Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
My 4 yr old girls wanted to be bugs, and I wanted them to be somewhat realistic – so I did an online search and found this site and saw the awesome things previous posters had done! I wanted their wings to be as appropriately sized as possible, and I can’t sew – but luckily we had … Read more
We saw the Blue Man Group in Las Vegas and loved the show. They were funny and creative and made us laugh. We were deciding what we wanted to be last Halloween when we can across our picture with the handsome blue men. We thought we would try to put it together. We bought a … Read more
I was 8 months pregnant at Halloween last year and there was no hiding that bump! I needed to be comfortable but still wanted to be clever. The mummy idea popped into my head and I was determined. I found some very inexpensive white lounge pants in XL and a large long sleeve white T … Read more
To get the footie pajamas’s we went to Target and they usually have footies there. We used one of our stuffed animals from home. We also bought the nook from Target. To have a “cute” look we put pink blush on our cheeks to make our cheeks look rosy. We put our hair up in … Read more
My son wanted to be a light blue Pac Man ghost for Halloween. I took a large piece of cardboard and cut it to shape (I looked at images online to figure out the shape). Then I painted it blue and added the eyes. I made straps out of heavy clear duct tape. Take two … Read more
My son was having a Super Mario birthday party and we thought it would be fun if all the kids could dress as Mario. Since we had several kids at the party and I was going to let the kids keep them as favors, I had to make it easy and cheap. I found some … Read more
My boss and I dressed up as Saturday Night Live characters for Halloween one year. I was Mary Kathern Gallagher and he was the Coffee Talk lady. My costume was the easy part (went to Goodwill and got a short plaid skirt, white knee socks, blue sweater vest and white collared shirt). I also managed … Read more
Why buy a premade costume when you can make a more authentic one? I created this authentic Zombie nurse costume by first getting my hands on an authentic nurse’s dress and cap. You can find one easily online for about $30. The next step is to completely destroy your dress and cap. I dirtified mine … Read more
We made the heads out of poster board. We pretty much cut up the board until we made it look like a mailbox (which we were told it looks like without the face made). We used superglue, regular paper for the eyes and teeth, and small wooden sticks for the eyebrows. It took a lot … Read more
The idea for this detailed Janice the Muppet costume (Guitarist for Electric Mayhem) started when SNL aired an episode hosted by Seth Rogen in 2007 with a Muppets skit. In the skit, Seth played Rowlf, and Maya Rudolph played Janice, among others… I immediately thought how much I love Janice’s personality, and how cool it … Read more
My sisters, Shiloh and Fontanna, made this beautiful Halloween original baby Peacock costume for my daughter, Bella, a couple of Halloweens ago. Everyone loved it! She practically floated from house to house in this dress. It is like a little princess gown. It is a very simple tutu dress that looks amazing and the headband … Read more
To make her face I used toilet paper and latex, black paint and red blood. First I got a peace of toilet paper and covered one eye with tape. Then I colored that one eye all black. Around that one eye and the rest of her face I put one layer of laytex on her … Read more