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?
Our group had come up with this idea weeks before Halloween, and it looked as though we wouldn’t be able to pull it off because we put it off for so long! At the last minute we all pulled our costumes together and it looked great! We each dressed in a way that we thought would … Read more
This group of girls is completely random and hilarious…why the costume was such a hit! We were all sitting in school ON Halloween day with no idea what we would be when Candace (middle) suggested the Fab 5 gymnastics team and we ran with it. We bought leotards and fake medals and made numbers to … Read more
This is my Mario costume very easy to do. I went to Home Depot down the painting isle grabbed pant interns hat and spray painted it red and made the M logo out of white and black paint this only took me two days to do. I bought a red long sleeve shirt some suspenders … Read more
I work at a summer camp and all the lifeguards always decide to dress up something fun to entertain the kids. This time we wanted to do superheros but we never want to spend more than $10. We already had black shorts and black tank tops. We used cardboard to make a superhero sign that … Read more
I work at a summer camp and on the last day before the kids go home all the counselors dress up in fancy dresses. All the lifeguards decided we don’t want to dress up, so we always come up with matching costumes. The pirates were extremely simple. We all had grey sweatpants and black tank … Read more
I wanted to be something different for Halloween but still be sexy and cute! This sexy homemade Hamburglar Halloween costume was a HUGE hit and it only cost me $8 total! I wore black Chuck Taylors, yoga capris, and a striped shirt from Forever 21 I already had. Then, I bought a bandit hat and a … Read more
Cute fun and the whole family can join in. Just grab some balloons and you have yourself an easy and unique costume! 1. First grab some old clothing, you can go to a local donation store and buy some clothing, preferably green or purple according to the color grapes. Make sure that you or your … Read more
A cute red solo cup costume that actually allows you to move and not have a big plastic case around you all night! Beer Pong! Red Dress Get any red dress you already have in your closet. White Duct Tape Add a white tuck tape line to the top and bottom of the dress- if … Read more
This last-minute Headless child costume was made the night before we were to go trick or treating. My son had a Halloween party at school and the shop bought costume got all ripped up and he didn’t tell me until the night before Halloween so it was a bit of a panic and I have never … Read more
This Halloween I really wanted to try something cute but a little different than the generic costumes you see girls wearing every year so I settled on a ghost; I haven’t seen too many girls dress up as this and it seemed like it would fit my price range as well. For this costume I … Read more
My friend decided at the last minute to make his 21st a costume party, themed “what you want to be when you grow up” and the first thing that came to mind was when I was younger I obviously wanted to “catch em’ all”. I noticed Ash has 4 main components to his outfit. The … Read more
My old college roommate, who is the BIGGEST Halloween nut ever, was having a Halloween party. She had invited me weeks before, and by the time the date rolled around, I had completely forgotten to get a costume. Because of how obsessed she is with the holiday, I knew I would be forever shunned if … Read more