Here is my Homemade Two-Face from The Dark Knight Costume. The suit and make up were both created by me. The suit was purchased at Salvation Army, then I put hours work into it. I first took a knife to various pieces of the left side of the jacket, shirt, tie, and pants. After that … Read more
Last year(2009) I decided to make my own costume for the first time. It took me forever but I finally decided on a Poison Ivy costume, who was my favorite character as a kid. It was super easy and cheap to make. I made the most of what I already had. For the top: I … Read more
We’re a group of five German guys who’ve always liked to come up with costume-themes all five of us can form part of. Today we’d like to present our Homemade Batman Cast Group Costume. Obviously the Batman, Joker and Robin costumes were bought, simply because they’re well made and it wouldn’t have been that easy … Read more
I decided to be the Joker for Halloween this year. I’ve always been a fan of his creepy and weird ways. I didn’t want to do the usual pants and jacket joker costume because I wanted this to be the “girl” version. I set to work looking for clothing at the thrift store. Right away … Read more
Hollywood ain’t got nothing’ on me! Just kidding. I made this Homemade Poison Ivy Halloween Costume because I was sick of the LAME Poison Ivy costumes I’ve seen in the stores and on the web. She’s supposed to be wicked cool, sexy and mysterious. Not, and I repeat NOT just a chick wearing green with … Read more
I was initially inspired by costumes on this website. I have always wanted a Wonder Woman Halloween costume, but never found the right commercially available costume. As others have commented, this one took a long time! But it was worth it. I made the bustier and bottoms from a spandex blend, hand beaded gold PVC … Read more
This Homemade Green Lantern Costume is 100% hand made! My boyfriend and I worked on it for about 2 and a half weeks. First we went to Wal-mart and bought black spandex pants and a top. Then we went to Joann’s fabrics, and bought green spandex material and gray material. We also bought craft molding … Read more
I had bought two (yes 2!) old wedding dresses from the local thrift store. Because I didn’t realize how much weight I gained recently, I didn’t bother trying them on. On “party” day, I tried each dress on, neither fit. So my very clever sister took me to BigLots, bought a $5 white bed sheet … Read more
This Homemade Bride of Frankenstein Costume became the largest undertaking costume wise I’ve encountered, from my initial sketches to finished product it took 60+ hours. It’s also the thing I’m proudest of! I made everything, including the wig, the rest of the costume involves everything from working nuts and bolts (I was bolted into costume … Read more
I currently am a Substitute Teacher in the Huntington Union Free School District. Teaching is a great profession and I was notified that I would be teaching on October 31st, 2008. Every year the staff at the school where I work dress up as his/her favorite theme or character that he/she adores. This year, I … Read more
Some acquaintances of mine held a party to raise money for a charity. They decided upon a superhero theme, since “we are all superheroes, donating to help others out.” Whatever the excuse to dress up and drink is, I tend to show up. However, last minute, some of my close friends backed out of going. … Read more
This is a Homemade Harvey Dent Two Face Halloween Costume that I made for Halloween 2008. It consists of 2 different pin stripe suits that I sewed and tailored myself. In all it had taken me 2 to 3 months to construct. The hardest part for this was finding the actual suits at local Thrift … Read more