Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
Our miniature pincher is the craziest dog ever, really! So we thought she should have a crazy costume too. She has always reminded us of a deer…her shape, her color, the way she prances when she walks. When making her Rein-Dog (Reindeer Dog) costume, we had to think of something she couldn’t easily get off. … Read more
I love to play on words! I found a bee costume at the thrift store, it was missing parts so it was really inexpensive! I picked up some fishnet tights and a pair of Tinkerbell wings (clear). We had so much fun making blood with food coloring, coco powder and corn syrup! Simple putting it together! … Read more
1) Black dress, crown comb and pearls did get from Costumes Direct. Can use any black dress or pearls you may have. 2) Dog pearls strung on fishing line, 3 separate necklaces. I used bulk pearls from Joanne fabric. Dogs tiara from thrift store, detached comb, added black thin elastic (Joanne fabric). Make another one … Read more
At first, we were going to be sugar and spice. But we realized it was much more fun to be spicy! So along came our idea to be two Spice Girls of our favorite hot sauces, Tabasco and Sriracha. We bought oversized shirts, cut off the sleeves, and bought fabric pens. For Tabasco, she bought a … Read more
Every Halloween, I try to think of a great pun-based costume. This year I thought of “When Life gives you Lemons…” Everyone knows the classic expression, but what if I were to take it literally? Thus I became Life, and handed out lemons. For my costume, I wore a white t-shirt, and a white suit … Read more
I love making Halloween costumes and over the years I have made my fair share. Oompa Loompa’s, Shrek, a butler carrying a head on a platter. My daughter in law wanted me to crochet a wig for my six month old granddaughter Addisyn to be a Cabbage Patch doll for Halloween. She already looks like … Read more
This Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games costume cost a total of $10 to make, it’s amazing what you can find in you own house, I decided to do Effie Trinket because I need something colorful and fun. I started with a old jacked then started to visualize. I had an old Santa Clause wig (any … Read more
I wanted a cool costume this year but one that wouldn’t break the bank. Costumes are quite pricey! My husband and I like to go as a couple so I had originally decided we’d be tourists. BUT, I then had the wild idea that we could be Ken and Barbie, better yet, MALIBU Ken and … Read more
Cat Woman was on the prowl this year and I only spent about $7 on the whole costume!! I am a typical college student who was trying to be creative this Halloween without spending a fortune on a costume! So I put Anne Hathaways version of Catwoman together by using some stuff I already had … Read more
This Eye Costume from The Residents was a fairly simply paper mache project. I took a large beach ball and covered it with 5 layers of paper mache. After painting it a light cream color, I cut out a bottom whole just big enough to get over my head and another whole to serve as … Read more
My 6 year old son decided in July this year that he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. Once he told me this I knew I had to get my creative mind working for this costume! We started with the base of a black shirt that has Velcro on the front secure it and black pants … Read more
My son Benjamin who is 19 months, has watched the movie Rio almost daily and sometimes 2-3 times a day since he was 6 months old. He loves the vivid colors of the birds and the music in the movie. We decided that with his love for the movie and the birds, he would go … Read more