Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
We used cardboard boxes for the body and head and feet of this robot costume. Dryer vent tubing for the arms and legs. The body, head and feet were covered with silver tape. The antennae was made with a coat hanger and 2 styrofoam balls covered with tape. We decorated the costume with furniture tacks … Read more
My husband and I decided we wanted to be something different than what we would find at a Haloween store. Se we decided to be Doug Funny’s alter ego Quail man and his crush Patty Mayonnaise, from the television show Doug, one of our favorites when we were young. Both costumes are pretty easy to … Read more
I was looking around Goodwill (my favorite place to come up with a Halloween costumes) and as soon as I walked in I saw this awesome purple vest. I immediately came up with the idea to be Aladdin. I then found the perfect pair of pants. I went home and started to put the creative … Read more
It was the first Halloween that my head was going to be shaved. I wanted to incorporate that into the Mahatma Zombie costume. I went to South Africa and since Ghandi did a lot of his movements over there, I thought that would be great. I was getting the costume together, which is pretty easy … Read more
In my university (in Mexico), my classmates and me have a tradition of wearing costumes to school each Halloween. This year, some kids from a very modest school came, and we had to entertain them. Therefore, I though I should wear something appropriate for them. I am French and I live in Mexico, therefore I’m … Read more
My son loves space but do to budget constraints (we are moving) I had no money to buy a costume, then I remember the rocket outfit Gru wears as a child in Despicable Me and I started wondering how hard that would be to make. I looked and looked and couldn’t find that image so … Read more
Even though, Halloween is in fact today, my 2012 Halloween get together has been and gone, I’m still recovering. Even though Halloween is full of scary, bloody covered costumes, I decided that wasn’t me and decided that wasn’t for me. After recently watching the popular and comical Pixar film ‘Wall-E’, I had to give it … Read more
This Dexter and Victim costume is very easy to put together. Everyone at the party loved our costumes. Dexter: -Green Long Sleeve Henley Shirt -Khaki Cargo Pants -Black Apron -Face Shield (purchased at Home Depot) – Syringes Victim: -Nude Slip (or could be nude underwear if you’re daring) -Saran Wrap (used 1 1/2 rolls) -Clear … Read more
Cover face in white paint to make an awesome Day of the Dead makeup and costume. Use eye liner to draw wavy circles around eyes. Cover eyelid in a bright color blend to black around the edges. Add black shadow to cheeks and add nose. Be creative! Add new colors, shapes and lines! Hair… Curl … Read more
LAB RAT Very easy costume – I got the lab coat donated to me by a uniform company. I pinned rats from the dollar store all over my coat (3 rats for 1.00), bought a headband with ears, glued pink material to the inside of the ears, sewed a long tail, to look like a … Read more
What initially sparked my interest was the red haired wig. I’m a blonde through and through but I always like to take Halloween as a chance to be completely different than my normal day to day self. I researched “red haired costumes” and I wanted a feminine costume that also could be converted to be … Read more
I am a senior in college this year and have my fair share of Halloween costumes! I went through the phase of wanting to buy the firefighter, the nurse, the Indian costumes., but I discovered around junior year how AMAZING my mom is at sewing and therefore, making costumes. So after last Halloween I already … Read more