My brother which is the one dressed as Batman is a huge Batman and Robin fan. He had read in wizard magazine about a contest for homemade costumes and he wanted to enter it. First it started as him and my son Blake as Robin then he talked me into being Wonder Woman. We thought … Read more
My 2 year old son has become obsessed with Monster Jam trucks in the last few months and so I decided that for Halloween this year he should be his favorite Monster truck which is Batman. To make the Homemade Batman Monster Truck Costume the following materials are needed: 1 — Hot wheel monster truck … Read more
I spent the first couple of days scuffing, charring and applying shoe polish and charcoal powder to a cheap suit, tie and dress shirt. I singed the frayed pieces of the suit jacket with matches to give it a melted look. Once I was happy with the way the suit looked, I began working on … Read more
My son has been Batman Villains for the past 2 years, so this year he was Riddler. I purchased the suit at 2 different resale shops. Jacket was sprayed with fabric glue and covered with green glitter. I used silver glitter glue to draw in the ?(front and back). For the pants I simply created … Read more
I am a cat lover so I had to have a Catwoman Costume for Halloween at least once in my life. There are many variations of Catwoman’s costume. Michelle Pfeiffer’s makeup and Halle Berry’s costume inspired me the most to create my own version. I already had black liquid leggings, black boots, a black bra, … Read more
This is my brother’s Two Face Halloween Costume. He bought a cheap suit from our local Goodwill for about $20. He spray painted the left side a blue color. Wanting to give it a burned look I tried to burn it with a lighter but that didn’t work. My father help me burn it by … Read more
I made this homemade Joker costume for a friend’s birthday. It was pretty simple, I got together the clothing from various shops and used my brother’s waistcoat. I used white makeup to create the base and used eyeliner to create the eyes. For the scars I used molding prosthetics found at my local costume/joke shop … Read more
I had a blast making this Homemade Rorschach Costume. It was not too much work and a lot of people thought I was badass even if they never seen the movie. I started by going to local thrift store to find the trench coat, I found one but it was a little to light so … Read more
The idea to create a Homemade Wonder Woman Halloween Costume came about because I really wanted to dress up but did not want to buy a costume. I looked in this web page “Coolest Homemade Costumes” for ideas and found some pretty good insight. I looked at home and found a red dress, which I … Read more
This Little Bride of Frankenstein was a “night before” Halloween costume with very little money to be spent! First we filched an old twin sheet from my husband’s grandma…ok “filched” is a strong word, she knew we were taking it so I guess that isn’t filching. We soaked it in strong coffee for a couple … Read more
We love Legos at our house. My son came up with the idea of being a Lego minifigure. After some research, and finding this website, I agreed to make it! He chose a Homemade Lego Frankenstein Costume. The body and legs are made out of cardboard, covered in brown paper. Head is made out of … Read more
To make the Joker Halloween costume (the Jack Nicholson version)I had to find a light coloured jacket to fit a 7 year old as I do not sew. This was no easy task as I did not want to spend a lot of money. I searched everywhere and finally found one in a charity shop. … Read more