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 made this Edward Scissorhands costume for my 9 year old son. I bought black pants and a black turtle neck from a second hand store for $3.00. I also picked up some studded belts from a variety of second hand stores for between 50 cents to $3.00 each. I cut up the belts to … Read more
Well it was getting close to Halloween last year and I still hadn’t come up with a costume idea for my teenage daughter and I. We wanted to do couple theme. Usually I dream (literally dream when asleep) my creations and how they will be made, but nothing. We were at a thrift store browsing and … Read more
I love Halloween. But I also love money. So when Halloween rolled around my friend and I wanted to see how far we could go with just twenty bucks. Which lead me to the idea. Bucks. Or rather deer. I wanted a costume that also allowed me to paint my face which I had not … Read more
Very fun for a group to do together! Super easy! It was so much fun to do! And who doesn’t love wearing a wig!! Everybody loved the costumes! And Willy Wonka was such a trooper!! We won 2nd place in a costume contest! Very easy and super super fun!
So I get a lot of people telling me that I look a lot like Lady Gaga and just so happens that I am HUGE fan of hers as well…so naturally I had to be her for Halloween! I HATE store bought costumes and I figure I am going to take the time to make … Read more
So my daughter wanted to be Corpse Bride for Halloween. I absolutely HATE store bought costumes and LOVE Corpse Bride so you can imagine my excitement to make this one! Now I am pretty crafty, I know how to sew but I am self taught so whenever I make stuff I kinda wing it and figure … Read more
With the exception of the coat and dead dog purse all the pieces of this costume were purchased individually and then put together. The coat is really just two pieces of fabric (furry and red lining) sewn together much like a blanket and then I stitched the corners together to create an overcoat look. The … Read more
Growing up my mom always helped me make my Halloween costume which was always a scary and gruesome character. For Halloween 2008 I was 21 years old and wanted to create a fun and unique costume. I have always been a huge Christina Aguilera fan and I thought what better costume then the dramatic version … Read more
My now 8 year old son is a big HP fan, so we decided to make it into a family adventure for Halloween. The main objective for us in Halloween is to make our costumes budget friendly and original. So even that my son was going to be Harry Potter I wanted him to look … Read more
I LOVE Lady Gaga, I have had the privilege of seeing her in concert twice and loved every moment. Once I saw the Lady Gaga bow-tie hair, I knew it had to be my next Halloween costume. Lady Gaga is all about design, shock, costumes, and anything out of the ordinary. I wasn’t sure where to start … Read more
When my kids were little I made them pretty elaborate Halloween costumes every year. This year when I said I needed them for my husband and me they said “you used to make the coolest costumes ever, but you’ve lost that touch.” Feeling this was a challenge, I told them to pick two costumes and I … Read more
My husband used the small dolls as his inspiration. You can see both boys are holding up the dolls up. Characters are Chop Chop and VooDoo from video game Little Big Planet. Heads were made by paper mache and inside lined w/ foam to fit like helmet w/ boys. The outside of heads were covered … Read more