OOmpa Loompa Doopity Doo, Willy Wonka Let us off work for a day of Candy making to enjoy Halloween. I really wanted to be something different than the normal Halloween costume you end up seeing so we made a modern spin on the old Homemade Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompas Group Costume. We where able … Read more
With one trip to the Goodwill, and another to the costume store for wigs, we were able to create the 4 news anchors of the Anchorman Crew Group Halloween Costume. Ron Burgundy: We found a great burgundy coat and pants that were plaid and the correct 70s cut. We paired that with a brown wig … Read more
This group Spaceballs Costume was put together by myself and friends. It consists of six characters from the Spaceballs movie created by Mel Brooks that is a spoof of Star Wars and a few other movies. From right to left the characters include Yogurt, Dot Matrix, Barf, Princes Vespa, a Spaceball (aka-Major Asshole), and Lord … Read more
The whole Wizard of Oz costume idea got started when my sister-in-law lent my son a homemade lion costume she had made several years ago for her son. Then my daughter got red sparkle shoes for Christmas and it just seemed like I had to go with it. My oldest daughter wanted to be a … Read more
This is our Homemade Mario Bros., Princess Peach and Toad Group Costume. For my dress, I used an old prom dress. Dyed a piece of ribbon and gloves to match. I sewed the tinsel to my dress giving it the flowing look, then hot glued the ribbon over it. Found the crown in the toy … Read more
My name is Emma and I handmade all of the costumes shown here. It’s been like a tradition to be resourceful and make nothing into something for our Halloween costumes every year in my family since I was a kid myself and now I get to do this with my kiddos. Mario(the star of the … Read more
We grabbed some fabric, made up a pattern for a simple dress, used puffy paint to paint on the dresses. For the hats we used a simple party hat and incorporated all of our colors and glued the fabric on the hats. This was such an easy DIY Crayon Group Halloween Costume.
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