My housemates and I go to the University of Winchester in the UK and our SU has themed nights most Fridays which we almost always go to and we always try to be original with our costumes and make them ourselves because it is often a lot cheaper and its fun! The theme this week … Read more
My younger sister was finally old enough to go to the same party as me so we decided we wanted to match. We wanted costumes that were show stopping and what could be more suited than a pair of showgirls! Most of the items to make the Homemade Showgirl Costume are purchased and the put … Read more
This is the coolest Homemade Female Indian Costume ever. I made EVERTHING from including my headdress. I love to make my costume and costumes for my friends and this one came out perfect. So perfect I wore it to two different parties and everyone was amazed. I have never seen a costume like this and … Read more
My names Kimberly Valles, I live in Southern California and I currently submitted Jack the Skellington homemade costume. This is my Bat Costume creation I made just recently. As you know I’m a costume designer trying to open my own business. I made that bat costume out of many different fabric material and wire hangers. … Read more
This is a homemade Lady Gaga bubble costume from her first tour in 2009! The “bubbles” are made out of plastic balls that people usually put stuff into and use as an ornament for a Christmas tree. I basically raided every craft store in my area for the different sized plastic ornament balls and spent … Read more
This costume has 648 beer caps on it. It includes the hat, earrings, a necklace, an anklet, a purse, a bracelet and of course the shoes shirt and shorts. It took me one month to save all the caps and a lot of parties. I used mostly fabric glue and a hot glue gun to … Read more
I’m an artist and graphic designer, currently graduated with a BFA in fine arts. I love to do anything creative, but since graduation I havn’t had many creative outlets. So I decided I would take the time to once again create a costume that was extremely original and hadn’t been attempted before. Last year, one … Read more
I got the Moulin Rouge bug and began making the Black Diamond costume from the character Satine. I started with a black bustier and then I glued about 3000 rhinestones on this costume. I sewed the tux and tail and the lapels on then I glued rhinestones onto gloves a top hat and shoes. It … Read more
I used the copper wire idea and it worked great for the hair of this Pippi Longstockings costume. A few bobby pins kept it in place on the top of her head. It was one long piece of wire that was bent to fit the shape of her head and slide into the braids to … Read more
I made the bodysuit of this Mortal Combat costume using a full swimsuit pattern with pink fabric. Then just sewed some black stretchy fabric and put as belt and attached to pink bought gloves. The mask was just a painter’s mask covered and hot glues some extra pink fabric. The boots I made some socks/knee … Read more
This Human Picnic Idea came to me browsing through Wal-Mart. As a college student without a lot of money I saw an inexpensive set of ketchup and mustard squeeze bottles. I bought two plastic red bowls for the bikini top and cut holes in the tops and sides. Simple white string was weaved through the … Read more
My friends and I were trying to be different or at least make a homemade version of a popular costume and take it up a notch. My friends got a great idea to be peacocks and since I have to be different I decided to be a flamingo. In Pittsburgh the aviary is very popular … Read more