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 had a lot of fun making an Indian headdress Halloween costume last year (seen in the background of a couple of the pictures), and so I was interested in doing a different one this year. Inspiration came when I saw some pictures of beautiful Las Vegas showgirls with glorious headdresses and feather boas. I … Read more
It all started last year, we wanted to do it but didn’t have enough time. So this year we started early. Started growing my beard and planning in August. Beginning of October rolled around and we knew we had to start constructing the ball. We purchased a beach ball. It came in the mail and … Read more
You’ve got 2 halves of coconuts, and you’re banging’ em together. Halloween was always a fun holiday as a kid because my mother was very hands-on in the making of my costumes. I’d always go with her to the craft store to pick out a sewing pattern and relevant fabrics and watch (sometimes helping) as … Read more
Hi, we got our inspiration after watching the movie Kick A$$. My wife and I both thought “wow, Emma would be perfect for Hit Girl.” The next day, we had our 13 year old daughter Emma watch the movie as well, and we were right; Emma loved Hit Girl and her outfit. Emma was sold, … Read more
This is my tribute to the game series Fallout. New Vegas is my favorite game ever and I have a feeling it will stay that way forever. I started making this costume last November and I had no idea what I was in for. I began with the T-51 Power Helmet. I used Pepakura as … Read more
After much collaboration, my boyfriend and I made the “heavy” decision to be Marty McFly amd Jennifer Parker from Back To The Future. We made many trips for over 3 months going from Thrift Store to Thrift Store in search for any pieces we can find to complete our costumes. For Marty McFly we had … Read more
It started with “Book”. I found a hard plastic book labeled “Treasure Island” that opened up so you could store stuff inside. I molded “Books” design with air dry clay, spray painted it brown, used a needle to make holes in the clay to put hemp string through to give it that “dead skin sewn … Read more
I was invited to a 1980’s themed Halloween party this year. As I am a Bald by choice man, and the 80’s were all about the hair, I was frazzled. Until I remembered one of my favorite 80’s characters..Robocop. I started to look up old photos online, and found that this has been attempted before, … Read more
My husband and I were invited to join a group of people going to a local Halloween celebration as Muppets. We didn’t think we would have the time or the energy to make costumes that would do justice to the greatness that is the Muppets, so we kindly declined. Destined to spend Halloween eating pizza … Read more
So to make this costume, it may seem easy, but for me, it was quite difficult. I spent a lot of hours into making my horns from felt and stuffing, hand sewing the felt and painting them too. Getting them to stay on without touching each other took a while though. So, after about three … Read more
I originally wanted to be a giant fireworks display but I was having trouble figuring out how to make a headpiece. I wanted it to be large and dramatic. I then thought I would attach Styrofoam to a crown. At first I experimented with beauty pageant crown but you could see all the pieces … Read more
I decided to go as Christine Daae this year for Halloween to do a couples costume with my boyfriend as the Phantom of the Opera. Most people go for the “Descent into the Lair” or wedding dress costumes, but my favorite one from the stage production is the Aminta costume from “Point of No Return” … Read more