Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
I found my dress for this cheap but luscious homemade Marilyn Monroe costume at a thrift store for 5 dollars. I went to the store and found this blonde wig for 6 dollars. It was medium length, and curly. I took some pins, and wrapped it around to the length I wanted to make it … Read more
Found this dress at a thrift store. it was an old prom dress. cut it and sewed it. I added jewels with hot glue. I wore a white tutu underneath so the dress would stick out. I found the white shoes at the thrift store as well. I also purchased little white frilly socks at … Read more
We started with mommy’s lab coat from nursing school. The hardest part was taking off the school logo. We finally put the name tag over it. We then tied two small pillows around the waist (one in front and one in back). It was funny because the jacket then gaped between the buttons. The chef hat was … Read more
My son’s favorite book is Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, so last year I made him into a coconut tree being climbed by all the letters. Isaac likes comfortable costumes – soft fabrics, no hats. I started with brown sweatpants and a brown thermal shirt (apparently, brown sweatshirts were not in vogue in 2011 as I … Read more
My costume for Halloween was a bunch of grapes! It was very easy to make and easy on my wallet. It was so much fun seeing the reactions of others and receiving many positive comments. I got a lot of laughs, therefore extra candy! Here is what you will need: Purple t-shirt (purchased from Joanne’s … Read more
First of all, we went to the store and bought lots of green fabric. After that, we dug out my mom’s old scrap fabric and tried to find the right colors for our costumes. We measured each other and my mom helped us use her sewing machine and we made the basic green dress. Then … Read more
I grew up watching Baywatch, so I figured why not be a funny Pam Anderson! Super easy costume got everything in one shopping trip and threw it together in less than an hour: 1) Red swimsuit that I already owned 2) Long blonde wig 3) Tons of make up 4) Children’s inner tube and ribbon … Read more
My girlfriends and I dressed up like ceral box characters costumes. Took just a few days of planning. But, really it was super easy to pull together. We just chose a character that would be easy to dress up as based upon things we already had. The only thing we really bought were the small … Read more
“Why’d you take your shoes off?” “Why are you dressed like a chicken?” I went as Harry (on the right) and my buddy went as Marv….The Wet Bandits from the Christmas Classic ‘Home Alone’. The costumes turned out to be the biggest hit of the evening, and each costume cost less than $40 bucks. We … Read more
I started off wanting to incorporate the popular Dia de los Muertos skull candy makeup into a Halloween costume. I was inspired by photos I found on Deviantart to use a cantina girl kind of costume so I set out finding and making my pieces. I reused a corset I had from a previous Catwoman … Read more
My two friends and I love the Kardashians and decided to dress as them for Ohio University’s Halloween Weekend 2010. I went as Khloe, and bought a wig, large fake diamond ring, purple shirt and iron-on yellow letters to spell Mrs. Odom and yellow paint to paint his Lakers number on the back of my … Read more
I love Halloween and I always get dressed up for the occasion… this time it was’t the exception. And I was trying to make a costume according to my type of body… PREGNANT! So I came up with this idea of a crystal ball belly, I think it came up pretty cool. I went to … Read more