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.
My 4 year old really likes the Despicable Me movies, and fell in love with the minions. As soon as he saw the evil purple minions, he declared that’s what he wanted to be for Halloween. I spent a couple of months researching toddler and purple minion costumes until I found one that I liked. … Read more
Halloween is our favorite day of the year. We start thinking of costume ideas the day after Halloween. Every year we make it a surprise to everyone, it’s a top secret operation. Operation epic costume! This year was especially challenging because I literally waited until two weeks before Halloween to complete due to the fact … Read more
I always loved Halloween, but was never someone who put countless hours into a costume. One year I decided I wanted to go full out since some good friends of mine were having a party. After a few days of research, I decided I wanted to be Mystique, from the X-Men series. My friends thought … Read more
My kids decided that they both wanted to have quad costumes, that is, to walk on all fours. I am always up for the challenge, but I worried that I had over-extended myself by committing to two such huge projects, but they jumped in and helped and we pulled it off. The kids wanted to … Read more
I absolutely love the story of Beauty and the Beast, especially the character of Belle. She never judges a book by its cover, which is something that I try to live up to in life. A lot of people have told me that I look a little like Belle, therefore I thought it would be … Read more
This Tooth Fairy costume idea took me a whole year of planning. It really wasn’t difficult to bring to life after I got the idea in my head. It took about 4 hours to apply the special effects make up on my face. I made the teeth part beforehand out of Kleenex and Latex. The … Read more
I have eight year old quadruplets and each year we choose a Halloween costume theme and I make all of our costumes. This year, we decided to do Alice in Wonderland costumes. The Alice costume was a pattern for Alice that I made, no problem; it was pretty easy. The Red Queen was adapted from … Read more
Alice in Wonderland has always been my favorite story. As a child I was so mesmerized by the magic and beautiful animation. I know many people view the story as one about drugs and I, however, see it as an inspirational story about mental health. The white rabbit struggles with anxiety, Alice is struggling with … Read more
I really loved the character from Tim Burtons Alice in Wonderland, The Queen of Hearts. I began a long journey of trying to find just the right fabric to make it a close as possible to the screen version. After a couple of weeks I had not found what I wanted in fabric so I … Read more
My daughter and I love Halloween! This year we decided to dress as characters from the movie Tangled. The biggest challenge was the hair! All the wigs are so thin that they would never work for Rapunzel. We bought a wig to use as a base then added a lot of extra hair extensions. Of … Read more
Well I have to say this was the most interesting costume I have made yet. It took me about two months from start to finish. I went to the good will and bought a wedding dress originally for my daughter five years previous and then bought a mannequin and made the bust out of paper … Read more
OH YEAH! Everybody loves the Kool-Aid Man! I always wanted to make a life size costume version of the Kool-Aid Man and decided this year was the year! Growing up Kool-Aid was one of my favorite drinks and who didn’t like watching the commercials of Kool-Aid Man busting through walls everywhere he went! Here is … Read more