Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
This costume all started about 35 years ago when my mom was about my age. My mom and her best friend needed a cheap and easy costume, fast. That’s how the clothesline costume was born. It has now kind of become a family tradition if you want to say that. My sister and her best … Read more
This cutest Chicken costume was originally made for my oldest daughter, 7 years ago. And it is just as cute on her baby sister, as the day she wore it! There is nothing like an 18 month old waddling around like a little chicken. This costume was pretty easy to make, and was my first … Read more
This mermaid costume was super fun to make and it only cost me 10 dollars. I always like having homemade costumes, because the store bought ones are so cheezy and everybody has them. Also, they cost a lot of money. I was searching at a thrift store for mermaid stuff. I didn’t have anything in … Read more
Of course I agreed to do these costumes with my mother on one condition….she had to be Tweedle Dumb! We work in industrial construction and wanted to wear our costumes in the work zone…hence the hard hats with the propellers. We used foam letters and hot glued them to our hard hats for our names. We … Read more
We love that Saturday Night Live skit with Christopher Walken wanting more cowbell in the recording studio and thought it would be a cheap and easy couple’s costume. The wig wasn’t quite right, but it was okay. His costume was really just cheap $1 glasses from Dollar Tree, wig, black t-shirt and leather jacket. My … Read more
We always make several Halloween events each year and thus the kids want different costumes for each one we go to. So this year, for one of the trunk or treats we kept it simple and used costumes from a previous year and changed them up to be new. The boy bum was previously used … Read more
We had a carnival at church this year and I was assigned the Noah’s Ark Station. Of course, a Noah costume was way to boring and common so I thought I would do the Ark itself. I found the perfect skirt for the water at Goodwill and sewed foam fish on it. I made my … Read more
My little boy wanted to be a caveman so I bought some material and whipped this up in no time flat. The booties I made large and they slipped over his shoes. I picked up the bone and bone necklace at a Halloween store. I used a marker and colored on the bone and smudged … Read more
Prep time for this summertime dreams of Mermaids and Sandcastles couple costume: 6 hours Costume materials: sturdy cardboard box, sand, seashells, sand bucket/shovel, 2 liter plastic pop containers, filter paper, blue umbrella, stuffed animals (ocean-like), string, silver necklaces Mermaid: Use a large blue umbrella and sew ocean-like stuffed animals to visualize the mermaid is under … Read more
My daughter loves Minnie Mouse and we were originally going to both go as Minnie Mouse. She decided to be Little Red Riding Hood so I changed up my Minnie Mouse for the adult party I attended. I found the dress at a Goodwill and it was perfect for Minnie Mouse. I already had the … Read more
We attend several Halloween activities every year and the kids always have about 3 costumes every year. This was my son’s Pharaoh costume for the church carnival this year. I found the head piece at a junk store and just bought an over sized white tshirt to go with it. I had the belt in … Read more
The first step is to choose your meme. I for one chose the Futurama Fry Meme. But you could be any of the hilarious internet picture memes. The first step would be to find yourself clothing to match the character you have chosen. In my example I had to find a white t-shirt, red sweater … Read more