Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
These girls Troll costumes were super simple and doing our hair was so much fun! We went to JoAnns Fabric and bought about 2 yards of fabric that closest matched our skin color. To make the dress, we just wrapped it around our body and cut slits down the backside to tie them together to make … Read more
Hi awesome DIYers, my name is Eliah and I’m 14 years old from Israel. This Purim (a Jewish holiday in which you dress up) my best friend and I decided to dress up as Mario and Luigi because it’s the perfect couple costume, it reminds us of our childhood and lastly, easy to recognize and … Read more
I work at a summer camp and the day before all the kids leave all the lifeguards like to dress up in a silly group costume to entertain the kids. This was probably one of the best costumes we came up with. There are 7 of us lifeguards, and we recruited our boss to be … Read more
I work at a summer camp and all the lifeguards always decide to dress up something fun to entertain the kids. This time we wanted to do superheros but we never want to spend more than $10. We already had black shorts and black tank tops. We used cardboard to make a superhero sign that … Read more
I work at a summer camp and on the last day before the kids go home all the counselors dress up in fancy dresses. All the lifeguards decided we don’t want to dress up, so we always come up with matching costumes. The pirates were extremely simple. We all had grey sweatpants and black tank … Read more
What you need: Morph Suit – blue and orange Sequins- (20mm preferably) blue, green,silver,gold Wigs – Brown and Blonde Red,orange and blue fabric OKAY SO THIS IS REALLY SIMPLE For Chazz Michale Michaels: 1. Get the orange morphsuit and cut of the head/neck/hands part 2. cut a semi circle (about 8-12cm down) in the chest … Read more
Me and My Girl Juli had originally bought the Ninja Turtle Outfits from Party City, but they were not right for us! We wanted more Ummph! So we decided to make our own to each of our styles! We went to the craft store… bought colored felt for the masks and ties, and several yards … Read more
This fun Halloween costume from the Movie Up was my absolute favorite costume that I have made to date!! I used an old box and taped ‘basket weaving’ on it and then spray painted it brown. The top of the ‘hot air balloon’ was held up by PVC pipes taped into the corners. The suspenders helped … Read more
I wanted to be something different for Halloween but still be sexy and cute! This sexy homemade Hamburglar Halloween costume was a HUGE hit and it only cost me $8 total! I wore black Chuck Taylors, yoga capris, and a striped shirt from Forever 21 I already had. Then, I bought a bandit hat and a … Read more
All my life I wanted to be a fairy for Halloween but everyone said it would be impossible because the wheelchair is in the way. Here’s how I proved them wrong. I found beautiful wings and became a fairy on wheels! I ended up winning first prize that year. The creation of this fairy on … Read more
Not a major amount of work went into this Pikachu Halloween Costume, but a lot of searching and stress! I started off trying to find a simple yellow outfit but when color matching shorts and a top got too difficult, I went with a yellow dress with full sleeves and a high neck. Make sure … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to make something original and since we were both once fans of Pokemon, we decided on Ash and Pikachu. I made my Pikachu costume out of a slip bought for 3 dollars from a thrift shop, black and yellow duct tape, and cardboard! I started by covering the slip with … Read more