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 had heard on the radio that someone had been a shower curtain. So we thought we give it a shot just to see what we could come up with. The costume in general was very inexpensive (probably less than $8.00) to make, without the shower head which could be purchased at a used store … Read more
Living in a foreign country has always proved to be a bit challenging. It takes much more effort to find what you need to produce a costume then going to your local thrift shop or craft store. Supplies are limited, and finding things that fit you is even more difficult, not to mention the hours … Read more
We wanted a fun costume to celebrate a girls weekend in Miami. We were really looking forward to our first warm Halloween without winter coats! All of our past Halloweens were spent in Chitown :) There were three if us and we wanted our costume to be cute, comfortable, fun, and reasonable cost. We searched … Read more
My girlfriend had done a search online for ideas for baby and toddler costumes. She has not seen Nacho Libre and has no reference to the character, only the look and it’s simplicity to duplicate. I was sent to accomplish this using as little money as possible, and “hurry, it’s a week before Halloween”. Naturally … Read more
I am a true lover of Halloween and I usually start brainstorming my costume about 365 days in advance. Although I start planning incredibly early, I’m awesome at waiting until the last minute and this year was no different. I should start by saying that I am a 24-year-old girl, who is an avid red … Read more
I got the sexy Loofah costume idea from Pinterest after I searched for creative DIY costumes. I followed instructions posted on Pinterest that were very helpful and easy to follow. All I had to purchase was tulle, elastic bands, and a rope. They didn’t have enough of one color of tulle at Walmart, so my … Read more
The costume was easy to put together – the hardest part was finding the correct “highlighter” body suit color. After that, the letters and reflector stickers were at the local hardware store. The red hat and orange safety flag were also purchased separately online. While going trick or treating, my son had a blast with … Read more
The first thing I did was to purchase the Stay Puft costume from a local costume store. The “only” part I used from the package was the body that blows up (uses a fan with batteries in the inside). The body works ok if you don’t care about the head and body being made out of the same material. … Read more
I made this for my 7 year old son. It only took 30 minutes to make but was a smash hit wherever he went with this costume. Hoe I made: Roll news papers into a size of a head and wrap it with a plasic bag. Tape a stick pn the head-ball, cover with a … Read more
Name tag and badge made out of paper with safety pin on back, plain white apron with blue stickers and clear tape, white pants and shirt. Make up by Mac. I glued on individual lashes, bought some off brand converse, they were actually $10 at citi trends including the pants and polo whit shirt were … Read more
My son Thomas, this year wanted to be Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of fleet street! Firstly we used a wig we already had and painted a section of it white, the easiest way we found to do this was with Ti-pex. We then re-used a shirt he’d used before and covered the sleeve in … Read more
This is my son Ben. He decided he wanted to be Patrick Bateman from American psycho this year. It’s really easy to make. We took a white school shirt and splattered it with blood, added a pair of black braces to his black school trousers. The tie was from our local charity shop. we gelled … Read more