Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
All this sexy Red Bull can costume took was a quick trip to Joann’s for some fabric. I spent the rest of the time at home cutting and sewing the different fabrics together! For the actual red bulls and yellow circle I just printed that out and cut and pasted using fabric glue. I also made … Read more
I come from Holland, or the Netherlands, whichever you prefer. We have a celebration each year called Carnival Sadly enough it is not like the Carnival they celebrate in Brazil, where beautiful women dance around with nice revealing outfits. It’s too cold for that in Holland. Anyway, Carnival in Holland is just another excuse to get tipsy in … Read more
After thinking up the Bee Keeper and Bee costume, we spent only a few hours and about $10 putting the plan in action. Bee Keeper costume included 1 $5 painter’s coveralls from Home Depot, a borrowed safari-like hat and some fabric that mimicked mosquito netting from Wal-Mart. The bee costume was a bit more difficult. I … Read more
I saw a similar idea for a cat lady costume on Pinterest about 3 weeks before Halloween and ran with it. I went to my local thrift store and bought old lady shoes, giant old lady glasses, an old lady dress, a cardigan and a certified crazy cat lady brooch. I then went over to … Read more
I’m 20 years old, and I hadn’t dressed up for Halloween in YEARS, so when my friend invited me to her annual Halloween party and a costume was required, I panicked a little because I HATE store bought costumes. But a month before the party, we were discussing the 40’s in my American Pop Culture … Read more
I found an old dress at a thrift store that was the exact color and material I needed to make this pretty homemade Princess Jasmine costume. I purchased the dress for $7. I bought trim and elastic for about $4. It took me about 4 days to make. I bought the necklace ($4) and brooch … Read more
My baby turned 8 months at the time of Halloween this year and I started thinking about what costume to make for her a month in advance. She had just started going on her knees and I thought by the time Halloween approaches she will be crawling all around and so I decided to make her a spider costume … Read more
This Victoria’s Secret Bag was the cutest costume I’ve ever worn and everyone seemed to love it! I just took a regular box and cut the front and the back to be the same size. I measured the lines so they were equal and alternated pinks for the stripes. I just used cursive stencils that I found at … Read more
We are a NAVY family recently stationed in Misawa, Japan right before Halloween. When I made this “robbers and bank bag baby costume,” we had yet not recieved our household goods (3 months without our household goods). Japan also did not offer much in costumes and to order anything online and shipped to Japan takes … Read more
Who said there wasn’t an Oompa Loompa girl costume? Who said an Oompa Loompa had to be short? Ha ha, here is my 2012 costume of an Oompa Loompa. The socks were bought at a random store, I made the skirt out of a tank top, the overalls were made of duct take with drawn … Read more
To create the Lara Croft costume, I used an old black tube top and rolled it up into a crop top, and borrowed a pair of my roommate’s spankies that she had from cheer leading dancing. I used an old pair of black garters and attached a small pocket deep enough to create a gun holster with … Read more
All of the Beanie Babies group costume was DIY. Ears were made with felt, headbands, fiber fill, a hot glue gun and lots of burns. As were the tails, the signs were made from a stencil of an actual Ty tag from a store display. Tons of different animals can be included! Ours were: tiger, snow leopard, leopard, … Read more