For you, making a homemade Halloween costume is not an option, it’s a necessity. You are not afraid of a challenge and you are ready to dig in and do the hard work. Committing to this level of crafting is not hard for you, but you want to make sure that the finished product will be worth it. In that case, we invite you to browse through this unparalleled gallery of photos and Halloween costume how-to’s.
Here you will find people who have googled, YouTubed and scoured the depths of the internet so that you don’t have to! Whether constructed by a sewing machine or a hot glue gun, the resulting Halloween costumes here will astound you!
You will see a movie quality Spiderman suit, a Prince jacket with unbelievable details and Transformers costumes that actually transform!
Get inspired and then get started. Don’t forget to take pictures along the way so that you can share your creativity with us! We look forward to seeing them.
I began making this homemade Velociraptor Halloween costume idea around October 1st, I had a lot of extra pizza boxes laying around the garage and my mother was bugging me to do something with them. So I started making the shape of a Velociraptor head whilst watching TV. Before I knew it, I was getting … Read more
This crazy clowns costume was so fun to make & wear! The faces are made from paper mache’ and are all hand painted. The hair is made of various wigs that I had to cut and glued on the heads. The outfits are 3 children patterns that me & my sister made. I also used … Read more
After going to Ren Faire last year, I sketched out a design for a Centaur costume with moving legs. The skull is pipe foam covers held together with masking tape and covered in Claycrete. The front hooves of the Centaur costume are high-heel boots with the heels ripped off and a sizable wood platform attached. … Read more
This year’s costume had to be comparable to last year’s Oscar the Grouch costume. I wanted something that was both mechanical, and unique. I decided to create a half-man / half-spider designed similar to a Centaur (upper half is man, while the lower half is animal). The materials were relatively inexpensive, but the time investment … Read more
Meet Fenris. A Norse Mythological creature! A ferocious Beast! I read a story about the creature Fenris, and with wolves being my favorite animal I couldn’t refuse challenging myself to make this fluffy beast. The Homemade Fenris Wolf Costume is a quad-suit, which means there is one person inside walking on all fours with the … Read more
This is my Jurrasic Park Dinosaur costume from Jurassic Park movie I made for my Son Joshua. I started with some black foam pad used for upholstery. I shaped the head first sculpting the contours and used yellow foam for the teeth and half a yellow plastic Easter egg for the eyes. You can put … Read more
My 9 year old grandson Connor tries to bear with me each year when I make him a costume, he gives me a strange look, then he gets into that character after he puts the costume on. He was a real trooper this year, though. Back to back he won two contests Saturday and Sunday … Read more
My Grandsons love Nintendo video games and this year they asked me to make them Bowser and Mario. I have been using plumbing pipe insulation (will refer to it as foam) for several years to form a variety of costumes. I originally found it when wandering around the hardware store looking for something that I … Read more
For the last few years, it seems like my Halloween costume has consistently been getting larger and more outrageous than the year before. CHECK OUT MY VIDEO OF THE COSTUME IN ACTION: I LOVE Las Vegas and take several trips a year out there, so I decided there could be no better way to honor … Read more
I just love Halloween. I try to be as creative as I can. I am 58 years old and this affords me to have the fun of Halloween rather than just handing out candy. This year, I designed and am wearing this Covid-19 Monster costume. I used a lamp dome, hard hat inside so it … Read more
OK, for those who know oh so well, and played Nintendo growing up in the 80’s you’ll appreciate this one. Mega Man was an original NES SuperStar in the late 1980’s, a classic video game hero for us all. I decided I was going to make the best replica EVER! I began prepping in August … Read more
Last year it was my husband’s turn to chose our costume. He chose the Super Bowl 2010 Kia Commercial. I decided on the 2 main characters-Muno from Yo Gabba Gabba and a Sock Monkey (both of which I couldnt find any real looking costumes online). For Muno I purchased large amounts of 1.5 inch foam … Read more