Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
This was the fourth Halloween that my boyfriend and I spent together, and I wanted to be something cute together since we’ve never dressed up as a couple before. Popeye and Olive Oyl seemed to be the cutest and easiest costumes to make. Being the broke college students we are, I wanted to spend the … Read more
Made all these group Halloween costumes except for the Joker. The Riddler was the best, was very close to TV quality! and didn’t cost much at all! I bought green dye, white material for belt, white shirt underwear and socks to cover the shoes and thermal pants and dyed them all green. I used cardboard … Read more
These are our very last-minute Bert and Ernie Halloween costumes. Bert’s shirt was made from a Blue v neck thermal shirt, green and orange duct tape for the stripes. Super easy and took less than 10 min! Ernie’s shirt was just a long sleeve polo shirt my husband had in the closet that happen to … Read more
This skeleton costume is really easy and economic. You only need black and white face paint, black dress, tights or long socks and mittens. First I made the legs; I took an old pair of black socks and painted the bones. For the arm gloves you do the same. I was making them when my … Read more
My boyfriend and I tried to think up a very unique couple Halloween costume idea. And since the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, is coming out soon, why not represent the ‘007’ series! For the James Bond costume, all you have to do is wear a shirt and tie. We also got his fancy high-tech gun from … Read more
Every year my friends and I struggle coming up with costume ideas. We always want to be creative and original and this year I really think we topped ourselves! Our Scrabble group costume came about when a few of us were sitting around the table trying to figure out what eight girls could dress up … Read more
My 8-year old daughter, Amelia has an artist’s heart. She has always requested a non-girl traditional costume. This year she has really gotten into watching internet videos like the Nyan cat. She had tears flowing during one of the Nyan cat spin-off’s when the cat’s heart is broken. To make this year’s Nyan Cat Halloween costume, … Read more
My friend and I were Buzz and Woody for Halloween. This couple costume was very easy to make and everyone loved them!! For the Woody costume, my friend cut the sleeves off of a plain white T-shirt and cut it down the middle, making a vest. She used black fabric paint to add the cow … Read more
We wanted to do something unique and cute that no one else would have! We went to the local fabric store and bought the Dalmatian print fabric. We also bought the red stretchy sequin material and Cruella’s white furry shawl at the fabric store,all being super cheap! Then we started on our easy 101 Dalmatians … Read more
Around Halloween last year I was undecided about what I wanted to be. Halloween is my absolute favorite day of the year no doubt, and I was tired of the classic vampires and witches. So I was watching television one day when a Progressive Insurance commercial comes on. It was Halloween themed if I remember … Read more
Here is how I made this easy Lego block child’s Halloween costume. Using a large box for the body and a small box for the hat, I cut out head and arm holes for my 5 year old son. Have your child try on the box to make the holes large enough and help your … Read more
My skeleton costume is very easy and cheap to create. My sister and I went as sister skeletons for Halloween this year. Our costume consisted of a t-shirt, under shirt, leggings and make up/ paint. You can either pick a white t-shirt to cut with black under cloths or the opposite. The way we made … Read more