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?
Last year Halloween was VERY wet and VERY cold. I almost didn’t take my son trick-or-treating because it was so miserable outside. However, the munchkin was dying to go and I had to find something quick that would keep me warm. I dug around in my closet (I LOVE clothes and have a ton of … Read more
I was trying to think of a simple, cute costume for my one year old. when I was searching online, I saw an advertisement for Chip N Dale dancers. The thought just popped into my head….make a baby Chip N Dale costume, just for fun, of course. I entered him in a local Halloween Contest … Read more
My friends and I made these sexy Sailor Squad and Tuxedo Mask group Halloween costume for a Halloween social event for our sorority. It took us the entire day to complete them, but it was worth it! We got a lot of compliments at the party, and we actually ended up winning 1st prize in the … Read more
The most fun I’ve had at uni was definitely my zombie Smurf night for Halloween. It was a last minute idea but got really good reactions off everyone and really simple to do. Just beware of leaving blue hand prints all over the place! Very easy to make- just blue t shirt and white plain … Read more
I had purchased my son a store bought dragon costume and was hoping to wear something that would go with it as we had done that the previous year when he went as a lion and I was the Lion Tamer. The first thing that came to my mind was the Robert Munsch book The … Read more
This week we studied Community Helpers and dressed up like our favorite one. My son chose to be a policeman! I took a large, empty box of paper towels from our kitchen and made it into a police car! It was a HIT at school! simple design that didn’t cost me a dime!
We needed a costume for a party and wanted to do something creative, rather than just buying a costume. We thought about making a “Claw” or “Crane Game”. We basically just cut out the front and arm holes, then spray painted the box. Painted some details on the front and added some cheap, old stuffed … Read more
My baby was 6 weeks old for his first Halloween, and it was only my second ever Halloween in the USA (I grew up in a country where Halloween wasn’t really celebrated, yet we saw all the “trick or treat” stuff on TV, so I was making up for lost time!). I wanted to do … Read more
I had an old overall in my house, so I went to the local DIY shop and bought yellow spray paint and a sample pot of red paint. I cut the sleeves and below the knees off the overall and sprayed it yellow. I left it to dry for 2 hours outside, then added the … Read more
I started thinking about what I should be for Halloween for a couple of months. I always wanted to be something more unique, but known and not just a sexy something. A lot of people dress up as Marilyn Monroe, but not as much as Audrey. I decided to wear a little black dress I … Read more
As poor college students, we obviously couldn’t afford a to buy any sexy fancy costumes so we decided to be cheap and just make something up. I originally didn’t even know what beanies babies were until my best friend mentioned it. I think she saw it online somewhere and it seemed easy enough so we … Read more
It’s hard to find a costume when you are a female. The movie mean girls is right when they say Halloween is the one night of the year that girls can dress as skanky as they want and other girls can’t say anything about them. Well, we’re not those kind of girls. Also, have you … Read more