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!
This costume was so hard to make considering it was all duct tape! The process wasn’t bad it was just time consuming. I (the lime) used an old tshirt as a base while the other two wrapped themselves in toilet paper first. Yeah, I didn’t have time for that! The easiet way to do this … Read more
My three year old daughter Annabella Drummer is obsessed with the Care Bears and really wanted to be one for Halloween. I wanted her to be what she wanted, but I also wanted to make her something special homemade. She has always been infatuated with airplanes and every time she sees one she asks if … Read more
With this costume, I scared small children. This was the best costume I made so far. In fact, almost every other house I went to, they wanted to get a picture with me. I also got extra candy, which was fine by me! I got this idea when I looked up “Funny Halloween Costume” on … Read more
I had the idea to make a John Carpenter’s “The Thing”(’82)-inspired costume back in 2011. I went searching around the New England thrift stores for a parka-like jacket with a fur-lined hood, reminiscent of the one used in “The Thing” poster artwork. After much searching, I found one for a good price, and purchased it. … Read more
I learned about Avatar the Last Airbender (The series, NOT the movie) from my husband when we was first married, we actually watched a lot of it on our honeymoon. I fell in love with the story, the characters, and the world of the Avatar. When we found out we were pregnant and that our … Read more
This year I decided to finally create this Mike Wazowski costume I’ve had in my head for years. I was always doodling what I imagined it’d look like and made prototypes to make sure it was made to scale. It is made entirely by hand. It is essentially a nursing pillow with foam pipe insulation … Read more
Super Coolest Halloween Costumes 2013… Featuring Bowser, Dry Bones and Petey Piranha My name is Tami and our Halloween theme was easy to decide this year, with a new puppy we named Bowser, it was too obvious…Super Mario! I’ll start with his costume, Bowser! I used 2″ foam for the shell and cut small shaped … Read more
Every year, at the end of September, our medical school do an annual pub-crawl where every fresher has to attend in PJs. However, it is a free-for-all for everyone else with fancy dress. Our previous highlight, and inspiration, had occurred when we were freshers. There was a group of Lego Minifigures, with cardboard heads, arms, … Read more
Every year, my friends and I throw a Halloween party with a theme. This year, the theme was Muppets. I’m a huge fan of the Muppets and have been looking forward to this theme for years. I decided that I would go as Pepe the King Prawn. While not one of the original or more … Read more
I have always loved Transformers, and now I love watching Duck Dynasty….so we decided to make a Duck Dynasty themed camo transforming truck! Four years ago, we (my dad and I) set out to make a transforming costume, and successfully made a Bumblebee transformer. Every year since, we have made a newer, bigger, and better … Read more
I had this idea for a Wall-E costume with moving parts for about a year and it ended up being pretty good and winning a couple of competitions. I’ve seen some Wall-w’s on here but none that moved their arms, hands, head and on wheels, so I thought I’d give it a go.. It comes in 5 … Read more
I wanted to make a challenging costume this year, and my roommate, Gregg, came up with the concept of Jesus riding a Raptor. The idea was funny and poignant [and potentially offensive] enough to be worthy of the effort. Additionally, it presented an opportunity to sculpt/create a large-scale creature, which was something I wanted to … Read more