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.
The Story of How to for BeeDoo My son is a first grade teacher and loves dressing up for Halloween for his class in a character the kids can identify with. Thus this is how CARL was created. It all began with a cardboard drum for the body.. I cut the drum to my son’s … Read more
My wife and I made our costumes for our entire family, us plus our 7 children. We try to put together a family costume theme every year. We voted as a family, and Despicable Me won. We started by building the bases of the more difficult costumes. Our minions are made from cardboard tubes and the … Read more
I have always wanted to do an elegant costume for Beauty and the Beast. I wanted them to look a little more historical, however, so I did some research on French court fashion from around 1800 and based the designs off of that. For the baby, we wanted to do Chip originally, but couldn’t agree … Read more
This Werewolf costume is quad stilted meaning I extended my arms, legs and torso, to make this Werewolf bigger than life. It stands approx. 15 feet tall and each arm is 9 feet long and the legs are 5 feet tall each. I built this to compete in costume contests nationally after the first 2 … Read more
My first stilted costume, a giant bat, walks on all fours with pointy shoulders at around 7 feet tall, upon attack it doubles in size to approx. 14 feet tall. It is a true crowd pleaser with a GIANT wow factor when it stands up. It has won many contests since it’s inception in 2004. … Read more
After building several other large originals thru the years, I thought how about the one costume that has it’s own song but rarely ever seen ? It’s an oldie but a goodie, throw back Halloween, the Monster that started it all, the 1 eyed, 1 horned, flying purple people eater. So I listened to the … Read more
This fire breathing dragon costume may very well be the tallest costume in America if not the world, standing an astonishing 18 feet tall, with a wingspan of about 18 feet as well, a ten foot long tail which functions like a real tail for counter balance. I’m on stilts and have indoor pyrotechnics in … Read more
Every year we go pretty overboard on Halloween costumes. 2013 one was no different. After much discussion we decided to do a family theme with Despicable Me. Dad (me) would be Gru, my wife would be the super cool Dr. Nefario, and the kids, of course, my Minions. I know, Minions were very popular this … Read more
Forget the “ghost with the most!” Civil servants are the REAL spooks in town, and none so popular as former 1939 beauty queen and Netherworld receptionist supreme, the MISS ARGENTINA Halloween costume! Oh you don’t know what I’m talking about? *sigh* You probably haven’t even read through the manual completely yet…. Attention K-Mart shoppers! Without … Read more
The halloween 2013 , was prepared since 2012 . Like every year , we decided to challenge ourselves for Halloween creating a costumes that is interactive , visually striking and allows us to let go of our imagination! With this in mind, we decided to build one giant Nintendo from our childhood, and functional to … Read more
Up until this year, I had been making my son a Transformer costume in much the same way, but this year, it was going to be the Minions, and not just for my son, but for my daughter as well. I created the Minion costumes from corrugated cardboard. I measured my children (Ashley, 8; and … Read more
My costume for the Halloween 2013 this year was Yoshi Mario Kart from the popular Nintendo game series. Over the years since the game came out I have seen a few cardboard Mario Kart costumes, but never a full sized kart like featured in the game. I decided I would make two costumes in one … Read more