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 love to make my own original costumes. This year I decided on Christina Aguilera from The Voice. I started with my daughters play tractor so the chair can move. I bought red fabric from the store and started wrapping the green tractor in the red fabric. I also used a hula hoop around the … Read more
My four year old Abby had been saying for months that she wanted to be Ariel from The Little Mermaid for Halloween. But then in September she saw How to Train Your Dragon and fell in love with Astrid. Her answer to “what are you going to be for Halloween?” automatically changed to “I want … Read more
Starting with the mask (originally a character in a movie called “V for Vendetta”) and a long black hooded robe I handmade, I was planning on keeping it simple. An additional 7 inches of height would have easily hidden my gender also, except the robe was a little “form fitting” so to try and conceal … Read more
This year my husband and I went as the Maitlands from beetlejuice. Using whatever tools we had in the garage, plus a few new ones like a dremel, my husband craved out the masks using pink foam insulation. After carving the basic shape, he cut out the head hole to custom fit to each of … Read more
When my daughter told me that this would be her last year trick or treating it broke my heart. I knew right then that we had to make it the best one yet. We sat down and talked about what she wanted to be. She has had some awesome costumes in the past. She has … Read more
So, every year my husband and I ask our boys what they want to be for Halloween, our most favorite-est holiday of the year. We are sure to ask in plenty of time, so that we can envision and create totally awesome costumes for them. It is a family tradition I suppose you could say. … Read more
I have a hard time having fun. I’m usually very reserved, and quite against anything that makes me look silly. Google was first because I lack creativity. Maybe that’s the reason I never participated before? This was my first attempt at a homemade costume and it took hours for me to make it look just … Read more
Started these costumes because I wanted something that kids would not be afraid of……the response to the costumes was so incredible, I could not believe it! started with 4 camping mats for the body, helmets to hold everything secure, yellow felt and light jean material…..sooo simple, but impressive… had a few issues, ones being my … Read more
Every year my friends and I try to think of a clever group costume. This year the guys wanted to join in the fun so we thought, wouldn’t being the American Gladiators be fun. I love to put the costumes together with stuff I can find at thrift shops, goodwill, ebay, and my own closet. … Read more
This year we decided to make the kids Mario, Luigi, and Donkey Kong. We made the heads by making a cylinder shape out of cardboard and scuplting faces from paper and tape. Then we covered them with paper mache. I put a mix of joint compound and caulk and sanded it to make it as smooth … Read more
“Screech” was summoned by some of the darkest and most evil sprites that this earth will ever face. He rose from the ashes of plagued souls who where sacrificed to bring this demon from the under world. The name Screech was given to him by his victims. Because the last sound they hear is the … Read more
This was our babies first halloween and we had been looking at costumes and ideas since July.Halloween was such a big treat for me as a child and I couldnt wait for her to experience it. In fact we actually ended up with 3 costumes because I couldnt make up my mind. But one day … Read more