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 moved to Summerside PEI and Halloween was quickly approaching. Not knowing a whole lot of people in the town I wasn’t too thrilled about celebrating Halloween, as the conventional tradition was to enjoy the event with friends from home. In August a friend I met on the island informed me about his annual party … Read more
We wanted to do a funny, yet sexy costume for Halloween this year. We made our bath Loofah Girls homemade Halloween costumes by buying 20 yards of tulle, a package of 1 inch elastic, and a package of thinner elastic. Leaving the tulle doubled (as it comes on the roll) roll it out, and cut … Read more
We crack up when ever we see the Sundrop citrus drink commercial with the girl dancing to drop it like it’s hot. So this Halloween when thinking about what my daughter could be for Halloween (something simple) the commercial came on and she started mimicking it. So the decision was made, a SunDrop commercial girl … Read more
I procrastinated really bad, but luckily.. this Wonder Woman costume was so easy that I finished it literally the night before I had to go out. The only main trouble I had was I wasn’t really prepared so I had to go back to the store plenty of times to get my materials, but luckily I’ll … Read more
I was initially going to go as Superman for Halloween this year but once I put the costume together it just didn’t look right. So I had to figure out how I was going to use a cape and red tights. So I thought why not dress up like a little kid that thinks they … Read more
I wore this easy last-minute homemade Pencil Costume to my friend’s fancy dress party with the theme “film characters”. While most of my friends opted for the sexy Pocahontas or macho James Bond I opted for the understated Staedtler Pencil (there must be thousands of pencils in various films!) To make this costume I took … Read more
Last year, my family went to watch “Gnomeo & Juliet” and I immediately knew what I wanted to be for Halloween. For weeks, I worked on getting my straight laced, super uptight husband to agree to be “Joe-meo & Julia-et,” a play on our names. Somehow, I managed to convince him to go along for … Read more
This was the fourth Halloween that my boyfriend and I spent together, and I wanted to be something cute together since we’ve never dressed up as a couple before. Popeye and Olive Oyl seemed to be the cutest and easiest costumes to make. Being the broke college students we are, I wanted to spend the … Read more
SIMPLE! (And we learned only true Star Wars fans understand it!) Neon orange jumpsuit I bought off Ebay I had a white vest from previous years. For the front box- felt went over a grey piece of foam and elastic held it up and around. I could not find thick grey elastic, so I used … Read more
Made all these group Halloween costumes except for the Joker. The Riddler was the best, was very close to TV quality! and didn’t cost much at all! I bought green dye, white material for belt, white shirt underwear and socks to cover the shoes and thermal pants and dyed them all green. I used cardboard … Read more
These are our very last-minute Bert and Ernie Halloween costumes. Bert’s shirt was made from a Blue v neck thermal shirt, green and orange duct tape for the stripes. Super easy and took less than 10 min! Ernie’s shirt was just a long sleeve polo shirt my husband had in the closet that happen to … Read more
Me and my best friend always try and be something funny. This year we went at fast food legends Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders. It was all home made within 1 night Ronald’s body was made out of a coverall from Home Depot with the arms and half the legs cut off and then spray … Read more