Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
First get a garbage bag and wrap it around your body. Then, begin with whatever colors you choose and try to make it as even as possible. You’ll begin to see the garbage bag will start to move shorter and shorter, this is why you should not cut it at any length in the beginning. … Read more
This was the easiest costume ever! The magician: Black shorts, white button up, suspenders, and the magician hat! Most of these things are aready things in the closet! The bunny: all white, and bunny ears. Well-ah. My boyfriend (the bunny) is Samoan, so he’s pretty large. A large man in bunny ears and tights is … Read more
Needed something different, a sure winner for a costume contest and this was it, cutest Little Marilyn Monroe costume. The wig was a long cheap wig that was very knotted they we found in my daughters dress up bin. With the snip of the scissors, we had the perfect wig. The earrings were found at … Read more
I have always wanted to be Tinkerbell for Halloween, partially because I love her, but mainly because I favor her. I bought a Men’s XXL T-shirt in the perfect “Tinkerbell/Earth Tone green” that I could find. I found a strapless dress that had somewhat of a heart shaped top in my closet and traced it … Read more
My husband’s costume was easy as he had everything already, but the doe costume was mine to make and I had a blast! I had to figure out how to make the ears so I trolled the stores looking for the perfect kind to convert and, surprisingly, no stores had ears except for cat ears … Read more
We wanted to go as something fun and creative! The Phil and Lil costumes we bought teal t shirts then cut them into tank tops and put a pink t shirt under. Then we cut out the little shapes that they had on their shirts to glue on along with the buttons on top(the right … Read more
This Calvin and Hobbes couple costume was a great costume for my boyfriend and I to don on Halloween and for my boyfriend to try out as his first home-made costume! Calvin (Me): I colored a red shirt with sharpie to make the stripes, wore black shorts and a backpack I already had, and dyed white ked-like … Read more
I was looking for something adorable and toddler friendly (nothing too tight, uncomfortable, nothing she would take off like a hat). I am not crafty but was quite pleased with myself when the Oompa Loompa costume was complete. People loved it, lots of compliments. Items from Kids’ Consignment Store: Brown Shirt, White Sweatpants Already Owned: Brown … Read more
This Grammer Girl group costume actually was a very easy costume! We are first grade teachers and every Feb. we serve pancakes at McDonald’s to raise money for our classrooms. It gets pretty hard to come up with something new, because we dress up for Halloween also! This was our idea this year. We let the … Read more
After scouring the internet for unique ideas on what to dress my daughter up as for Halloween, I finally found it! It was something so unique and not done at all in my tiny small town. Yes the traditional store bought costumes are just fine and I’m sure your child will love looking like at … Read more
This costume came to me when I started contemplating a creative group costume for me and my 4 other friends. Then I thought of dressing up as the cereal characters and updating them into cute costumes! They were a huge hit, we were in Chico that year and everyone loved them! The best part was … Read more
We all wanted to have a group costume and we all wanted to be something girly. We also had no money to spend. We went through our closets and found nothing in common with each others. But we all had a leather jacket and then we knew. A biker gang!!! We had own accessories to … Read more