My daughters wanted to go as a penguin and a toucan for Halloween this year. We named the penguin Twiggles because the tail would “twiggle” back and forth as she walked, and we called the toucan Jewel. These birds are unlikely companions. They won local … Read more
I worked on this costume for months. Where to start? The headpiece was made with intricate cut work into a thick bendable foam, on top of that, I put silver glitter and glue all over, then glued teeny tiny mirrors all over and some crystals. The leg pieces are the same as the headpiece, back … Read more
I have five children. And with that statement comes the fact that Halloween is a HUGE deal at my house. Especially since I’m a clothing designer and my kids are all eight and under, so they take the opportunity to really test my skills. Originally, when my kids asked if they could all go as … Read more
This costume is based on the look of Jason Voorhees in Friday the 13th, Part 7: The New Blood. I bought the skin and bones from latex hobbyists and did everything else myself. This is how I made the Friday the 13th Part 7 Costume: The skin and bones were attached to my undergarments with … Read more
After months of trying to figure out what to be, we came up with this idea a week before Halloween, A WEEK. My husband (Princess Leia) was the simplest to make. I just had to sew a loose dress. My costume(Han Solo) was made by finding a shirt and jacket at the thrift store and … Read more
The costume’s idea came from the greatest demon ever created for film from the movie legend with Tom Cruise. Tim Curry’s character is unbelievable and has never been recreated that is until now. I created the costume by referencing the movie bits and pieces from different stores. The mask came from CVS. I cut it … Read more
Hello Coolest Homemade Costumes, my name is Kendall Veronick and I am 15 years old. I made a Katniss Mocking Jay dress from the Hunger Games and three other costumes this year. It took me a month and half to complete all four costumes. I got a alot of great reactions at our church event “trunk and treat”, saying … Read more
So this is my golden sexy Medusa costume, I hope you like it :) Skirt: I made the skirt out of a crunched strapless dress, tulle and spray paint. I just added lots and lots of tulle at the bottom and spray painted the skirt using stockings to create a scale look. Top: I used … Read more
This was one epic Halloween for my girlfriend Jacquie and I. Yes, Beetlejuice is a girl under there; a very pretty one actually. See, my very festive and enthusiastic coworker throws a HUGE Halloween party every year. And basically if you don’t show up in a fully committed costume, you may as well go home. … Read more
First of all it took 3 weeks to convince my friend to do this creative paint work on me, I had to go through her mom to convince her to do it and finally 5 days before Halloween my friend called me and told me we would do it or at least try. She is … Read more