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?
Make way for Little Miss Han Solo! My oldest son and I have always been huge sci-fi fans. When he was growing up I would reward him for a good report card by buying him Star Wars figures. He would get one figure for each A on his report card. I made this easy no-sew … Read more
For Halloween in 2013 I was searching and searching for the best costumes for me and my boyfriend. The Halloween stores had nothing that I wanted and also didn’t fit into. So I decided to make our own, so I came up with the best TV characters Al &Peggy Bundy from married with children. I … Read more
I found it! The “Needle in the Haystack”!! This costume is an idea I came up with for a last-minute and inexpensive costume. The tulle costume have been very popular the last couple of years. I wanted to try making a few different ones. This is a great beginner costume and needs no special skills or … Read more
This adorable scarecrow costume was one that I put together last fall for my grand daughter’s first trip to the pumpkin patch. The costume consists of a tulle petticoat over a seersucker yellow sundress. I made both the dress and petticoat, but a dress from a thrift store would work just a well. To fashion a … Read more
This was one of the easiest costumes that I’ve gotten to do. You need black and white clothing, (suits, shirts, ties, gloves, hats, shoes, dresses, hosiery, etc.). The most difficult part was applying the paint on the skin, with most of the body covered by clothes, however, there was little skin that needed to be … Read more
For Halloween last year I wanted to be something funny, but also something no one else was going to be. It took me awhile to figure out what I was going to be, and by the time I figured it out I only had two days to make my costume. Luckily, my Last-Minute Cereal Killer … Read more
My husband and I dressed up as the Geico Money Man for a party in March 2014, but the theme was Halloween…. We are motorcycle riders and we thought it was a great idea to dress up like the money man and roll down in our motorcycle, with all the money flowing around. The money … Read more
I play Candy Crush every day so I decided to make my own sexy Candy Crush. I took some old shirts of all colors that I didn’t use any more and a box of cereals, some plastic wrap, a needle, thread, glue gun, and a bathing suit I drew all shapes of candies and traced … Read more
As a child I grew up watching ET and was fascinated. Eight years ago I met my best friend and we both discovered our love for aliens. So much so, that for my first tattoo on my 18th birthday I got “UFO” tattooed on my inner lip. Every Halloween I try to outdo myself, thinking … Read more
My 11 year old daughter wanted to be Sonic the Hedgehog, but wanted the girl version. Well, my parents went and bought her the already made costume. To put it mildly I said “YOU WILL NOT BE GOING IN PUBLIC IN THAT OUTFIT!!!!” Okay, maybe I was a little loud about it, but boy was … Read more
This Tulips on your organ costume was great and simple to make. It got many laughs and comments,very fun to watch peoples expressions when they put it together,very simple to make. Get a cardboard box to fit a man’s waist, cut out center spray paint brown, add another strip of cardboard to front and make a … Read more
I’m 27 years old and have wanted to be a Ninja Turtle for Halloween for the past couple of years. I never went through with it because I don’t like any of the adult Ninja Ture costumes because they’re too expensive, slutty, which is absolutely ridiculous for a Ninja Turtle, or the shell isn’t big … Read more