Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
We love the Muppets so my daughter, who was undecided for a costume, agreed to be Beaker from the Muppets. Well the costume came out even better than we had planned and it was so easy. It took me a couple of days but it could easily be done in a few hours if you … Read more
When my son Ryan was three, for some reason every time Edward Scissorhands was on TV, he always wanted to watch it. After watching the movie millions of times he said he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. At first I thought where am I ever going to find this at a store but then decided to … Read more
My wife always used to make fun of me because I didn’t know who Beetlejuice was. So one day I bought the movie and watched for the first time. Beetlejuice was my next costume so asked my wife to be Miss Argentina. The costumes came out great, but it was alot of work. For Beetlejuice I bought black … Read more
For my Tiffany and Co. Box costume I took a piece of cardboard, painted it blue, folded and glued it to make it fit me like a gift bag. I drew on the logo, attached tissue paper to the inside and draped myself with jewels. By the end of the night my shoulders hurt from … Read more
For my Space Jam Bugs and Lola couple costume I ordered these plain tanks from Walmart for less than $10. I then traced and painted the design with acrylic paint, acrylic dries fast! I paired the outfits with white gym shorts and painted on rabbit faces, then added some simple white gloves. I found white … Read more
This is my latest old school Cosplay from 1964 Chronos ‘The time bandit’. The DC comics villain in Atom comics. The Atom is on the bag trapped on a clock. It was an easy costume to make; this is how i made it: The mask was cut and sewn from a white stretch shirt. The … Read more
This Is How I Created This Cute Little Mermaid Costume For An Infant Girl: The body of this Little Mermaid costume was cut out of flesh colored satin using a nine month onesie for size. The tail of the costume was made out of turquoise sequined material and shoulder pads were covered in this material … Read more
We made these Tom and Jerry costumes in just two days! It’s an easy and fun costume for couples. The accessories we used are: a pan for Tom the cat and a cheese for Jerry the mouse. The cheese was made from kappa boards that we glued together and painted with acrylic colours. The holes in … Read more
This costume was quite challenging. I took an old jacket and pants and completely covered it with white duct tape. The duct tape was quite challenging to work with. It was a bit difficult to cut and since duct tape tends to stiffen things up, I had to keep trying it on my son to make … Read more
I decided to become the Snow Queen, but I wanted it as much realistic as possible! I imagined a creature out of this world, among snowy mountains! I sewed an old sheet and an old curtain, darkened the bottom with dust from eye shadow to look like ice and soil. I bought a white feather … Read more
My sorority had a date party themed “compound words”. The guy I was taking is named Sandy, so when we first started brainstorming ideas, I came up with a few words that incorporated his unique name – sandcastle, sandwich (sand-witch), sand-dollar, etc. As I kept trying to come up with more words with sand or … Read more
I made this costume to go to a cos-play meeting, and used it again at an 80’s-themed costume party. An idea for a costume based on a character like Ursula may sound complicated, and some parts of it were definitely hard for me to do myself, but the costume itself isn’t too complicated. A good … Read more