There’s a more than a week to go until Halloween and you need costume ideas! Rest assured, you have come to the right place. The costumes in this section will amaze you. Even more so when you realize they are all homemade and constructed in less than a month.
Perhaps you are looking for a family group costume. Check out the Beetlejuice family or the Flinstones family (you won’t believe the car they created).
Maybe you’re going for a stand-alone homemade costume? Check out the peacocks, LEGO people and superheros. In addition you will find Cleopatra, Jack Skellington and ET. The best part is, there are instructions on how to design and put together these incredibly realistic costumes.
If you are really stuck for DIY costume ideas, you should probably turn to your favorite food! Learn how to make slurpees, burgers, funnel cakes and churros.
Have fun browsing through this section. Let your creativity wander over the pages and please share your homemade creation with us here!
I decided to go out as a bubble gum machine. I made my costume. Thought it out and said sweet this is going to be original and fun!! I went out with bubble gum in a pumpkin bucket, and gave it out to people, some guy gave me 25 cents so he could have a … Read more
My sexy Cinderella!! This costume was time consuming. Took me over a week to do, but it came out great! First, the leotard! I stenciled out an old bathing suit onto blue stretch velvet and then sewed it together. It wasnt covering the boobs (oops!) so I had to cut it across the waistline and … Read more
This is my border collie dog costume. I made him for Halloween, but he’s also helped out with adoption events on occasion. Again, much like my Big Bad Wolf costume, I thought it would be fun to be a giant cartoon character, so I created “Blackjack” the border collie Also like my wolf costume, he’s … Read more
Being the cutest movie if the year my little want decide to be a minion this year, his brother as always was on board to dress up too….their father made this costumes from scratch. The only thing store bought was the mask. From fabric and foam to bottles of Clorox and colanders (minion eyes) these … Read more
This was our Despicable Me movie themed year, with Purple Evil Minion, Yellow Minion, little Agnes, and her unicorn! Our purple minion needed simple street clothing, but the hat was a HUGE hit! I sewed a simple beanie out of purple fleece, then sewed on eyes with googles all made out of felt. You could … Read more
This is one of my Costumes for 2013, I made this Cyborge out of thing I found around the house. Like PVC pipe, Old paint can, wires and part from an old computer that was broken. sports gear from a thirft store ect. Wow I have to write 150 words and I only have 53 … Read more
After last year’s extravagant robot costume (and lots of whining, tears and bumping into things) I vowed I would never again make my poor son wear another costume that gave him limited sight or mobility.Then Despicable Me 2 came out in theaters and both our minds were changed. He loved the idea of being a … Read more
As always, this year’s costume (2011), morphed as I progressed. I knew I wanted it to be ghost or ghoul, but that was about the only thing that remained the same from start to finish. Being an opera fan, I decided the ghost would be the character of Lucia, after her untimely demise by suicide. … Read more
I am a pre-school teacher at my local YMCA. A couple of weeks before Halloween, one if our little students was diagnosed with chicken pox! To my dismay, I was rather worried as I have never contracted the childhood disease. However, as I am, I made the best of a bad situation and came up … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday! It’s mostly a good excuse to dress up and get into character, which I love to do. The best part of it all is my crafty mother; If you have an idea for something, she will sew it right up for you!! This year I actually found my costume idea … Read more
This costume is 100% made by me. It took me about a week or so to do. The skirt I used a metallic spandex. Then with tulle I did the no-sew tutu method on 2 elastic bands. I then hand sewed those to the bottom of the skirt. After that I draped the green organza … Read more
CHAIRS: I used red poster board and black duck tape. I put wooden dowels on each side of the chair backs to keep them upright. I used velcro strips to secure the chair back to the clothes. I used cardboard to make the tray in front and used velcro to secure to the chair back. … Read more