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 put this sexy homemade Wonder Woman costume together with the help of Ebay, Etsy and some local stores in the mall. The red corset is from Charlotte Russe, about $25. The gold trim I got from JoAnn Fabric store, the whole roll was around $5.00 and I used fabric glue to adhere it to the … Read more
This Marionette Pinocchio was a somewhat difficult costume to complete because of the mechanical part. The outfit wasn’t too difficult. I had to find the right type of blouse, vest, dress, and hat. I found a sleeveless pleated black dress (really cute) added some German type binding. I did the same thing to the vest. The … Read more
I wanted to wear a multi colored tutu and since I have been a pop star each year for Halloween I decided to stick with that theme. I figured Nicki Minaj would pull off a multi colored tutu like no one’s business. I purchased the tutu online, bought pink tights from Ardene’s and found the … Read more
My daughter looks identical to Boo from Monsters Inc. I’m always hearing from everyone she look just like her especially with her pig tales. This year I had 3 choices and wasn’t planning on making them. It was between Little Mermaid, Alice In Wonderland or Boo, all of which me and her dad would have … Read more
My little girl is 16 months and everytime I put her hair in pigtails, everyone was mention how she looked like the little girl, Boo, from Monsters Inc. So when it came time for Halloween, I knew exactly what I wanted out little family to be! This was my very first sewing project so the … Read more
My family had a Party for my Nephew. Since his birthday is close to Halloween we all dress up. It was very funny to see the people face driving on freeway. I had to drive about an hour to get to the party. When I got there everyone was laughing so hard. What a Good Halloween. I love to … Read more
I didn’t know what I was getting into when I said I would make my daughter’s poison ivy costume! I wanted it to be realistic and unique and since we have a new addition, of course, my son had to be baby Joker. I’m not the best seamstress soI usually just put pieces together, but … Read more
This was my costume in 2011. As a natural redhead I always try to pick costumes that showcase my natural red hair. I like to pick ideas that are outside the box and different; costumes that make me stand out. Everything about this costume is homemade; I worked on this costume for weeks. I bought … Read more
This year’s costume was my wife’s choice. We have always been into the Day of the Dead but never thought to dress up as that style. So we began our research to get ideas and inspiration for our costumes. We found lots of great sugar skull face paintings but, fell in love with the half face sugar skull … Read more
We love the movie Rio… Usually when I make a costume I start out by sketching my idea(s). In the case of this Rio costume I made sketches off of the movie. It took a lot of rewinding to get a good look at what Linda (Blue’s owner) was wearing. The costume had to be … Read more
The Halloween party we went to was all of our neighbors and good friends we see on a daily basis. When we walked in, not a single person had any idea who we were – meaning they knew right away that we were Axl and Slash but didn’t have a clue who was behind the … Read more
Every year for about the last four years, I’ve always been some sort of TV character or commercial character. Not for any certain reason, but I like having funny costumes and being original. In the past I’ve been Flo from Progressive, The Sundrop soda girl, and contestants from Double Dare. Well this particular year, I didn’t have … Read more