Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
Since it was our freshman year of college, we had only known each other for a few weeks before we decided to be Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles group Halloween costume. We ordered the green dresses online, which actually took a surprisingly long amount of time to arrive. I cut out the front yellow shell out … Read more
Our little man is a rough and tumble kind of kid. After watching him try and push around his older sister during horseplay we thought that a Sumo Wrestler costume would be totally appropriate for him! Putting the costume together was the easy part. Getting it off him was the hard part! He loved running … Read more
I got an idea when I saw a picture of a desaturated Santa costume. It really stood out against all the regular colored Santa outfits. So I thought, Halloween is so full of colorful costumes, it may have the same effect. Although I did like the look, I did not like the costume theme. So after … Read more
Here is how I made my Futurama’s Leela and Bender Couple Halloween Costume: Bender: Small Trash Can for head spray painted grey Styrofoam ball eyes Chest Peiece was a molding for cement bought at local hardware store. Mouth basically made out of hard plastic stitching boards with holes in it from local craft store. Cigar … Read more
Fred bought his costume online and decided to go for the deluxe which was way better than the regular costumes, but I made mine from an old Roman toga costume I had from last year. I cut the end of the dress into rough V’s which gave the look and bought some cheap pearls in … Read more
Our 6yr old really wanted to be a Ninjago for Halloween, but since the closest costume was a regular Ninja we decided to step it up LEGO LIFE!! We used cardboard’s from Home Depot (large) for the body. To hold it together we just used duck tape. The legs are just from regular boxes we cut and … Read more
Both Ghostbuster and Stay Puft Child Couple Costumes are entirely handmade. Both costumes are made out of bed sheets and other miscellaneous fabric. Stay Puft is basically two jumpsuits, one inside the other with tons of fiber fill between the layers. The Ghostbuster proton pack and gun are made out of literally ‘garbage’. Miscellaneous boxes (poptart … Read more
I am currently 7 1/2 months pregnant and I am a Preschool teacher. I wanted a fun child-like costume that was age appropriate for my class that would also fit my baby bump. I decided to go with Snoopy costume from Charlie Brown. Supplies Needed: 1 white maternity shirt – I got mine at the … Read more
I had to work for Halloween, and it is my favorite holiday. One of my favorite shows is the walking dead, so I thought hey, why not, I’ll be a zombie! I went to work that day in just some ripped up clothes but I did not have my make up done yet. I went to … Read more
Well we figured we’d do a cheap and creative costume. For Wilson You’ll need: 4-5 stacks of newspaper (cut them into strips ahead of time) Paper mache (we used flour {not bread flour}, water and glue) White spray paint $5 3-4 ft inflatable ball (depending on your height or preference -we used 3 ft yoga … Read more
First I used glue sticks to make a square for my Ice Cream Man Costume. I shaped it into a cone, painted it, added some maggots that I made with hot glue. Glue ice cream cones with melted looking ice cream onto clothes. Sprinkles were glued on face with eyelashes glue. Use eyeshadow makeup for … Read more
I have 5 close girlfriends and every year we have the hardest time coming up with our group costumes! Being that we are all in college, we thought “what better costume than to dress up as our beer of choice…Coors Light!!” We bought cheap dresses at Forever 21 and Duct Taped each other into them … Read more