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.
Catching Fire Effie (Mother) and Katniss (Daughter) Costumes These costumes were definitely the most ambitious ones I’ve made yet. I already made an Effie Trinket costume from the first Hunger Games movie so when I saw Effie’s butterfly costume, I knew I just had to make it. All those butterflies! Gorgeous! So, the research began … Read more
My wife Katie and I, along with two other couples (Crystal and Eric Eller, and Mike and Leslie Deery), were hanging out on our patio one weekend when we came up with the idea of planning a group costume for Halloween. Eric quickly made a suggestion, and before we even had a chance to really … Read more
Queen of hearts is my favorite Alice in Wonderland character. This costume was completely made by hand from a female vampire costume from years past. I cut the old costume down the front and added in the white panel down the front that I had previously sewn hearts too. On the back a row of … Read more
Years ago, I was sitting on my bed with my mom and she asked me what I wanted to be for Halloween. Instead of being a princess that year I asked to be a steak. I was half joking but my mom got so excited about it! She began work on the steak costume and … Read more
My little one loves Marvel and wanted to be Mystique, but there was no Mystique Halloween costumes to be found. So we made one! The Mystique Costume I started off with a white onesie and bought some blue fabric dye. I wanted it to look like a body suit so I made her wear it … Read more
My family and I are big Simpsons fans and this had always been a costume I wanted to make. My Dad had made Flintstone paper mache “heads” for our family 30 years ago, so I decided to use this method for the Simpsons. One of my sons threw me a curve ball and requested to dress as Mr. … Read more
Twenty-three years ago my father made me a one of a kind tin man costume out of spare parts in his shop. I won 1st place as a kid at a mall contest with this costume. We packed the costume away good for 23 years and used the costume again for my daughter. Just had … Read more
Two months after I started, here it is…Kia Hamster and “Soul” car costumes. I made it all from scratch, except the hoodie, but did the stenciling manually… The mask has over gone several makeovers since I began to get just right. I used a foam base, then hot melted the fur onto it. The mouth … Read more
I had been wanting to make a Cindy Lou Who costume from the live action version for years and was not willing to get a store bought costume as I so often don’t because making your own is so much fun! By the end of the summer I already gathered materials like teacups and fake … Read more
Why I made it? When I was 13 I moved to my eighth school and by that time I felt isolated. My dad had become sick and we moved due to medical reasons. I was naive and within a year, I had matured greatly. I needed something to grasp onto that would busy me and … Read more
My name is Terry and I live in Hamilton Ontario, Canada, and I am submitting the C3PO costume that I made by hand and have won many contests here in Hamilton. I am 56 years old and when I saw the first Star Wars movie way back in 1977, the second I saw C3PO, for … Read more
My son, like most kids, plays Halo. I’m a PE teacher so being active is my thing until I had to have emergency back surgery to fix a blown out disc. I have A.D.D. (attention deficit disorder) so sitting and resting are really hard for me. After surgery I was told I’d need 3 months … Read more