Halloween is fast approaching and you have no costume. Sound familiar? Some of the most creative people are major procrastinators. Okay, we may have made that up. But we can definitely relate. Maybe a little too well. Lucky for us, this section has over 700 pictures of homemade costumes and how-to’s to create your own fabulous DIY costume.
Best of all, last minute costumes usually mean using materials you have around. This translates into saving money! So you can have cool homemade costumes that are made super quickly and inexpensively.
Looking for something funny? Check out the lost dog and cat costumes here. Feeling nostalgic? Using just a bucket, a bandage and a friend, you can dress up as Jack and Jill. Handy with makeup? Try a Day Of The Dead or a pop art costume. Always aspired to be a Mr. October? Now you can be!
In addition, you will see classic costumes like nerds, vampires, skeletons and movie and television characters. With hundreds of images to inspire you, what are you waiting for?
We wanted our one year old daughter, Claire’s, Halloween costume to be simple, unique, and pro-female empowerment. Amelia Earhart was a perfect choice. This is how we did it: We found the hat with attached goggles online, cut one of mom’s scarfs in half, borrowed the jacket from a friend’s little boy, and already owned the … Read more
We needed a baby costume for our family Nightmare Before Christmas theme, so we decided to create a Baby Zero costume for our newest addition. Any cloth will work as a cloak. Sew red ribbon around neck for collar. Buy a plain white baby hoodie. Buy a Styrofoam cone and cut it in half. Hot glue … Read more
Our gym teacher costumes were inspired by our moms who were teenagers in the 70s. The clothing parts of the costumes were very basic, the accessories were cheap, and the diy props were easy to make. We went out to a local bar for Halloween so we went for campy with “Horndog High School” but … Read more
What’s scarier than our skeleton couple costume? Being invited out for a Halloween party on the night of Halloween with NO IDEA what to dress up as! The aisles of every Halloween store were eerie and empty. There were no costumes in sight until we came upon the face paint – SOLD! We went home … Read more
After thinking long and hard about a Halloween costume for my almost two year old baby, my stepdaughter sent me a picture of a baby dressed as a chicken. I immediately fell in love with it and said “that is what I want”. I said “where can I buy this outfit?” My stepdaughter said “I … Read more
My wife and I like to put some effort in our costumes and we usually imitate a popular movie character. Our inspiration came from the movie “The Book of Life” this year. Costume for the male was put together using a thrift store suit and accessories from a fabric store/Halloween store. The skeletons on the … Read more
It was a last minute costume that turned out awesome. I bought a white sheet set created a dirty look to it with black spray paint and red fabric paint. I shredded the sheets into long strips then hot glued to an old set of jeans and shirt to create the Mummy wrap. As for … Read more
My three month old son, Kal was Alfalfa for his first Halloween. He was born with a full head of hair so we knew we didn’t want to cover it up. He woke up from a nap with a “Falf” sticking straight up in the air and the idea just came to me. I found … Read more
This is the costume for my son Lincoln this year.. His pee-wee baseball team, The Invaders, won their 2014 pee-wee championship this year, with an undefeated record. Even though that season ended in July, we are still pretty excited about it, so why not do a baseball themed costume! We love blood and gore though, … Read more
I love going hunting with my dad and being our family is very involved with hunting I decided to make a costume out of it. Instead of going as the hunter I thought I would put my makeup skills to use and some of the branches you can buy at Walmart. I bought some flower … Read more
My daughter has naturally crazy hair so I wanted to use that to my advantage and came up with the idea of struck by lightning baby costume. To Make the Costume I took a onesie, cut holes in it and then burned the edges. I also put dark eyeshadow in spots to make it look dirty. … Read more
Our friends were in town and we got invited to a last minute Halloween party, which meant last minute Halloween costumes. We thought, “why not a sleek skeleton gang dressed in black and white with painted faces?” The guys wore all black, two wore skeleton suspenders that we had from our day of the dead … Read more