Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
This cute Popcorn costume took a little time, but I’m sure anyone can find a simpler way to make it work! I simply took an old dress I had, cut the bottom so it was jagged, and painted the dress red and white stripes all around. I attached a piece of felt that I had painted the words … Read more
Halloween 2012! I have always made our family costumes by hand and my husband and I love to dress together for Halloween. This year we decided we really didn’t have anywhere to go to celebrate so we weren’t going to dress. Well then taking my kids to a second hand store to put their costumes … Read more
I made this last-minute Dark Knight Joker costume for my brother a couple years back. Slacks and dress shoes, with a niceish long sleeve button up with the sleeves rolled up. We found a purple tie in dad’s closet. The vest was a bit tricky. We ended up grabbing a bright green tshirt no one ever … Read more
I wanted to do something fun but sexy. I just had a baby a year ago and never really stepped out of my comfort zone. I didn’t have a boyfriend to go as Adam, so I was a single Eve. I guess he was still mad at me for picking the fruit! I liked it … Read more
Every year I have a big Halloween costume party at my house. I always go over-the-top and decorate every room in the house. I also love to go all out and make my costumes! This year, I got a group of friends together to go as Disney characters, with a twist…ZOMBIES! Being a redhead, I … Read more
We found out last minute that we would be going to a Halloween party at a local bar. My boyfriend agreed to dress up but I didnt want to take him too far outside his comfort zone for his first Halloween dress up and so thought who better than DOG! I trimmed a blond wig … Read more
Wilma is a 2XL shirt cut to look like it (bought from Walmart for less than $5). Hair bone is made out of model magic. Fred is Orange Fabric bought from Walmart which we cut neck and arm holes in. We then used super glue to attach the black felt that we cut into squares … Read more
On a standard Wednesday Night Social, we decided to be Troll dolls and it couldn’t be any more simple. Grab a flesh colored top, a colored pair of shorts and colored hair spray that matches the color of your shorts and you’re ready. The best and easiest way to do your hair, place a bottle inside and wrap your hair around it before … Read more
I brought a silver metallic tube dress from a local vintage/thrift shop called Ragstock. I centered out the dress and marked on it with pencil first to map out where the logo would be. I then made a rough outline on the dress with the pencil. I looked at the logo and drew it on … Read more
Clawdeen Wolf (from bottom up) I had a pair of dark brown tights, and I bought a pair of childrens purple leggings and cut them to be leg warmers. The only thing that was made was the skirt. It was made out of purple felt left over from last year and underneath some black tulle fabric. The red … Read more
Two Can Keep a Secret if One of Them is Dead If you aren’t familiar with the title, we decided to dress up as the cast from ABC’s hit TV show Pretty Little Liars. We knew we wanted to go as something as a group but we just couldn’t figure out what. Before we knew … Read more
We are Anna and Kevin, from Spain, and this is our UP’s Pixar movie costume. I’m wearing the flying house costume and my boyfriend is dressed like grandpa Carl. We wanted to go in a comfortable costume but that was still original and fun, and the most important, easy and cheap to do. His costume … Read more