Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
I moved to Summerside PEI and Halloween was quickly approaching. Not knowing a whole lot of people in the town I wasn’t too thrilled about celebrating Halloween, as the conventional tradition was to enjoy the event with friends from home. In August a friend I met on the island informed me about his annual party … Read more
Simple but unique, Joey was actually the one to convince me that he should be Alfalfa for Halloween 2012. Ordering the bow tie and suspenders were definitely the easy part. Not to mention already having a good button-up shirt and khakis hanging in his closet. The real challenge was getting his “Alfalfa Sprout” hair to … Read more
I am normally planning my Halloween costume as soon as this year’s party is over. Now being the mother of a toddler, it got to be mid October and I realized I didn’t have a CLUE yet as to what to be! Then, I came across a website that had couples costumes ideas and I … Read more
I have always loved pop art and the works of Roy Lichtenstein. I came across and ad in a magazine that featured one of his girls and thought it would be an AMAZING costume. I love those that involve a lot of makeup. I bought a yellow wig like the color the girls have and … Read more
Okay, so my 15 year old daughter wanted to be a “Ringmaster” for Halloween and we’re like broke as a joke and costumes online cost upwards $60+. Well, for about $15 and some ingenuity we made her a prizewinning thrifty homemade Woman’s Ringleader costume. I happened to find a red short waisted jacket with satin … Read more
We crack up when ever we see the Sundrop citrus drink commercial with the girl dancing to drop it like it’s hot. So this Halloween when thinking about what my daughter could be for Halloween (something simple) the commercial came on and she started mimicking it. So the decision was made, a SunDrop commercial girl … Read more
I was initially going to go as Superman for Halloween this year but once I put the costume together it just didn’t look right. So I had to figure out how I was going to use a cape and red tights. So I thought why not dress up like a little kid that thinks they … Read more
This year I wanted to put my creativeness to work and make a custom costume. Edward Scissorhands is one of my favorite movies! The scissors were created using foam, brats, spray paint and red paint. The costume was made with many belts around my body. Some of the belts I had already owned and the … Read more
This sexy homemade Halloween costume: Red Solo Cup is the first costume I have ever made! Wore it to a local bar and after a few drinks, and coercing from my friends entered the costume contest. Won second runner up and a six pack! The costume was a hit. Had the entire bar singing “Red … Read more
I was in the middle of a breakup and overdosed on ice-cream and TLC’s Hoarders marathons. Thus Helda the Hoarder was born and utilized Saturday night. Also, no Hoarder is complete, without their bag of “that which shall not be named”. Made simply with molded Tootsie Rolls, though I doubt they will use that as … Read more
My son wanted to be a pickle in a jar this year for Halloween. The jar was very simple to make. A hoolahoop, clear shower curtain, full sheet labels printed with pickle nutrition info and logo, hot glue, ribbon for trim of “jar” and some green yarn to hold/hang it in place. The pickle was a … Read more
I made the head of this Alien Halloween costume out of paper mache (which is basically a mixture of 2 parts water, 1 part flour). I started by mixing it together until smooth and then I inflated a balloon the size of my child’s head, and then I cut strips of newspaper into 1 inch strips which … Read more