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?
Charlie Brown was very simple. You need a yellow polo shirt, black shorts, yellow socks and brown shoes. You will need black fabric paint. You just draw the Chevron symbols on the yellow polo with the black fabric paint. The rest should be purchasable and WalMart. We also added a small stuffed Snoopy to his costume.
I made this creepy homemade Freddy Krueger costume for Halloween. I found my jumper in a charity shop and sliced the neck and the sleeves. I also found a child’s mask and sew’d it inside the jumper so I had a face poking through to resemble the children on his skin. I bought a cheap Freddy Glove online and replaced … Read more
This Mickey and Minnie Mouse costume for a couple was a hit. My boyfriend and I just simply bought red and black clothing. I paid $7 for my skirt at Forever21, tights from Wal-mart $5, black converse at Journeys. He purchased black pants at Pacsun $35, red sweater $15 at Old Navy. We couldn’t find the … Read more
Take an old pair of over sized pants and cut them off mid calf and make a jagged, uneven hem for this clown costume. Use an old shirt and cut holes in it, wash to give it a frayed look, then splatter with fake blood. I picked up a pair of suspenders from the thrift store for $1 and used … Read more
First we took saran wrap and wrapped each other up in it. It’s a little awkward at first but we had some fun with it. Make sure you make it a little longer at the top than you think you will want. Then you cut you duct tape into strips and do the front side, one strip … Read more
Quite some time ago, I stole my boyfriend’s pink button down because it looked oh so good with a belt and heels. Who knew it’d be a great Halloween costume as well? Risky Business is an iconic movie in our culture and the scene in which Tom Cruise dances around to Bob Seger’s “Old Time … Read more
Here is how the last-minute Ice Coffee Cup costume: I am what I Drink came together. We are having a Halloween party at my job, private preschool with a Dunkin Donut shop across the street. Several co-workers frequent the shop on a daily basis. So, I was drinking my ice coffee, when it hit me. … Read more
This women’s Egyptian Statue costume is inspired by the 1930’s Cleopatra movie. The dress was made by a co-worker’s wife. I actually had a store-bought costume, and three days before my event, decided I HATED it. She made this in less than 48 hours. It is a gathered dress of a gold lame, and the … Read more
These Pretty Little Liar with the Infamous Killer Couple Costumes are great because it’s good for parties or work! I’m a pharmacy technician so we weren’t allowed dress up for Halloween but I was still able to dress up! Pretty Little Liar: I wore a black dress similar to the one on the show with tights, … Read more
I made this scary Exorcist Costume by taking an old night gown and mixing up a nice green pea soup color and painting it on the front of the gown to make it look like she threw up on herself, like in the movie The Exorcist. I also got some old house shoes for her to wear. She … Read more
The Queen of Hearts and Jabberwacky costumes were purchased from Goodwill stores and from articles around the house. It was an exceptionally fun theme this year, Alice in Wonderland. Friends and relatives were so impressed and couldn’t get over the fact the costumes were so inexpensive and looked so good. Jabberwacky is Mike Kuntz and … Read more
As college students we did not have the time or the money to buy/make expensive costumes, but we still wanted to have the best costumes at our annual Halloween party. So we made zombie/vampire Halloween costumes that cost only $30 and took 20 minutes to make! When we walked into the party all eyes were … Read more