Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
In college my friends always called me Snooks. I was always tanned, have dark hair, and wore it big! I found the pink slippers from Wal-Mart, the leopard dress from Platos Closet, huge hoop earnings from Claire’s, and bought a white hair clip from Sally’s Beauty Supply Store. The sunglasses were the most time consuming but … Read more
Wanting to create a cute costume I grabbed my scissors and sewing kit and started turning a big bag of blue felt into a lovely bluebird dress. To add a little flair I grabbed some blue ostrich feathers and a beak. Once I put everything together, the realization was obvious… I was the twitter bird. … Read more
We got a lot of laughs for these crazy Cat Lady and Cats group costumes! For the Crazy Cat Lady I used a pajama with cats on it that I already owned and sewed all my daughter’s stuffed cats all over it. The makeup was inspired by Mimi off the Drew Carey Show. And I … Read more
We have a Halloween party every year for all our family and friends, and every year I try to come up with something original. Last year I was a bath pouf or scrunchie or whatever you call them! I bought a long sleeved t-shirt and some tulle fabric in the same color. I just sewed the … Read more
Every year at work they have invite people to bring their families to work for trick-o-treating, a bouncy house and a train ride at our office. I didn’t have a kid to take trick-or-treating becasue I was only 8 months pregnant. But I wanted some candy, so in order to go trick-or-treating without feeling too … Read more
For this spiked Punk Rockers fancy dress we used all my son’s everyday clothes…yes he’s a punk. The fancy dress party we were going to was celebrities but we decided that we properly couldn’t pull off the A list look so Punk seemed the perfect choice. We aimed for Johnny Rotten & Sid Vicious, not … Read more
My sister and I made these costumes for our friends and we are very proud of them. It was a last minute thing that we kind of just threw together. I work in a costume shop at school so I sort of scavenged for the materials. We did not spend any money on this, it … Read more
It was really easy to make my jersey shore Snookie Costume. I’m already tanned and short so all that was needed was a racey club dress, guidette makeup and of course the infamous Snookie Poof. I looked through my closet and found a silver dress that I had worn for a birthday party previous years … Read more
I made a Lego Man Halloween costume for my fiance in 2010. It was very cheap, easy and everyone loved it! The hardest part was waiting for the paint to dry! All I did was find a medium box that fit my fiance comfortably, plus a shoe box for the hat. I cut arm holes … Read more
When my daughter told me she wanted to be Ariel for Halloween I just couldn’t take it. Every year she wanted to be some sort of princess, so this year, I decided to do some research and find her a better homemade costume. I found a picture of a little girl dressed as Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast … Read more
My two best friends and I wanted to be something “sexy” but not slutty last year. We found many ideas but everything was either to much work or too slutty, there was nothing in between. Then I was wearing my Hooters shirt to bed when I realized that Hooter girls are respected and loved! My … Read more
It was already Halloween morning and I had put off renting or creating a really boss costume. As I showered I went through a mental recall of everything in the house that could possibly be used to rig something passable. Yes, I had a pirate’s costume but the island I live on celebrates a Pirate’s … Read more