I started this Homemade Ironman Halloween Costume on a whim in May 2009. My idea was to build a movie-accurate Ironman suit for my four year old, complete with working LED chest piece and glowing eyes. The process began by building a paper model of each part which was subsequently fiberglassed on the inside to … Read more
Six Days, that was the total time available to put this Homemade Ironman Halloween Costume Idea together. Because of the short time, I had to find construction material that would aid in rapid assembly. For the arms and legs, I used cardboard carpet tubes I got (for free) from the local flooring company owner. Tube … Read more
I got my idea for Mystique because she is one of my favorite X-Men characters. I researched online and found a few techniques that I combined to come up with this Homemade Mystique Costume. First, I pulled up images of Mystique from the internet and had them printed. After that, I put on my yellow … Read more
I love Halloween and always try to come up with funny/original ideas that I just can’t get in costume stories. This year I came up with the silver surfer because it would be truly daring if I actually pulled it. The year before I did Destro from G.I. Joe and really liked how the silver … Read more
I had bought two (yes 2!) old wedding dresses from the local thrift store. Because I didn’t realize how much weight I gained recently, I didn’t bother trying them on. On “party” day, I tried each dress on, neither fit. So my very clever sister took me to BigLots, bought a $5 white bed sheet … Read more
“Blade: The Series” was a program on “Spike TV” during the summer of 2006. It was based on the successful “Blade” movies produced by Marvel Comics that starred Wesley Snipes. The TV version of our hero featured a bald-headed “Blade”. Compared to the movie version, TV “Blade’s” costume was spectacular! As soon as I saw … Read more
I got the Homemade Sexy Female Iron Man Costume Idea for this costume after I had seen the Iron Man II movie. I decided it would be awesome to dress up as him for Halloween because I don’t like going to costume parties and seeing a slew of other girls dressed like me. Therefore, I … Read more
Kick-Ass is such a good film and since I usually try stick to the super hero theme or just hero theme at Halloween I decided to go with a homemade Kick Ass costume. Coolest homemade costumes is possibly one of my favorite sites, I love see’n all the original ideas from the small to the … Read more
This Wolverine costume started as a hooded fleece outfit from Old Navy. We then took pieces of felt and cut them to the shapes from the original Wolverine from the X-Men Comic books. For the hair pieces, shoulder pads, as well as the claws, we sewed the pieces together, and then stuffed them with poly-fil … Read more
This homemade Wolverine costume was probably the simplest, least expensive costumes I have ever done. The best thing about it is that I already had 95% of the things I needed to complete the costume. Here is a list of the accessories I used to complete the costume: 1 – Wig 2 – Dog Tags … Read more
At 2 years old my son would not wear any type of hat, so a lot of Halloween costumes were out of the question. We sprayed his hair black, painted his face green with a few scars. We bought sweatpants that were too small and cut off the elastic bottom and then cut slits up … Read more
I was never a big Halloween guy until I had kids. Now as a dad, I get to enjoy Halloween thru the eyes of my children. After the first couple years of random costumes, we decided to start applying a theme to our costumes. Last year, we were all Super Heroes: Spiderman, Hulk, Batgirl, etc. … Read more