Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
We ended up doing a last-minute wedding Zombies Halloween couple costume. It was about 15 bucks for everything. We went to the bar that night for about 2/3 hours with my parents and they were doing a contest. It was in the middle of “hick vill”. The owners stand up and say were gonna name … Read more
My daughter wanted an original and fun Jellyfish costume for Halloween. We used an old bike helmet to keep the jellyfish on her head. The top was a pink plastic snow sled turned upside down. We drilled holes into the top and used zip-ties to connect the helmet to the sled. We covered the bike … Read more
I found this homemade Jelly Fish costume idea online. I thought it would be fun to be something homemade and different for Halloween. I took a clear plastic umbrella that I got from the Dollar store, and used streamers, pearls, bubble wrap, ribbon and iridescent garland to embellish the umbrella to look like a Jelly … Read more
I was inspired to make this cotton candy costume when I had seen a sorry attempt at it the year before and was determined to make my version a little better. Cotton candy 2.0! Materials: White tube top, white tool mini skirt, white tights, 1 bag of fluff (I used maybe a quarter of the … Read more
When Chipotle offered discounted food for dressing up like “bad” foods, we HAD to participate, but we wanted something fast and easy. We printed M’s in the best font we could find, cut them out, and taped them to our plain colored shirts. This was really easy and fun for a group!
I created this Poisin Ivy costume very easily in just a couple days. All materials included, a multi-shade green eye-shadow Silk Ivy from a dollar store, red hair dye (my hair was already red, but you can opt for a wig) and a hideous dark green velvet dress (nearly any thrift store should have this, not … Read more
OK this original, last-minute Wordplay Costume – Hottest Spice Rack on the Planet! is so easy it’s a no-brainer. All you gotta do is find a fairly large, well endowed woman and convince her to give you one of her old bras. Yes guys, it’s better if you do it because well face it, it’s … Read more
This pizza had a little pizzaz! My daughter’s picture is in the yearbook with the “cafeteria lady” with this costume on. I sewed some of it and hot glued some of it. You can do either or both. I didn’t use actual measurements or keep everything perfectly straight inline. I figured that that is how pizza … Read more
I made this awesome pregnant woman’s costume – Bun in the Oven for Halloween 2011! I was 7 months pregnant. I wasn’t gonna dress up cause I was so huge but the idea came from my husband when he was looking online! so I thought it would be awesome! It took me like 3 days … Read more
I’m obsessed with Twitter and was in a national contest on the social media network the year I did this. It was only right I do a little more shameless self promotion and dress the part. What you’ll need: XL light blue t-shirt Feathers (If you can find light blue- perfect! If not, get white) … Read more
My cousin and I wanted to be something unforgettable for a Halloween party we were going to, so we decided to be Juno and Paulie Bleaker from the movie Juno. The look we were going for was cover picture on the DVD. We got most of the clothes from thrift stores or just what we already … Read more
Hi everyone! As a child I wanted to be a unicorn and always dreamt of having a unicorn costume. Then I thought to myself, why do I have to be a little girl to fulfill this dream, it is still a dream of mine. I then got the idea of making a my little pony … Read more