I always make my own costumes as I don’t like spending too much money on something I will wear once, and this one was no different. After lots of looking online I saw that no-one had copied the bikini top and that got me thinking. I got my nan to help me knit the buns, … Read more
Our Homemade Coors Light Costumes were made of simply duct tape!! We first rapped ourselves in clear sticky kitchen wrap then put original silver duct tape over top with blue painter tap. Out lined it, was all topped off with the cover of a Coors Light 6 pack and tada, you are a Coors Light … Read more
This homemade Leeloo from the 5th Element Halloween costume cost me $30; the wig was the most expensive part ($25). I then bought a roll of white duct tape and used a white bikini bottom I already had. I folded up paper underneath the duct tape in the slightly more “sensitive” areas, so that removal … Read more
I have been told I look like Julia Roberts since I was in grade school. Halloween is the perfect time to test this! I went to a huge warehouse in the South Loop of Chicago and bought some blue lycra material for the skirt. I then headed to Marshall’s for a tank top. With these … Read more
This year I decided that I wanted a Homemade Sexy Peacock Showgirl Costume. I bought the 35”-40” peacock feathers from save-on-crafts.com (I found that this website was the most reasonably priced). I purchased 300 feathers, but I probably used half of those to make the tail. I got a thicker black poster board and hot … Read more
You could hear laughter from blocks away “Wow! Look at the stick person!” Every person at every home we visited for treats had to see what the glowing costume was made of. And when we’d turn to leave and the host or hostess would catch a glimpse of the costume’s backside they would laugh hysterically. … Read more
This is my homemade Ke$ha costume. I based the costume off of her music video “Tik Tok” especially the lyrics, “Wake up in the morning feelin like P-Diddy, grab my glasses I’m out the door I’m gonna hit the city before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack, cause when I leave … Read more
Every year we try and impress our college campus with an original and unexpected costume for Halloween. This year we got the idea to make ourselves a Homemade Six Pack of Busch Group Costume. Our entire costume cost under $10 a piece, a steal compared to those who spend over fifty for a crappy costume. … Read more
We did this Homemade Cabbage Patch Doll Baby Costume for our first baby and wanted to make one for our second baby too. Our previous entry is the Coolest Cabbage Patch Kid Costume 2. We built it out of wood and painted it by hand, it is 1.75 scale of an original Cabbage Patch Kid … Read more
Greetings from the Land of Enchantment, New Mexico USA! I have ALWAYS wanted a costume from “Moulin Rouge” and this Halloween, I decided to make a Pink Diamonds Costume. Now, I’m not a seamstress so I had to just use my smarts and imagination to put everything together. With my mom’s help, LOTS of money … Read more
I had my Vivian Ward (aka ‘Pretty Woman’) costume made from scratch using a wife beater, the blue fabric and some metal rings then having a seamstress put it all together for me. I bought a green canvas bag (that i still use) black patent boots, a blond wig and a little black hat. I … Read more
I decided to be a Homemade Gold Fish Costume, but cute. Orange was the color I was in love with at the time. First, I needed scales; I found a light salmon colored old lady sequined sweater at Goodwill. I dyed it with RIT orange fabric dye. The boiling process curled the sequins so they … Read more