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.
Welcome to the Krusty Krab. My 3 year old son has been asking to be the money lovin’ Eugene Krabs since the Easter bunny came! He wanted his daddy to be SpongeBob so he could tell him to “Get back to work.” I started to make the costume in September by constructing the body out … Read more
Keeton loves Mike the Knight and wanted to be a knight this year for Halloween, but all of the costumes we found were either one piece jump suits or really fake plastic looking. So we decided to look at some photos of suits of armour and make our own. We had no idea what a … Read more
Where to begin telling you about my Mad Hatter costume? Well, I found the green velvet trench coat years ago in 2000 on eBay, but wasn’t sure what to do with it or how to make it something I could enjoy. Then, the new Johnny Depp Alice In Wonderland movie came out, so I finally … Read more
We love New York City and wanted to honor it by creating a larger-than-life replica of a favorite souvenir, a Statue of Liberty Snow Globe. We knew it was going to be difficult but we felt up to the challenge. The first issue was the snow globe itself. For the dome we used three large … Read more
Our daughter’s nickname is Moe so we thought it would be fun to dress her as the “Mo”na Lisa. Structurally, we built the piece kind of like one of those foam fingers you see at sporting events. We cut two large pieces of 1” green upholstery foam. We glued it together on three sides and … Read more
I noticed that the Toaster Strudel commercial kid looked a lot like my grandson Damion, and it became a funny thing between us.We watched all the commercials on youtube, and literally did “Laugh Out Loud”. His 11th birthday was Sept. 19, so as a joke birthday gift I made him the outfit and it also … Read more
I live in Sapporo, Japan and always enjoy Halloween over here. One of the big disco clubs hosts an event that draws over 1,000 participants each year. Most of the locals buy their costumes at the same stores, and it is pretty easy to stand out if you spend a little time on making a … Read more
I started on this costume super-early since my husband is in the military and he would be missing his 1st Halloween. We are a Mexican-American family and a piñata is a staple of a celebration. What other appropriate way to celebrate my son’s 1st Halloween than have him be a piñata? I saw a piñata … Read more
This costume took my blood, sweat and tears to make. I never did carpentry before so it was quite a challenge. The moon was cut using a jigsaw and painted with house paint. Each gem was glued on individually and that took some time. A lot of trial and error was done before the final … Read more
My son loves weather (we even went to the National Weather Service for his birthday this year) so when it came to Halloween, he decided he wanted to be a tornado this year. I took a hula hoop and used that as the base. I took a piece of brown fabric and sewed it to … Read more
Well due to the Freaky fusion movie for Monster High being recently released there are no actual Dracubecca costumes so I made one myself took me about two months with several prototypes due to the costume being a vampire robot. I also wanted to keep my cost low so that it didn’t cost more than … Read more
We have always collected movies and movie memorabilia, but we especially love the old cheesy 80’s movies. Our five year old daughter, Livi, has watched some of these cheesy movies and has her own Robocop, Beetlejuice, Gremlins, etc toys. (action figures, stuffed animals) Livi wasn’t sure what costume she wanted for Halloween until we rented … Read more