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.
The Beginning – ( the realization as parents that we will have to build it ourselves): My son has been building Legos since he was around three and a half, it was no surprise that sooner or later he would want to be a Lego figure for Halloween. This year, I started asking him in … Read more
Almost nine months ago my daughter told me she wanted to be a weeping angel for Halloween. For those of you that don’t know, a Weeping Angel is basically a stone angel statue when you are looking at it, but when you look away, WATCH OUT! I originally just humored her with a “sure, honey, … Read more
We named our daughter Sally, after the character in the ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’. My plan was to dress up in an Oogie Boogie costume and carry her around not only for Halloween, but a horror convention as well. My first problem was that there are very few homemade Oogie Boogie costumes to buy and the … Read more
Grandma had her hands full with three costumes to make this year. She’s been making costumes since I (her daughter) was little. It’s her obsession. She started asking my kids what they wanted to be this year in June. For the Spider Queen’s Coronation Day (as named by the Queen herself), she started with a … Read more
Let me start by telling that my girlfriend is amazing. Before I met Sarah, every year she made awe inspiring costumes. I loved seeing her masterpieces. You could see how much energy she puts in to the costumes. For our first Halloween together, we knew we wanted to do couple costumes but we had trouble … Read more
Elsa This year I decided the costume theme our family was going to be as Disney’s Frozen. I was completely mesmerized by frozen (like the rest of the world) and knew I had to make that dress! More than that, I felt like Elsa’s ‘let it go’- helped me on a personal level as well. I … Read more
Before the movie ‘Frozen’ even came out, we knew we wanted to be Anna and Elsa for Halloween the following year. We would like to note that this was before Frozen became popular. We spent many hours online comparing dress patterns, fabrics, and materials as there was no preplanned design available at this time. Neither … Read more
This is our family trick-or-treat – for the local food pantry every year to help out those families in need (we have been doing this for many years). Each year I come up with a new theme and then I hand sew each of the costumes we wear because its just another way of saying thank … Read more
This year, I fulfilled a long time dream of becoming Teen Wolf (Michael J Fox style) for Halloween. It was an intense project but worth it in the end. I will detail how I made each part but as an overview, everything you see was custom made or altered. This is with the exception of … Read more
Welcome to the Masquerade: Mysterious masks are the hallmark of Venetian carnivals, and on Halloween this year, Alabama got a little taste of Italy. My Venetian carnival costumes are inspired by the elaborate masks that are worn during the famous festival Carnevale di Venezia. As a freshmen in college, time is hard to come by, … Read more
This Jack Skellington costume is completely homemade. It took over four months of design and planning for one of my favorite screen characters of all time to come to life in a costume. It has always been a recurring thought of mine to do Jack every year. This year I was finally afforded with enough … Read more
As a huge Star Wars/Lego fan, my son decided that he wanted to be Lego Boba Fett. His mini figure costume was modeled after Lego set 9496 – Desert Skiff. This costume received a lot of attention online, appearing on many sites and blogs. It was also a published article in The Daily Mail UK. … Read more