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?
I’m Eliza Thornberry, part of your average family and I talk to animals. This costume was so much fun to be, acting like a kid. The Wild Thornberry show came out in the 90’s so not that many people who are older know who she is. I thought of this idea because I have red … Read more
My brother, Luke, is 12 this year, and he was having trouble thinking of a costume. So I thought of the saying ‘When life gives you lemons…’ and we came up with this! We wanted to keep the costume plain. No logo tee shirts, no bright colors. So Luke just wore jeans and a white … Read more
We won best couple costume at the party we attended this Halloween with our last minute Fifty Shades of Grey couple costume. Our costumes are SOOO simple. My husband was 50 Shades of Grey and I was his ‘Sub’. His costume was as easy as easy can be. New gray shirt, pants and tie. Then … Read more
This last-minute Ke$ha costume was EASY to make/do! I started by making the “death to the pixies” shirt that she wears. It is available online and you can cut the neck to make it more grungey but I just got some fabric paint and free handed it myself. Next I took some old tights and cut … Read more
After thinking up the Bee Keeper and Bee costume, we spent only a few hours and about $10 putting the plan in action. Bee Keeper costume included 1 $5 painter’s coveralls from Home Depot, a borrowed safari-like hat and some fabric that mimicked mosquito netting from Wal-Mart. The bee costume was a bit more difficult. I … Read more
My baby turned 8 months at the time of Halloween this year and I started thinking about what costume to make for her a month in advance. She had just started going on her knees and I thought by the time Halloween approaches she will be crawling all around and so I decided to make her a spider costume … Read more
These last-minute adorable toddlers and Tiaras costumes were simple costumes to put together! Start off buying any colored tutu, a matching tank top (ours had sequins on them!), and a small tiara! We bought “Birthday girl” banners, flipped them around, and spelt “Little Miss Sexy” with stickers! Next, we bought the same color pacifier, and attached … Read more
My husband loves superheroes! OK OK … so do I. So, for our first cosplay attempt at last year’s Comic Con, we decided on a super simple (and cheap!) Clark Kent in the middle of “becoming” Superman costume for him. (I was Tank Girl – you can check out my other submission for a how-to on my costume!) What … Read more
I originally wanted to do Han Solo and the Slave Princess Leia with my dog being Princess Leia in a little gold bikini. This was going to be for a Halloween party at my home. But then we decided to go out instead so I had to scrap the princess puppy. I found the white … Read more
This past Halloween I decided to be a tree. Then, I thought, wouldn’t it be funny to be a tree that had been toilet papered? Many of us have been either on the giving or receiving side of that classic high school prank. My family’s house and trees were toilet papered once (to both my horror and … Read more
This Fetch Mean Girls cast costume is such an easy costume idea and it was super last minute too! All four of us combined things we already had in our closets for each costume, so we didn’t have to spend a dime. We decided to wear what the girls wore on “Pink Day.” For Cady Heron, Erin … Read more
My boyfriend and I were looking for a fun costume idea that we could make that no one had done before. We bounced some ideas off of each other and finally came up with Aladdin and Jasmine because it’s our favorite Disney movie! My roommates and I went to Walmart to buy all of the fabric and jewels. I made the Aladdin … Read more