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.
This year I wanted to out do any costume I had ever tried in the past. Thanks to my engineer of a husband it was possible. It took us several weeks and lots of planning and editing of the original plans to make this work. How it was made. Black base layers (top and bottom) … Read more
And so we went to Vegas…. This costume was made for a local Halloween Party that was giving away a free trip to Las Vegas as the grand prize, so I thought what better way to win then to be Las Vegas so with Lady Luck by my side we took the grand prize. The … Read more
Has been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember… try to create a spot-on Witch’s guard (Winkie) costume with all the details of the movie character. I’ve seen many pretty cheezie outfits offered online recently (some near $200) and negated the urge to purchase. Thought I could do way better. Everything … Read more
Every Halloween has every group of female, college students who wants the ultimate, Halloween costume. It’s the cleverness and sex appeal to a costume that attracts all the eyes at a college party. This year, every campus had a select group of girls who continued the Disney Princess, Minion, or Cat Woman tradition. My friend, … Read more
For our second year attending and supporting the local Annual Jacob Soley Jr. Memorial benefit for a needy child we needed to go big. Last year when we attended as first timers it inspired us to be “the Ghost with the most” as Beetlejuice would say, for this year. After looking through our DVD’s, yes we … Read more
Hi, I’m grandma. I have been making my granddaughters costumes for the last couple years. Halloween is my favorite holiday. Right after last Halloween the girls started talking about this year. We looked online at lots of pictures. They liked the idea of having a flying umbrella and a jet pack so we went with … Read more
This is how I made my Rapunzel costume for Halloween 2013! This took me a lot of time and effort to make this costume. In April I was so bored because I hadn’t been in a show for a long time and I needed a creative outlet. I decided to buy a sewing machine and … Read more
The Idea What started as a joke would become one of my most ambitious projects. I remember sitting in my car with my best friend and girl friend. it was about 9:00 and somehow we had gotten on the subject of what costume to make for Anime expo which was coming up in about 6 … Read more
I was inspired to make this costume ever since Halo the video game came out that had a great twist of Sci-fi action. As soon as I saw the big green man, Masterchief, I fell in love of his armor and decided to make one myself. In the process, I reference the pictures of the … Read more
This Ironman costume has come a long way and was made before the first movie came out. As each movie was released, the costume went into stages of armor evolution and transforming it into this unique design of Warmachine. This costume is purely made from cardboard and we were just really inspired by the movie … Read more
The idea and inspiration for this costume came from my daughter who enjoys trick or treating and one of my favorite rock ‘n’ roll bands, KISS. So the first year was just to get involved, makeup and a wig. My daughter and I had such a good time, it was then I decided to actually … Read more
True Life: I plan my Halloween costumes at least a year in advance I’d be lying if I said I don’t already have plans for 2014. Last year before I even wore the costume I had worked so hard on the previous year, I said “I’m going to be the Queen of Hearts next year” … Read more