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?
For this Shotgun Sally costume and Makeup you’ll need: Black Nylon spirit gum Eyelash Glue Liquid Latex Ben Nye Nose and scar wax Ben Nye Stage Blood Ben Nye Thick Blood Charchoal powder (or loose black eyeshadow) Castor sealer Hair dryer Setting powder Sponge Barrier spray Steps for Making the Costume First things first, protect … Read more
My boyfriend and I were brainstorming costume ideas a week before Halloween. We wanted to go with something Nickelodeon themed but we were torn between a few good ones. We found a collage of all the 90s-00s cartoons and I saw that Cosmo and Wanda from the Fairly Odd Parents had some of the most … Read more
My friends and I decided to be the famous red cup for Halloween. It was really simple to make and totaling $8 for each of us. Make sure you find coupons! :) We got all our supplies at a craft store. The red “dresses” are just large t-shirts and we have our body’s through the … Read more
The inspiration for this wickedly cute teddy bear costume came from wanting to do something outside of the normal, but somewhat similar for my age. So, mixing something wicked and scary on one side with something seductive and pretty on the other seemed like a plan! I searched youtube for different makeup tutorials for Halloween … Read more
My 9 year old son basically only eats hot dogs, lol. So when I was trying to think of a costume that fit him perfectly… Hot dogs came to mind! I thought an actual hot dog at first, but he said that was too baby.So hot dog vendor costume it was! Everyone loved it. He … Read more
I always create a fun and original costume for myself every year, but this year I ended up roping the whole family into it. To start off we found all clothing at local goodwills and thift stores. We reviewed pictures and tried to match the costumes as close as we could. We also printed off … Read more
So picture this… a week before Halloween and my boyfriend and I decide we will just have a quiet Halloween in, watching scary movies. Fast forward to Saturday when, to my surprise, my boyfriend asked if I was ready to go yet? Apparently we had been invited to a party that he simply forgot to … Read more
My son is the product of a quick-witted father and a fairly creative mom, and unlike his Halloween costume, he typically lives in the realm outside the box. His Halloween costumes evolve from spontaneous spurts of ingenuity, blasting out, it seems, with the Halloween haul of one year until the nick-of-time-October of the next. From … Read more
Ok, being an 80s kid I obviously picked this Beatlejuice costume for my 3 yr old but I did make sure he was prepared, the week before we watched movie and cartoons over and over. This costume cost me a total of $3.99! I purchased a toddler tux at a local thrift shop (had been … Read more
For the leopard, I wore a leopard body suit. I wore black high-waisted shorts over top and black ripped stockings underneath. To complete the look I threw on leopard heels and a leopard cat mask. For the leopard tamer, he wore black dress pants and a white button-up. To complete his look, he wore a … Read more
My boyfriend and I never really watched the show The Office until it went into sydication, growing tired of watching The Simpsons everynight before bed we started watching The Office. Dwight is so funny and over the top hands down one of the best on TV. Anyhow to create Dwight’s look I had to find … Read more
We were all working in the Meat Dept and trying to come up with a clever “Meat Themed” costume we could still work in. All of the stuff I saw online hotdogs and steaks were too bulky for us to work in. So I brainstormed and looked in the closet and was able to get … Read more