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!
Georgiana Cavendish was the Duchess of Devonshire during the 18th century. She was famous for her role in politics, fashion, and philanthropy. She was immortalized in film by Keira Knightly in the movie The Duchess in 2008. In the movie she wore a beautiful striped zone front robe a l’anglaise. As soon as I saw it, … Read more
I thrifted most of the outfit for my son and found the rest in his closet. I picked out and curled his hair and added his guitar. Looking at old pictures of Jimmy it’s crazy how much my son looks like him. Jimmy came as a 5 year old.
I made this mermaid costume because the mermaid costume I wanted to buy only went to size 10. I combined a lot of ideas from the internet. It’s 2 separate pieces. The top is a steel boned corset in beige. I added pieces of the skirt fabric to make it look like it flows into one piece. … Read more
This is a terrifying four-legged Stilt Spirit costume. I was lucky enough to go with 3 friends of mine to Dragon Con 2012 and not even before I returned home from my 5 day adventure I wanted to start building costumes. I am not a small person by any means so I knew there were more … Read more
My daughter always has outrageous costume ideas, and starts planning usually a year in advance. Well, this year she had decided to be one of those arcade claw machines and of course, her wish is my command! She has chosen some interesting characters, but I had a feeling we were in for some hard work … Read more
My costume is a a super “hero” sandwich. I wanted to go with a pun costume to make it stand out and be more unique. though I didn’t get to actually wear this costume on Halloween (lack of time). I had a blast making it! Materials needed 2 yards of brown fleece 2 yards of white fleece 2 red … Read more
7 year old son: “Dad, I want to be a bumblebee for Halloween.” Dad: “Really, you mean one with black and yellow stripes and cute little wings. Kind of baby-ish don’t you think?” Son: “No Dad, Bumblebee! From Transformers.” Dad: “Oh, of course. That’s better. That will be cool, we can make it look like … Read more
I love everything about Avatar, and think they are so strong and beautiful. When I told my friends that I was gonna be one, they didn’t think I could pull it off. So I decided to show them! I took inspiration from those in the movie, and created my own Avatar character, with her own … Read more
I have loved dinosaurs ever since I was a little girl, and this Halloween, I knew right away what I wanted to dress up as- a Velociraptor! This was probably my most ambitious costume to date, and my lovely boyfriend was a tremendous help to me while making it. I thoroughly enjoyed wearing it out, … Read more
I fell in love with Honey Boo Boo when she was first on Toddlers and Tiaras so I had to be her for Halloween. One of my friend’s is a costume designer and she made my whole costume by hand, including beading. My boyfriend needed a costume last minute and he likes Reno 911 so … Read more
My husband didn’t really want to dress up this year, but Halloween is my favorite holiday, so after a lot of rejected ideas we found something we were both happy about! I went as a leopard (but definitely not the store-bought “sexy cat” kind!) and he was a safari tourist. He followed me around all night with … Read more
My boyfriend and I were looking for a unique couples costume and found inspiration from this classic children’s story. We were a big hit at the Halloween party with our Curious George and the Man with the Yellow Hat Couple Costume! For Curious George: Used a combination of two costume patterns. The body of the … Read more