Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
This Old-Fashioned iPod costume was so much fun to build and especially wear. It was definitely a crowd pleaser and I got so many compliments throughout the night. It also didn’t cost me much at all to make! (I used random supplies lying around my apartment.) What You Need: Medium Sized Box 2 Black Jumbo … Read more
BugZee is sad…BugZee is a little 10 pound Dachshund, and when he went shopping at the local pet store for his Halloween costume, nothing caught his eye at all. He wanted to be something that would show everyone his personality. He wanted to be a knight’s horse, a Steed, a Charger!! His mom worked tirelessly … Read more
Creating this Alvin from the Chipmunks outfit took very little effort and it was extremely cheap! The only items I had to purchase were the oversized plain red shirt and the yellow gems. Us girls, one night sat down in front of the TV and got to work. I cut the top off outlining the neck … Read more
We considered buying costumes but they were expensive and surprisingly hard to find. So my husband had the great idea that was to make my son’s costume this year the REDBOX. At first I thought that it would not be good enough and would not have enough detail to it. But I can’t tell you how … Read more
Buy all the supplies, garbage bags, Dollar store old shirt, pants and boots fatigues if you can find them. Cut trash bags same shape as shirt and pants, spray, adhesive them to clothing. PVC pipe is most expensive piece, cut to what size you want. Buy green spray paint in the same green face paint … Read more
My boyfriend and I dressed as Meat Loaf and meatloaf last year for Halloween. He was Meatloaf the music artist and wore a basic suit jacket that he cut the sleeves off of, a black wig, and carried a microphone with some red fabric on it. My costume was a little more time consuming. I … Read more
Every once in awhile my husband and I refer to my little destructive infant son Henry as H-Bomb, so it was quite fitting for us to choose a Bob-Omb from Mario as his first costume. I sewed the entire costume myself (except for the long sleeve top underneath) out of fleece and felt with a … Read more
We love Monty Python. Everyone did their own Monty Python group costume and we did not see any of them until we all came together. We all did it very inexpensive. Lots of looking around at Goodwill stores and fabric depot. We all watched the movie and picked which character we wanted to be. Also a … Read more
For a costume contest at work, we decided to make a “marry scary costume”. We found an old suit at the thrift store, complete with matching hat, a lace 3/4th sleeve top and the liner cut out from an old prom dress made do for the skirt of the bridal dress. By the way, most … Read more
Inspiration comes in many forms, but for this costume, it came from a t-shirt. My daughter saw the t-shirt at a local store and decided to be a “vegetarian zombie” for Halloween. The t-shirt reads “Vegetarian zombies eat graaaiinnnss.” In making this costume, a person could take a plain t-shirt and write the simple phrase” … Read more
I planned to make a Rubik’s cube costume way before Halloween, just never got around to it until the day before Halloween hit! I love getting artsy fartsy so whipping up a costume in one day was no problem. I bought different colored construction paper at the dollar store and black duct tape at OSH. … Read more
My 5 year old nephew is nutso crazy about the transformers! I kinda have to add that I too love them dearly (heh). I’ve made his costume one time before when he wanted to be Thomas the tank engine and I HAD to deliver again this year! Based more on the classic cartoon version. I wish I … Read more