Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
We have had the same mail carrier for the past 5 years. Her name is Cheryl and she always delivers the mail around noon time. When the weather is nice my kids and I often eat lunch outside, so seeing Cheryl and visiting with her has become a regular part of our day. As my … Read more
I recently transferred to a different office within my company, so when I heard that my new office was having a Halloween costume contest, I knew I needed to make a great impression! My husband and I do a couple’s costume every year, but since he doesn’t work in my office, I knew my costume … Read more
This is my T-Rex Costume made entirely of cardboard boxes, a whole lot of duct tape, and some green spray paint. I love dinosaurs and I love to make costumes from boxes, so this was a lot of fun, despite the amount of logistics that had to go into engineering the articulating legs. I was … Read more
This costume was super easy to make! I took the side of a large box and cut an oval in the middle (big enough to have your shoulders fit through) I covered it in a pink tablecloth from the dollar store, used children’s play makeup/accessories (can use whatever you have laying around at home!) I … Read more
We decided to be Mummies for my boyfriends 30th Birthday and had to stand out from the crowd. It took about 2 hours to get ready. We created these costumes by tearing sheets apart and dying them in tea to give them an old worn out look. For the mens costume we then sewed each … Read more
My daughter, granddaughter Lilly age 9 and I were brainstorming on what to make for Lilly’s costume. Halloween being her favorite holiday she helps come up with an idea that makes her stand out. During this past summer, we all attended a back yard neighborhood party where we all watched the third movie in the … Read more
Easy DIY costume to make (if you know how to sew). First I used minky material I had on hand to draw a cloud design. I cut four pieces of that out and my cloud was ready to be sewn. Once done I added quilting stuffing and quilted it so wasn’t so fluffy and had more … Read more
My husband wasn’t sure what to wear and wanted to keep it simple so I said don’t get offended but I think you can pull off Pee-wee Herman and pull it off really well. So off we went to buy some clothes at a bargain store and applied makeup and BAM! Ladies and gents we … Read more
I have always loved the Chucky movies they made and I always said that when I had a kid I was going to dress them up as my little Chucky doll and finally this year I did it! I went and got older style of overalls and a striped velour sweater and got him some … Read more
Here are our homemade crayon costumes. I made the costumes for myself (mother), my husband, my mom and our 16-month old quintuplets, yes 5! As we all know, Halloween costumes are expensive especially if we are looking to buy for 5 babies. I researched and googled whats the best costume for family that is homemade. I … Read more
We transformed Rex into Edward Sisscorhands! The following items were used: Walmart: Plastic Silver Knives Black Duct Tape Black Gloves Keychain Rings GoodWill: Black wig Black turtleneck & sweatpants Black belts Borrowed: Black rain boots Rex got dressed in the turtleneck and sweatpants. I think started to duct tape his arms (I had to take … Read more
Our little niece told us last year right after Halloween camping; that she wanted to be a welder this year, this blew her Uncle’s mind. To have his little buddy want to emulate him was outstanding. Thus I began the scouting for the items we would need to accomplish this. Her uncle is a welder … Read more