Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
Cute fun and the whole family can join in. Just grab some balloons and you have yourself an easy and unique costume! 1. First grab some old clothing, you can go to a local donation store and buy some clothing, preferably green or purple according to the color grapes. Make sure that you or your … Read more
This was our first Halloween together! We are both full time college students so we needed this Halloween to be as close to free as possible. He wanted something extremely simple and I wanted to be a bad ass chick! So this is what we came up with…Leela and Fry from Futurama! LEELA: White tank, … Read more
Here is one you rarely ever see for Star Wars costumes. It is the Bespin outfit worn by Leia in the cloud city. You can use a generic red pair of pants and red long sleeve shirt. The jacket is what really makes this homemade Leia Star Wars costume. I started with the collar. To … Read more
A cute red solo cup costume that actually allows you to move and not have a big plastic case around you all night! Beer Pong! Red Dress Get any red dress you already have in your closet. White Duct Tape Add a white tuck tape line to the top and bottom of the dress- if … Read more
As a Cub leader, I’m a massive fan of dressing up. When we had a Medieval themed night in the program, my head spun with ideas! I decided that I would go as someone with the black plague. Educational, interactive, disgusting! The priority was to create realistic boils. I did this using large sized bubble … Read more
This is my Native Indian costume. It took me about a week to make, doing a few hours here and there. The dress was a mustard XL Men’s tshirt. I started by cutting the neckline because it was really high and uncomfortable, I then cut the sleeves off because they were too big and didn’t … Read more
I have two children a boy age three and a girl age six. Kayden, my daughter, is very opinionated about her costume choices and ideas. She has a very clear idea of what she wants to be and won’t settle for anything less. haha. My son on the other hand is three, he couldn’t care … Read more
This last-minute Headless child costume was made the night before we were to go trick or treating. My son had a Halloween party at school and the shop bought costume got all ripped up and he didn’t tell me until the night before Halloween so it was a bit of a panic and I have never … Read more
Kraft Dinner is awesome. So, I decided to make it my Halloween costume! I used a cardboard box that a fridge came in, house paint, a bit of arts and crafts paint and duct tape! Beware! If you paint a costume like this… your knees will get very stiff and sore! The days I spent … Read more
Charlie Brown was the easiest. We just found an old yellow shirt and drew the pattern around the shirt. My mom made the dress but any blue dress could work. I got some white Keds and drew the black pattern on them. We found a Snoopy doll at the thrift store. So easy and we … Read more
This Halloween I really wanted to try something cute but a little different than the generic costumes you see girls wearing every year so I settled on a ghost; I haven’t seen too many girls dress up as this and it seemed like it would fit my price range as well. For this costume I … Read more
My costume was an easy catch once I bought the jacket from a used clothing store. To design my costume I bought plastic beetles, green hair spray, face makeup, the jacket, a tie, black leggings and black heels. It was kind of a girly way to do beetlejuice and something ive never seen a girl … Read more