I’ve been thinking of group/family costumes for us the past few years while the kids are young (and willing to go along with my ideas!). This Bee Family Costume fit the bill for us: cute, inexpensive, and my husband didn’t have to be too silly. Bees: Basic cylinder/tube pattern. I sewed black and yellow fuzzy … Read more
The easiest group costume EVER! We all came to work in black clothes. We all donned skull caps and painted ourselves blue with really shiny blue cream makeup. We cut up a few PVC pipes we had leftover from a job site and Voila! Homemade Blue Man Group Costume! We always make an entrance at … Read more
I saw the Corona 6 pack and decided to do it with Budlight. This DIY BudLight 6-pack group Halloween costume idea was easy and fun to make. I got 6-6xs long black t-shirts, 6 foil pans, 6 poster boards, a black twin size bed sheet and gallon of true blue and a quart of white … Read more
We were inspired by the Lego Group costume on this site, that won last year, and made our own do it yourself Lego family costume. We followed their perfect instructions and made our own versions based off of Lego Minifigures we found at the Lego Store and on eBay. We did the Disco Dude Minifigure, … Read more
OK so we had two of us originally that decided to be trolls then added one last minute. First we had to order a nude color leotard since we couldn’t find any in the stores. We bought panty hose to wear underneath and glitter paint to draw our belly buttons. As for the hair… the … Read more
My husband made this Homemade Flintstone Family Costume for all of us. After seeing the prices of costumes in the stores, we decided that we would try to make them ourselves. Three hours later this is what we came up with. We’ve never had our picture taken so many times!
These are our cool homemade Monsters Inc. family costumes. I dressed as Mike, my husband was Mike and our little girl was Boo. For Mike’s costume, I used 9 layers of paper mache over an exercise ball. Be careful not to cover the plug so that you can deflate it and save it for another … Read more
Every year my children want to be something great for Halloween, however I have 4 kids so buying 4 costumes is not in my budget. I decided I would start making their costumes, they pick what group they go as and then I make all 4 costumes, we always go as a group. Last year … Read more
We picked up all sorts of old clothes at the Goodwill and Salvation army. It was lots of fun!
This is a picture of our Clue Game Group Costume. I’ll start with my costume, Miss Scarlet. The dress was actually my old prom dress, which I got for a bargain price of $15. Any red dress would do. Completed the costume with gloves, heels and a long cigarette holder. Next is Mrs. Peacock, hers … Read more
There were seven and a half of us who all got together to do a Homemade Spaceballs Group Costume. I was Asshole/Spaceball. I made the helmet from an outdoor lamp globe, a bike helmet, foam, a drimel, and spray paint. The suit was a painters suite, and the belt was from an old shirt. All … Read more
Our family went as Shrek and gang in 2007 and I was dared to top my Shrek. To do so, I could only think of cross-dressing, but didn’t want to do anything rude. Then one day the Wizard of Oz was on TV and the rest is history. My wife’s lion costume was a simple … Read more