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!
In March this year, the company I work for celebrated their 20th year anniversary with a movie theme. Decorating the site as well as it’s people. It was our job to come to work as a character from a movie, and as I had bright red hair at the time, the iconic Poison Ivy was … Read more
I purchased 2 yards of Tiger material from the animal print section. Selected material that I could cut into and would not have to sew any edges or that edges would run. Also purchased 1 yard of elastic all at Joanne Fabrics at 50% off. I already had black thread and needles at home. I … Read more
This Leprechaun is my 9 year old son Ayden’s 2013 costume. His grandmother makes his costumes every year, and every year they are always unique! We live in a small city where pretty much everyone knows each other and everyone in the area loves to see Ayden’s costumes! As you could imagine this puts a lot … Read more
I came up with this Mrs. Butterworth costume idea because I am absolutely the biggest fan of pancakes and maple syrup, so I thought, “why not be the very thing I love the most, Mrs. Butterworth!” I thought it would be neat to make my makeup look bronze and I couldn’t wait to make a custom … Read more
“Hoppy” Halloween! My daughter wanted to be a frog for Halloween. I made her first frog head a bit too big, so we decided to go as Mama and baby frog. We love to go leopard frog catching in the summer. Sometimes we draw a circle in the middle of our large driveway and put … Read more
I used poster board and a balloon for the body. Paper mached about 5 layers and painted yellow. I added overalls with some fabric and paint, goggles are made of sour cream cups spray painted in silver. All other details are foam sheets. They were a bit complicated but very fun to make. I love … Read more
I’ve always wanted to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween. So this year I made it happen. All told it took about 2 weeks, with about 1-2 hrs a day spent planning, making, and assembling the costume. I used the following: Materials I needed to buy: 4 2ft x 2ft foam mats (like the ones you would find … Read more
My daughters’ only request for her Halloween costume was, “make me something out of a big cardboard box!”. So with only two cardboard boxes and some leftover PVC pipe I made her a refrigerator. Her heads pops out in the freezer section and the door can swing closed so she can scare some people. Adding … Read more
We have serious appreciation for unique, well constructed homemade Halloween costumes! I am the oldest of six “kids” – ages 37 down to 24- and our spouses and friends all love HALLOWEEN! My brother and his wife host the annual “Aftermath” Halloween party… Everyone goes all-out for it! You’d think there was big money prizes … Read more
Hey guys! My name is Nichole and I have always dreamed of being a mermaid. Every since I was little I have been fascinated with the idea of these beautiful creatures under the sea. I spent the last few Halloweens searching for a good mermaid costume, but came up empty handed every year. They were … Read more
Bring it on down to liquorville! One of my favorite skits on Saturday night live. I fell in love with their costumes and decided to try to make my own version of the wine. I went out and got just a regular ivory dress, then bought about 20 plastic grape bunches. I wrapped the grapes … Read more
I was looking at the different homemade costumes on your amazing website, and I came across this minion costume here https://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/2012/10/17/coolest-homemade-despicable-me-minion-costume/. Not only did I immediately fall in love with it, but my son just so happen to be a tremendous fan of minions himself that I decided to try making the costume myself but … Read more