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 always want to stand out in a crowd and wear something that no other person has, which is why I always make my own clothes and costumes. I designed and created my own Ninja costume by myself from scratch. I draped the patterns on a dress form and used a stretch satin for the … Read more
We have been going to the same Halloween party for years and over time, a competition has started among a few of us to see who can come up with the best costume. Although my 2010 Peter Pan costume was OK, I was told it didn’t live up to my previous costumes so I decided to put … Read more
This Elton John costume is my favorite costume and it has a story attached to it. I decided to make an Elton John costume, it has 3 LED light packs in it, 2 in the jacket and one in the hat. I made everything myself from scratch, even the hat. I also enhanced a pair of boots … Read more
The year 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, and we celebrated by morphing into the pink (Pterodactyl!) and yellow (Saber Tooth Tiger! ) Rangers for Halloween. We took these costumes out for a night on the town (in the city, actually), a putty disturbance in the park, and also to the office Halloween party—it’s morphin’ time, … Read more
I’ve wanted to make the black diamond costume from Moulin rouge for a long time so I finally did it! It took forever! I started it a few months ago and have been working on it every waking moment to get it done in time. I worked really hard to replicate it to the best … Read more
I decided to be “Ursula” from “The Little Mermaid” because I wanted to be a character not many people would think to dress up as. I’m a college student, and most of the girls my age tend to go for the more “sexy” character for Halloween. I told my friends about my idea and they didn’t think … Read more
My best friend and I decided this year that we wanted something original and creative for Halloween so we decided to make costumes and be Buzz Lightyear and Woody from Toy Story. We found a lot of inspiration from this website and some from just looking at pictures of the characters. Woody For Woody, I … Read more
I love Barbies. So this year we decided to make the life size Barbie in the Box. My youngest daughter Liberty, insisted on being her favorite one, Princess Barbie. So it was my pleasure to try and make it happen. The best part about this adventure was the help from my whole family. It was so awesome … Read more
I got the idea of this Edward Scissorhands costume about 3 years ago from watching the movie. I’m a big fan of Tim Burton and found the costume to be very unique. Bought a whole bunch of belts which I glued to leather pants and the jacket from the thrift store. I just looked online at the pictures … Read more
I will admit that I got the idea for my sister’s family ‘Smores costume from Pinterest – we were looking up family costumes for 3 that could also be made to work for 2, since her husband was going to be away for some of the Halloween festivities. I wound up putting a lot of … Read more
The idea for this Clockwork Orange group Halloween costume came from my friend (Aaron) and my favorite cult film. My birthday is on Halloween and we wanted to do something new and different. Thus the idea of A Clockwork Orange was born. Aaron thought this would be a great group idea. I searched online for jumpsuits … Read more
The best compliment I got on this Pint of Glamorous Guinness Beer and Zookeeper homemade couple costume was when one person – then another, then another, and so on – asked me, “Where did you buy that costume??” And then the widening of the eyes and the slight jaw drop when I revealed that I didn’t buy it, … Read more