I really enjoy making my children’s costumes. After seeing my kids watch The Smurfs a million times, I knew exactly what they would be for Halloween. Smurfette: I used an old summer white dress, cut out a flower from felt and placed a blue circle in the middle. (taken from a leftover piece of Brainy’s … Read more
Homemade Chicken Costume: I bought a cheap feather pillow at Big Lots ($3.99) and a can of spray adhesive … and a long sleeve white tee … sprayed one side of the tee and patted the loose feathers onto the adhesive. I bought orange ladies scrub pants for chicken feet, and used the spray adhesive … Read more
The hardest part of putting the costumes together was my cape. It took me a couple weeks to figure out how I was going to make the similar shape from the actual movie and to make it stand on my back. Thanks to my creative fiance we figured it out! Two wire hangers and some … Read more
First thing’s first on this Homemade Beetlejuice and Miss Argentina Couple Halloween Costume, body paint. We used Ben Nye cream color turquoise for hers and black and white for his. 5 bucks each, enough to cover complete body and feel light weight for a night of fun! The cape was the most time consuming. 2 … Read more
My friend and I like to challenge ourselves to go as something together. After being Lewis & Clark in a canoe, we decided to “up” our mode of transportation, so Homemade Dumb and Dumber Couple Costume was born! We got the Vapor Razor off Craigslist and the rest of the gear at Goodwill.
My husband and I as Captain Spaulding and Baby from House of 1000 Corpses or Devils Rejects. We actually won 2 contests for this Homemade Captain Spaulding and Baby Costume! They were super easy to make, all I purchased was the blood, wig and face make up. I only spent a total of $20. I … Read more
To make this homemade Lucy and Ethel in the Candy Factory couple costume idea we started with a pattern for a lab coat. The lab coat ended up a bit boxier than we thought, but with the drawstring it was ok. We used a black fabric to create the collar and sleeve cuffs. We actually … Read more
We are poor college students, so we wanted to do our Homemade Mario and Luigi Couple Halloween Costume for cheap. Instead of buying overalls that we would never wear again, we took some old jeans and cut them up to make the overall fronts. We bought our hats for about eight dollars and just added … Read more
MAMA MIA!!Growing up I had always enjoyed playing Super Mario Brothers (and still do enjoy playing it). This Halloween I just couldn’t resist the idea of trying to transform a common male costume into a unique female costume. I asked a few of my friends if they would like to join in on the “Mario … Read more
My wife and I were going to a party at our apartment complex and we wanted to have a “couples costume” but due to budget constraints, we didn’t want to spend a lot of money. I found the “pig” glasses and instantly thought of a Homemade Swine Flu Couple Costume and how to visualize a … Read more
I have always loved Day of the Dead art, so why not dress like it! I bought an old wedding dress from the thrift store and began cutting. First I cut of the sleeves and zipper since it was too small, then I added grommets and turned the back into a corset style dress. I … Read more
I saw this idea for this Publishers Clearing House Winner Costume on this website and thought it was so cute. It was very easy to put together. My husband wore a suit and tie he already owned. I made him a badge that said prize patrol using vinyl and felt. We picked up some balloons … Read more