Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
I made this creepy homemade Freddy Krueger costume for Halloween. I found my jumper in a charity shop and sliced the neck and the sleeves. I also found a child’s mask and sew’d it inside the jumper so I had a face poking through to resemble the children on his skin. I bought a cheap Freddy Glove online and replaced … Read more
Take an old pair of over sized pants and cut them off mid calf and make a jagged, uneven hem for this clown costume. Use an old shirt and cut holes in it, wash to give it a frayed look, then splatter with fake blood. I picked up a pair of suspenders from the thrift store for $1 and used … Read more
First we took saran wrap and wrapped each other up in it. It’s a little awkward at first but we had some fun with it. Make sure you make it a little longer at the top than you think you will want. Then you cut you duct tape into strips and do the front side, one strip … Read more
This year my 2 year old went as Hulk Hogan. How I did it: Bandanna: Just a red bandanna from the dollar store. I tied it to Oliver’s head to measure it, and then I took a Lady Gaga wig and I cut it along the webbing. I glued the webbing to the inside of the … Read more
Hey There! My name is Crystal, mom of 2 super cool hip boys, Dustin and Jax Dustin was a Sons of Anarchy Member and I just came across your site! Super cool! Love it… anyhow, I wanted to submit it to you to share. So- we are huge fans of the show of course… our son is … Read more
This Asian Persuasion Group Halloween Costume started with me seeing someone dressing their baby up as Sashimi. It then escalated to a full fledged group costume! Sushi, Fortune Cookie, Soy Sauce, Take Out Box, EggRoll The Fortune Cookie’s sash says “$*!# Happens When You Party Naked” and on the back “Your Lucky Number: and her phone … Read more
I made this scary Exorcist Costume by taking an old night gown and mixing up a nice green pea soup color and painting it on the front of the gown to make it look like she threw up on herself, like in the movie The Exorcist. I also got some old house shoes for her to wear. She … Read more
I made this Minecraft costume because my 8 year old said he was too old to trick or treat, that is until mom came up with the PERFECT costume idea. Minecraft Steve. I created the body out of the box of a 30# CO2 Fire extinguisher box, the arms were toner cartridge boxes, we had hands … Read more
My brother is a huge computer game fan and what more fitting way to celebrate his 30th birthday with a computer game character themed fancy dress party!!! I was on a budget so had to think of a good character, but I wanted to put a lot of effort in considering it was for his … Read more
When my daughter-in-law asked if I could make my “Princess” granddaughter a mermaid costume, I was both excited and apprehensive. I was excited because this would be a chance to be creative again after a long illness which had resulted in my recent retirement from my very stressful, strenuous, and very time-consuming teaching job. I was apprehensive because … Read more
For this Avatars costume my friends and I found Lady Gaga jumpsuits at Walmart and tore off all the extra pieces that didn’t go with our Avatar vision. We had bought blue body paint to apply, but it didn’t look right at all so, in a panic, we ended up using some acrylic paint that … Read more
For Halloween two years ago I was Bob Ross! I bought an afro wig, mustache, beard, pallet and paints (which I applied as you would see on a real pallet). Then I simply went to the Goodwill, bought the outfit I saw him most commonly wearing and then put it all together. The best part … Read more