I am Toby and I made the homemade C3P0 costume you see in the pictures. I started with a used 2-piece navy dress suit, and tried a few different types of spray paint. Fabric paint/silk screen spray did not cover very much area, and tended to spatter. The hobby ‘webbing’ texture paints were nice, but … Read more
Peggy- I bought a red wig and cut bangs into it. Also teased the top really big. Bought a leopard shirt with leggings and high heels. Red nail polish, pink lips, and lots of gum chewing. I had money hanging out of my bra for an added touch. Al- Business shirt with a loose tie. … Read more
I’ve been working on this Homemade Working Pacman Costume for over a month and a half at this point. Both costumes stand five feet tall. Three years ago I made a giant Pacman costume, but did it kind of by the seat of my pants. The final product was pretty decent, but lacked fit and … Read more
My kids (8 year old daughter and 4 year old son) came up with the idea of Homemade Mario and Luigi Halloween Costumes in the summer! After trying to persuade them to think of something else as we got closer to the date, they finally won! After looking online and finding Mario and Luigi costumes … Read more
The shoes were cheap £6 white plimsoles. Leggings were plain black. The sheet that was wrapped around was also plain white polyester. This fabric didn’t absorb the dye very well but I thought that added to the Crayola Crayon Costume. The pattern on the sheets was done by spray painting stencils onto the sheet. It … Read more
I dressed up as a deer and my husband dressed up as a hunter. We put a bulls eye on his stomach and I carried around a plastic shot gun. We got GREAT compliments on our Homemade Deer Hunting Costume and people couldn’t stop telling us how original it was!
We bought most of the clothes for our Smurf costume at the thrift store. Most expensive item was the blonde wig, and the best part was that my husband already had the beard! Blue face paint was pretty easy to wash off. We bought kids blue knit gloves for our hands. We attended two different … Read more
BLACK BIRD: Materials for body: *Long black blazer style jacket (Thrift store $5) *Big fake ficus tree (Thrift store $10) *3 cans black spray paint *2-5 black feather boas (depending on thickness) *Lots of hot glue/glue gun 1. Paint the leaves of the ficus tree with black spray paint (clean dust off leaves first so … Read more
With all of the buzz last year (2009) around the Octomom, I decided to create the perfect homemade Octomom costume.
Recipe for this homemade Spaghetti and Meatballs Halloween couple costume idea: – 1 sheet very dense cardboard – 2 balls of thick, cream-colored yarn – 1 bottle of red tempera paint – blue paint for the plate – burgundy and tan paint for the meatballs – 8 styrofoam balls – 1 pair of red and … Read more
We decided to go out as the old and enhanced Ken and Barbie Couple Costume. We got paper towel boxes from the grocery store, cut and taped them together, then painted them. We had to paint 5 coats on the box to get it to cover good. We put bubble wrap on the underside so … Read more
I purchased a Fred & Wilma Flinstone couple costume pattern online, but it was too small for both of us! We therefore had to improvise our own Homemade Fred and Wilma Flintstone Couple Costume. For Fred’s costume, I measured and added inches to the pattern. I bought orange material and cut the pieces out. I … Read more