Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
Hello lovers of horror!! The exorcist has got to be one of my all time favourite films so this year I thought before I get any older and can’t pull off looking like a child anymore (I’m 22!) I thought I’d go as Regan. I don’t have much money so I came up with a … Read more
How to turn a child’s wagon into a Pirate Ship for Halloween. We took our radio flyer wagon and decided to use it as the inside of the vessel. It took us about a few hours to put it together and the way we set up our trimmings leaves it entirely up to you on … Read more
My daughter made all of the pieces to her Popcorn costume this year – and I helped her glue it together with hot glue. She used the spray insulation foam and sprayed blobs of it on a table covered in saran wrap (she did this outside of course!). She waited a few days and then … Read more
I carry my 8 month old son in a carrier called a BOBA. He is usually always strapped to my back and never in a stroller. For Halloween I knew that I wanted to decorate the carrier itself as part of my costume. I thought of several options. The most easy to make at home … Read more
We were going to Disneyland for Halloween night and we wanted to make his stroller into something so we decided on the Nightmare Before Christmas and his stroller would soon be transformed into the Mayers car complete with flashing lights, interior exterior lights,”zero” the dog floating along the car, lit up a speaker coming out the … Read more
My boys decided that they wanted to be very specific snakes from the Lego Ninjago series. Of course there are no premade costumes. I did find one snake but it was not up to the “requirements.” While looking at the images online I set to work. The shirts were easy as I just took the … Read more
I am a college student at Texas A&M, therefore for things like Halloween, I always try to be innovative and cost efficient. Developing the Tom & Jerry Couple Halloween Costume was so easy and it wasn’t too time consuming of a project once we came up with how to actually make the costume. The materials were … Read more
What you need to make these Ninja Turtles Halloween Costumes: 1) a pair of colored shorts 2) black leggings fabric in your color and in black 3) a green shirt with abs- to make: use yellow paint and paint on with black outlining the abs 4) cardboard 5) rhinestones 5) one time use roast pan 6) brown/ … Read more
My 7 year old son loves to play the Claw game! He wins a prize every time. He even prefers his allowance to be in quarters so that he can play. So when asked what do you wanna be for Halloween this year, he said inside the Claw Machine! So we decided to make it … Read more
Great minds think alike. In the 10 years since I made this Magic Carpet Ride Costume, I have seen about one or two others who make this costume every year. I created this costume for a Broadway producer who was working on an off -Broadway production. He was in the area visiting his mother and he … Read more
In my sophomore year in college, my roomies and I dressed up as the Spice Girls group costume. It was a ton of fun and I would definitely recommend it! I was Baby Spice. For my costume, I used a plain white t-shirt I had for the top. I bought the pink knit skirt and … Read more
I made this hand made Wilson from Cast Away Costume by paper maching a 4 foot beach ball. I did 5 layers of paper mache, 4 layers with newspaper and the last layer with ripped computer paper to save on paint. During the paper mache process it is important to make sure you let air … Read more