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 got the idea to do Monsters Inc when my 2 year old daughter was screaming and I found myself wondering if the lights were going to start flickering. I realized she sounded just like “Boo” and was the perfect age to use that as a costume for Halloween. Then I decided to have my … Read more
A year of planning and two months to put this Roadrunner costume together. It needed to really look like the roadrunner as I am quite a perfectionist and comfy enough to wear for 12 hours. We dress for occassion at work and then it’s trick or trat in the neighborhood. It is never as easy as you … Read more
Spent a couple months assembling our costumes. We used as our sources eBay, Walmart, hobby lobby, Walgreens, Halloween City and everyone’s closet. The shoulder pads came from a renaissance festival leather crafter. Silver duct tape added flair to plain black boots and leggings. Both wigs were adapted to work for kiss. Imitation leather pants and … Read more
My best friend and I wanted to have cute costumes this Halloween but we didn’t want to have to worry about running into someone else with the same costume! We did some online searching and came up with the perfect idea: Thing 1 & Thing 2! We bought all of the pieces seperately (wig, sequin … Read more
I’ll start by saying I’m not the most creative person I know but I instantly fell in love with the minions. After searching the internet I realize the only minion costumes for adults were pretty ugly..lol So I went right to work figuring out how to make a minion. I started with two camping pads … Read more
Here is Woody and Slinky Dog from the infamous Toy Story series! We stole the show at both of the costume contests we attended- winning first prize each time. The head was made by covering a yoga workout ball with (hundreds of strips of) paper mâché and then painted. The mouth was tricky. We took … Read more
Before I get into the nitty-gritty of the actual construction of the costume, I’d like to tell you the most difficult part of turning my toddler into a fox princess for Halloween. In a devastating coincidence, Poppy Clementine chose to be a fox in the same season that “What Does The Fox Say?” has become … Read more
This year I decided to make a Tron Legacy costume. I don’t think I’ve ever put more effort and time into making this costume! This costume started out with so many different ideas and turned into me watching the movie a million times to make sure everything was pretty darn close to the costumes in the … Read more
I wanted to be the Wizard of OZ family for Halloween, but why pay $30+ per costume?!? So I made them! For the scarecrow I took sweat pants/shirt found at the Goodwill ($5 total) and took some worn out/stained/no longer used shirts laying around the house, cut them up and made patches out of them … Read more
Two years ago this club in Los Angeles was having a Star Wars themed night, so I asked some friends on Facebook what I should be and their reply was a tuskin raider! So I had about 7 days till the event and had to think and act fast to make this costume happen! I … Read more
Our 3-year-old daughter, Sofia, loves the movie Monster’s Inc. When it is bedtime she hides under the covers and waits for her dad to come into her room and pops her head out and yells, “BOO!” She calls him Kitty, a.k.a Sully, and me Mike Wazowski. People even say she looks like the little girl … Read more
We are three friends (two of us sisters) who wanted to do something together this year. Our very good friends throw a huge bash, complete with a DJ, for about 100 people. We finally came up with and agreed upon being the Sanderson Sisters from Hocus Pocus, and we were so excited. We didn’t tell … Read more