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.
Earlier in the year I had been thinking about our annual costume party we have in the weeks before Halloween and what I was going to do this year. I wanted it to be memorable and over the top. I had seen videos of velociraptor and baby t-Rex costumes and the companies that make them … Read more
My husband always had me dress as something sexy, but sexy doesn’t win contests. This past year I decided to go with a zombie since The Walking Dead was so popular, but I wanted to be unique, I didn’t want anyone else to have anything even close to what I was going to wear. I … Read more
I always liked the look on the destroyer album so on I went with fabrics and papier mache, took me about two months to get it done Do hair on my chest, but I think I got kind of close anyway to the original. The year was 2010 and we went to a concert with … Read more
Well, I named my creation Geo. I started off making what is called a fursuit head out of old furniture foam. Her head shape was purely experimental. I wanted to make a species called a Sergal and hopefully sell the head at an upcoming convention. While Geo was still being “foamed” I started looking at … Read more
This is what Thor’s evil brother Loki looked like when we first meet him in Journey into Mystery #85. I wanted to make a Loki costume but I did not want to use the movie version. So I went old school. 1962 the costume was all made from scratch. This was my 1st time doing … Read more
For the Curious George costume I bought a red shirt and brown leggings. For the shirt I cut out the Curious George letters from yellow felt and hand sewed them to the shirt. I also made leg warmers and wrist cuffs with faux fur and sewed elastic to the top of the material and measured … Read more
I’ve always been a fan of KISS ever since I was a small child & found Destroyer on vinyl in my grandfathers collection. So it was an easy decision for me to become Paul Stanley for Halloween. I looked online for weeks and every costume I found for females were extremely revealing and were not … Read more
I used a box, paper Mache, faux fur (hair), paint, paint sticks (frame for glasses), electrical tape, chicken wire, wire cutters, masking tape, Styrofoam balls (eyes), and went to a thrift store for the outfit. To start I found a big box enough to fit over my head and rest on my shoulders. A box … Read more
It’s a priate’s life for me! There is no more iconic character than Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack Sparrow. This Jack Sparrow costume took some time and a lot of studying to make the character come alive in the most authentic way possible. My husband is a stickler for detail and I’m the costume designer, … Read more
Everybody seems to love sexy Wonder Woman costumes. The top was made from pieces of offcut leather riveted together, boned and with gold fabric added to make the chest plate. I used leather and molded it to create the tiara. The skirt was created from pieces of blue suede, cut to fit and riveted together. … Read more
Well it was around May that I started to think about what my Halloween costume was going to be this year I always make my own costumes and seem to have to start earlier each year to finish them in time. I like costumes that have an edge to them and are not going to … Read more
Ladies and Gentlemen, introducing Olaf and Marshmallow the endearing snowmen from Frozen! My latest costume inspiration came from the popular Frozen movie. I wanted to make a costume that my grandchild and I could wear together. Frozen is her latest obsession and she loves the Olaf character. For myself, I wanted to wear something appropriate … Read more