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?
Here is one very simple costume. I made this for children’s play at school, but it could be used for Halloween, too. All you need to make are baggy pants, vest and a bel For baggy pants, you should tailor the fabric as shown on photo bellow, twice. Easy. For belt, use one wide piece … Read more
Well, my son has forgotten to tell me that he is having a costumed party at school that morning! What to do? School is about to start in 15 minutes! This is all I came up with at such short notice; I decided to dress him up as a pirate. I looked around in a … Read more
Let me start by saying I LOVE halloween. I tossed around many ideas for the month leading up to halloween. While I had two strong costume ideas, for whatever reason I just never got started on either one, and both would have required some serious planning. So here it was Thur, the 31st and I … Read more
Who doesn’t love to be the center of attention while looking super sexy? This costume was so easy to make and I got so many compliments for my creavitiy. It all began when I ordered a poison ivy costume online that ended up costing me $50 but not fitting right. I decided the cost and … Read more
I made the face from poster board and construction paper. I first studied Randy Marsh’s face on google images. Then, I decided what facial expression I wanted to give him. After I chose it, I free handed the shape of his head with a pencil in the poster board. After that, I placed a large … Read more
This Meatballs and Spaghetti for both male and female costume idea came to me like magic. Actually Halloween was the next day and I was at home in my room when I just remembered that tomorrow was Halloween, so I was thinking “I don’t have any money, what am I going to do? “Then it hit … Read more
For halloween I usually try to be creative and unique when picking a costume. After much reserach and thought, this year I went with Elliot and ET. Not only is it a classic but anyone and everyone has seen this movie, not to mention i even added a girly touch to it for those of … Read more
I created this costume while I was doing my hair! I have naturally curly hair and one day it wasn’t cooperating, it just kept getting bigger and bigger! I live in Oregon, so the wet weather doesn’t do curly hair Amy favors. I was silently cursing my genetics when I thought, trying to find the … Read more
I come from an era when we just didn’t go to the store and buy a Halloween costume. Or maybe it’s that I lived too far out in the country to go to town (30 miles or more) to buy a costume? But, my mother always said, “if you want to dress up for Halloween, you … Read more
Our costumes were a last minute change of mind, I decided what I had planned wasn’t good enough to be the best, so I went on a manhunt for what I needed as the mall was closing. Dora was simple, I hit up the women’s department at Academy, and bought a wig in the Halloween … Read more
We cut out a box for his head and hands to stick through. Painted “kissing booth” on it and kissed it with lipstick on so the lips would be all over. We also kissed our boy wearing it…..lol. He had all the girls complimenting him on it and trying to give him .25 cents to … Read more
I was a bit last minute with my Halloween costumes this year. I didn’t want to spend a lot of money and didn’t have a lot of time (I put this together the day of), so I needed something that could be quick and cheap, but still cute! I have a crazy obsession with Tiffany’s … Read more