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!
My 9 year old son, Jet, recently developed a love for Lego, and we were trying to come up with a costume that reflects his current interest (a goal every year). He was considering between Iron Man (but he didn’t want to look like everyone else, and I didn’t want to spend $40.00), Nerf guy … Read more
Well it wasn’t too hard coming up with this sexy Miley Cyrus costume, I’m not sure if it counts as home-made since I did not make any of it, but since it isn’t an actual store bought costume I thought I’d give it a shot! My costume was a nude top from American Appareal, nude … Read more
This Energizer bunny costume was a pain in the cotton tailed butt!! But it was totally worth it! The hardest part was the drum. I had my fiance get some cardboard boxes from work. I cut out two large circles and a long rectangle. The rectangle I had to press and bend every cm just … Read more
I really enjoy homemade Halloween costumes and this year decided to go with Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story. I decided to go with a plain white dress and put a green strappy top over this. So as not to completely ruin both these items, I sewed the top of the green top onto the top … Read more
Incredible Couple Illusion Costumes.Nearly Headless Vic & Prom Date in a Box Illusion Costumes. Our friends throw an amazing Halloween party every year. They rent out a spooky children’s camp on a lake. They spend four days decorating the main building to scare and entertain their 150 guests. Our goal is always to create creative, … Read more
What do you get when you have a Mom Chocolate Bar and a Peanut Butter Father? A bunch of candy bar kids and one sweet Halloween costume! Each year we create a family Halloween costume that is a secret to everyone but the members of our family. Our friends and extended family have to wait … Read more
This is my 5 year old son Donovan. We love Despicable Me, 1 & 2. So this year, I busted out the craft skills and created Minion Stuart (Stuart is known for his one eye and center parted hair, btw). I created the costume with poster board, foam, felt, glue gun ( a lot), one of those … Read more
Our 4 year old son is a huge Star Wars fan. We finally got a hold of all the Star Wars movies. After he saw his first Ewok, he was hooked on wanting to be one for Halloween. I work full time and go to school, so Mommy was to busy to make his costume. … Read more
My Katy Perry loving daughter Paige, got it in her head last year, after being an Icee Drink (check out my last year’s costume on this site!), that she would be Katy Perry for this year! No store bought costumes for my kids, as they now know I am crazy enough to accept the challenge! … Read more
The T-1000 costume was actually pretty simple, but it turned out very well. The base of the costume is black pants, a black button down shirt, black Red Wing low cut shoes and a white undershirt. The shoes and pants I have for work. The black shirt is actually a real policeman issued shirt that … Read more
We made this homemade circus ring master costume faith blood sweat and tears for our almost 2 year old. He is going to have a circus birthday themed party. His mother was put on bed rest for extreme illness with pregnancy. She Googled images and did Pinterest, Nana helped mommy…and we made this entire costume … Read more
Chaz and I decided to go as Ed and Bev Bighead, the notoriously grumpy sardine couple from the 90’s cartoon “Rocko’s Modern Life”. We were inspired by Chaz’s actual bighead. The masks are made from chicken wire, masking tape, newspaper, paint and felt. It was a blast making these bigheads and they were a huge … Read more