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!
It took me a few months to make their costumes perfect. I don’t own a sewing machine, so I did a lot of the sewing at work while on break. The wigs were spray painted and the red wig for the Heat Miser had Christmas lights sewn in with a battery pack so it would … Read more
For Halloween, I always try to go as all out as I can to enjoy myself before and during the wicked season. Previously, I had not tried to go dark and mysterious with my costumes. I had only tried to make myself a good costume with no regard to the “scary- factor” of any of them. … Read more
In 2010 I dressed up as Susan Murphy aka Ginormica from the 2009 film Monsters Vs. Aliens. The shirt part of the costume was prepared ahead of time (August 2009, I think) by painting some details of Susan’s shirt, but the costume wasn’t able to be pulled off because I didn’t have a white wig … Read more
This Loonette from Big Comfy Couch Halloween costume wasn’t as hard as I thought it would be to make. I purchased the jumpsuit, long sleeve shirt, hat, wig, pack sack at Salvation Army store. For the jumpsuit I dyed it pink and put Velcro in the back (for washroom purposes), lol. I added purple ribbon around … Read more
Hello, may name is Tucker. For the last three years I have made my own costumes. It was cheaper and I get to be creative. My specialty is duct tape and cardboard. This Buzz Lightyear Halloween costume took me a little over a week to make. Well worth it! The hardest part on this costume was … Read more
This sail dress was my very first time making/sewing my own cosplay dress (no patterns were used.) I believe the only reason why I was able to finish this dress successfully is because, there was no rules to follow in order to make this dress. After all it’s only a big sheet of ripped sail … Read more
For the Dalmatian outfit, we took an old white shirt and a black furry tail bought from a party store I had used for a costume in the past, and wrapped the shirt around the tail until it covered the entire tail. We cut the fabric and used fabric glue to glue the two ends … Read more
My creepy button-eyed doll Halloween costume went through various stages before the final addition of the button eyes. I first started out making the dress (which turned out was the easiest part). I added a purchased corset over top. The first time I used the costume I made it a steampunk doll and painted myself silver. … Read more
Ariel from The Little Mermaid Cosplay There’s a video at the bottom of the post if you guys are interested to know a little bit more about my Ariel cosplay. I’ve always wanted to be Ariel ever since I could remember and finally my dream had came true. I believe this outfit took about a … Read more
The helmet was made from foam. Get the smooth foam and make a block around the head of the person that its being used for. You then carve the foam block to suit the Kai helmet. Easiest way to carve it is with a hot stake knife. I heated it up on an open flame … Read more
A few Halloweens ago, my then boyfriend and I decided to dress as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett. The trickiest part was his vest. I’m not too handy with the sewing machine, so we set out to find a double breasted vest that wasn’t obscenely priced. Unfortunately, we weren’t very successful with that, but did … Read more
Kraft Dinner is awesome. So, I decided to make it my Halloween costume! I used a cardboard box that a fridge came in, house paint, a bit of arts and crafts paint and duct tape! Beware! If you paint a costume like this… your knees will get very stiff and sore! The days I spent … Read more