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?
OK this original, last-minute Wordplay Costume – Hottest Spice Rack on the Planet! is so easy it’s a no-brainer. All you gotta do is find a fairly large, well endowed woman and convince her to give you one of her old bras. Yes guys, it’s better if you do it because well face it, it’s … Read more
I was 7 months pregnant for Halloween but still wanted to partake in the fun. I wore a white tank top that showed off my belly. I think took a plaid shirt from the Goodwill and cut the sleeves off. I got tattoos from those quarter machines outside of store (you can’t see in the picture but … Read more
I was in Florence, Italy for Halloween last year and they’re not big on the holiday over there so costumes were rare to come by. I decided to put my own together and I always loved the outfits from A Clockwork Orange so I decided to be the girl version of Alex from A Clockwork … Read more
Last year, I struggled with a costume idea. At the last minute, I came up with the idea of dressing up as Frida Kahlo because I did not want a sexy costume and I wanted something unique. I went to Burlington Coat Factory and got a red peasant skirt with sequins and a gold and … Read more
Halloween 2008 we went as original four season trees, mother nature and father time group costume. Mother nature wore an old dress and accessorized with craft store garland, flowers, birds etc…Father time borrowed the robe, a clock from his mantle, and bought the faux-sickle. As for the trees, we got 99% of our items at … Read more
My daughter who was 7, always wanted to be something scary for Halloween like her 4 brothers. Being the only girl of the bunch, I wanted her to be something cute and pretty. So we compromised! Everything in this entire scary and not-so-sweet Tooth Fairy costume we already had. I did not purchase ONE THING!! … Read more
2011 = Circus people! I really can’t tell you where everyone’s costumes came from other than being pieced together from older costumes, thrifting, and regular halloween/craft stores. (i.e. my bearded woman was Malice in Wonderland…then Gwen Stefani…now a bearded lady..the rest of the stuff I owned). Not to sound boastful but we really decided to … Read more
My daughter has been on a roll over the past few years….my boys only want to be characters out of star wars and she only wants to be something that you won’t see everyone else wearing on the street. This year, she wanted to be a RED BIRD… So, although my creativity has evolved to … Read more
I made my mom this bloody pad and tampons costume in 2009. It all came with a random idea, I think I was on my period. lol 1. I got a Styrofoam (I had left from my sweet 15th that summer) 2. I cut it up in the shape of a pad. 3. I cut … Read more
This was probably one of the best, one day costume I have ever put together! I bought fabric and gold ribbon. I had needle and thread at home and we used our own flip flops. I bought glow in the dark tridents from The Dollar Tree. I wrapped the fabric around the shoulder and around the … Read more
When trying to decide what my college friends and I should be for Halloween, we went through a lot of different ideas. We needed something warm, (it gets cold up here in Ohio on Halloween), cheap and fast. Superheros? Too cliche. Crayons? Been there, done that. 90’s Cartoon Characters? Over done. We couldn’t think of … Read more
Remember the Lennox commercials that featured men dressed as “bad air”? They were funny because they each had a different type of bad air that their system would get rid of. My husband found these commercials so funny and he loved the “hot air” one best of all. It had a man dressed in red … Read more