Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
I am the type of girlfriend that likes the idea of a couple’s costume at Halloween; it is “my thing”. With a mutual love of Calvin & Hobbes comics, we incorporated something that was “our thing” into our costume. Calvin was a given for me with the short blonde hair and all. The rest of … Read more
So for Halloween this year, I wanted to be something different than the typical bunny, nurse, cop, etc. so I decided I was gonna be Waldo from the “where is Waldo” books that I used to look through as a kid. Of course at my age and going to a Halloween party I had to … Read more
I had really struggled to come up with the idea for a costume, and one day when I was driving down the road and “Ice Ice Baby” came on the radio something clicked. I knew there were three of us wanting to come up with a creative costume for a Halloween party we were going … Read more
I did this Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer couple costume with my friend from work for a “Christmas themed” costume. She dressed up as a reindeer, and I went to Goodwill and bought over the belly button pants that we’re to short, wore bunchy socks, grandma shoes, huge glasses, and a Goodwill button up … Read more
I came up with this costume for a high school play, but it can easily be used for Halloween! It’s so easy and gets a load of laughs! To make it I first went to the thrift store and bought a day dress. Pick the ugliest you can find. I also found a slip that … Read more
My son is blind and has occasional seizures so I had to make a costume that would be easy for him to wear. I bought him a green sweatshirt and pinned the letter “P” in various places on the shirt. Then I colored in a black eye on him. He was a black-eyed pea. However, … Read more
To create this Cave-Woman and Cave-Man Couple Costume: You need to hit up a few thrift stores. The skin tight leopard dress was found at a thrift store as a ladies long leopard print dress. Cut garment to look torn and wild. I used leather strips to “sew” my dress to myself. It should be tight and … Read more
This was last year when I tried out some zombie Ideas. This one I made from old Army clothes I had and a Thanks Giving turkey bone. And makeup I made with Shoe Goo. It’s a Rubber stuff. And then I broke open an old Swiffer mop and removed the baby pump inside. I went … Read more
For my squeaky clean bubble bath costume, I started by making a tutu out of blue and silver sparkly tulle. After the tutu was made I cut out individual bubbles from the BIG bubble wrap and super glued them on. I also found iridescent jewels that looked like bubbles that I glued to it as well. I … Read more
This Homemade Dead Ballerina costume idea came from me being a dancer for a ballet company and on competition dance teams. This costume can be changed into a performance ballerina or a warm up practice ballerina. If you decide to be a performance ballerina you can wear a big tutu, a tiara and sparkly clothes if … Read more
I am all about couple or family group costumes. This year dad wasn’t able to join us but me and my little boy went together anyways. I did some treasure hunting at local thrift and second hand stores and truly came up with some jems! I already had the basics, jackets, boots etc. what I needed was … Read more
My two best friends and I decided it would be clever/fun to dress up as the three blind mice! We bought over sized grey t-shirts from the t-shirt factory, cut them, tied the sides, and made them into dresses. We were able to find a “blind as a bat” kit at a Halloween store which included and blind stick … Read more