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!
Armor (what you need): Tracing Paper Poster board 2 packs of 4 1/2” thick Fitness floor mats or EVA foam 2yrds. of 1/2” thick sheet foam 2mm thick Black Foamies Sheet Foam 11” X 17” 1” Nylon 2” Elastic bands Elastic cord 3/4” Velcro Suspenders Plastic-coated Wire Leather hole punch Roughly 65 Steel or aluminum … Read more
Connor has a leukodystrophy, which means he loses motor function as his disease progresses. So Mom and Dad try to take moments in his life and make them as special as we can. Every year I let him pick what he wants to be for halloween. Whatever he picks, we have to work off of … Read more
This is my Little red ridinghood and big bad wolf illusion costume. Wolfs Upper Body and Head I made this out of a foam block I had for flower arrangements, a stuft shirt, a long nightgown, a regular backpack and a hiking pack frame. I used 2 cut PVC poles, inserted them into the bottom … Read more
My daughter is a fan of musicals and asked me if I could make this Eliza Doolittle Costume from My Fair Lady for her one year. The basic dress was made from satin with a lace overlay. It is a relatively simple dress design. I didn’t use a pattern. I pinned and tucked the fabric … Read more
Hello all, this is my son and I in our Jango and Boba Fett costumes that I originally made for Comic Con 2012. I am Jango and he is Boba. These are the 5th or so incarnations. I originally started with cardboard, it did not have the give and strength that I felt was needed. … Read more
Every Halloween I try to outdo myself in making a costume that is a huge pain in the butt to wear. Ha! I usually have an idea picked out months in advance and start construction by September at the latest, but this year nothing was speaking to me and I was starting to get panicked. … Read more
We did the Tim Burton version of Alice in Wonderland for our group costume this year. The kids do a group costume every year, and this is my third submission to this site. The previous ones are Coolest Monster’s Inc and Coolest Scooby Doo. I made everything except the Alice top. :: Mad Hatter :: I found similar … Read more
This was my 15 year old son’s idea. Slenderman is a mythical creature turned video game persona. We went and bought two suit jackets at a thrift store, and cut the arms off one to sew on to the other. Then, we bought a twin flat sheet, and cut and sewed it to make … Read more
This year, I wanted to test my crafting skills by creating a Muppet costume. I knew that this would be a challenge that could look amazing if done right, but, if half-assed, could look like clown shoes. I started off by looking through all of the Muppets and deciding which one would be the funniest character … Read more
Being great South Park fans, my teenage sons had asked me to design Halloween costumes for them including Kenny, Kyle, Cartman, and Stan. After spending a few days trying to figure out how to make them, I decided to go with paper mache. My Dad had made Flintstone paper mache “heads” for our family 30 years ago and … Read more
The inspiration: This life-sized homemade Icee Costume for a girl started with a blue wig that my daughter thought matched the color of the blue Icee drink. (She is a Katy Perry lover!) It then evolved from there, to her wanting to be an Icee drink cup. I saw some of the ideas from this … Read more
I am a killer hairstylist and own Celebrities-Salon in Saint Petersburg Fl. I can copy any picture, either hair color and cut to drawing a picture to making a costume. I LIVE FOR HALLOWEEN! I had a little help with construction of the wings of this Harry Potter Albino Dragon costume made of PVC and air conditioning covering. … Read more