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 sat in front of my computer screen for what felt like hours looking for the right theme to match with the size of my family(2 girls, and 1 boy.). I had a couple ideas, but they were shot down by my younger(and girliest) daughter for not being “girly” enough. Toy Story? “No.” Monsters Inc? “No.” Power Rangers? … Read more
She told me all the way back in January what she wanted to be. I’m an animation student and we had an assignment to design a new product. I decided to use the costume as my product. I designed the costume in 3ds Max. Then my mom gave me some old couch cushions and a … Read more
We like to make our own costumes and for them to be unique. I love using your website for ideas…and seeing how creative people are. Since the girls are twins, we always try to think of things that either come in pairs or that we could duplicate. I had a thought about hot air balloon … Read more
Being the huge Michael Jackson fan that I am I decided to re-create the outfit he wore in the “Remember the Time” video. It was a bit harder than I anticipated but turned out wonderful and got lots of compliments. Starting off with the shirt. Where the heck was I going to find a long … Read more
For my Joker costume, all I wanted was accurate, without destroying my bank account. So I found a place right in the middle. Nearly every piece was picked up at thrift stores, and it cost me very little in total. So here goes: Trench Coat: $12 I looked at many costume trench coats and they … Read more
Every year, we look at ourselves and decide what couple we could play convincingly, so our looks will lend to our costume. We were a shoe in for Woody and Bo-Peep. Sick and tired of all of my peers going around in short miniskirts and cat ears, or X-Rated Disney princesses, I decided you could … Read more
My daughter loves The Addams Family and had been waiting all year to be Wednesday. She also wanted me to be Morticia so I went along with the fun. I decided to make the costumes myself after I couldnt find any pre-made costumes I liked. For Wednesday: I bought a black dress on eBay, in … Read more
First of all, let me start by saying that one of the most inspiring, suspenseful, intriguing masterpieces of film was brought to the big screen by legendary film maker Alfred Hitchcock. I’m referring to none other than the thrilling movie, “Psycho”. He brought terror to us by a simple everyday routine, taking a shower. Back then and even today, … Read more
We wanted something different than the usual chucky and the bride so we decided to dress my twin boys up as Chucky and his seed. Off to the thrift shops we went! That is where we bought most of the boys costumes. We actually got all of the clothing for the seed there.we made a … Read more
Every Halloween at work, we have a costume contest. The students are not allowed to dress up, for safety reasons, but the staff all gets dressed up to compete in a ‘Best Costume Competition.’ The winners have varied from entire groups from movies or t.v. shows, to singular creative character (such as my friend’s bed … Read more
The idea was spurred by a running joke about Jellyfish with a friend. Everytime we see eachother we touch the tips of ours fingers and say “jelly zzzt” and zap eachother. I can’t even remember why that started. I made the skeleton out of PVC pipe from Home Depot by marking and drilling holes all the … Read more
My one year old son just loves when we read books to him. My husband and I saw “Where the Wild Things Are” and I bought it knowing it was one of my favorite books when I was a kid. Half way through the book Max cries out, “Let the wild rumpus start!” Then the … Read more