Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
I recently watched “Sleeper” with Woody Allen and it became an instant favorite. Found a police helmet from the Halloween store and cut off the brim and spray painted it silver. Cut toilet paper rolls in half for the ear pieces and affixed them with a hot glue gun. Filled them with tin foil and made a … Read more
Last year I was Pinnochio for Halloween! I bought the outfit from the local Goodwill and bought wood and yarn from Michaels to build the handle from (just crossed the sticks and looped the yarn all around and then glued it all together and stuck it down my shorts- also had to wear a girdle … Read more
I was going to an 80’s themed Halloween party and had to come up with a last minute costume idea. I played my share of video games at the arcades back then and one of my favorites was Pac Man. But making a Pac Man costume would be awkward (to move around in) and, frankly, it’s been done. So, … Read more
My name is Asia, the joy of my life is Janice Caye. She is 5. She asked to be Hello kitty for treat day ( that is what she calls Halloween). After looking at the many stores being Hello Kitty was going to be more than .50.$ . so I decided to try and make the costume for … Read more
I wanted to be a gumball machine and didn’t like the options for anything homemade. I didn’t want to spend a whole lot of money so obviously wasn’t going to buy something from a Halloween store. 1. I went ahead and bought a bra from Forever 21 because its cheap. I spend about eight dollars on that. … Read more
I love Halloween, and I love making costumes! I always try to take an idea that’s been around forever and make it my own. This year I decided that Head on a Platter is the way to go! The first thing I did was cut a square out of really sturdy cardboard. Then I cut … Read more
For Woody, I found a yellow shirt at Goodwill for $3.00 and drew red lines on it to make it look flannel. I cut up an old white t-shirt I had laying around and colored in “cow spots.” I actually had a lot of fun doing this because I could make it look just how … Read more
My boyfriend has always wanted to be a firefighter, and well, he likes any excuse to go shirtless too. I on the other hand wasn’t looking for a revealing costume, but still wanted to look sexy and be warm. This Firefighter and Dalmatian couples costume pleased us both as well as everyone at the party. I … Read more
I have never had a store-bought costume in my life. My mom always made my costumes when I was younger and since then, I’ve crafted my own, sometimes still with some maternal help. My junior year of college, some of my friends wanted to do a group costume. One had bought a cheap kid-sized Buzz … Read more
I wanted something different for Halloween, so I decided to bring my childhood years into play. I used to love Curious George, so why not be The Man in the Yellow Hat? I wanted to make sure the top and bottoms matched, so I dyed a white shirt and white leggings, yellow. Since the leggings were slightly see … Read more
Buzz: Making Buzz’s jet pack was the difficult part of the costume. I used cardboard poster board and cut out the shape. From there I drew/painted the exact design from the movie onto it. Waiting for the paint to dry took the longest. The paint was Martha Stewart All purpose paint (even waterproof). I cut holes into … Read more
Trying to think outside the box this year was quite the challenge. All my friends are the normal things, a sexy cat, a sexy bunny, a sexy cop; the list goes on and on. But I just wanted to be super original and funny! I saw a dog costume that was a piece of sushi and thought to myself: … Read more