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!
Me (as Orihime) and a friend attended a local convention as these characters from the anime Bleach. For Orhime’s arrancar outfit, I found a white dress on sale and sewed trim along the bottom and around in a circle shape in the front to form the opening without cutting the dress. Next, I found a white jacket … Read more
This 7.5 ft Tall Buzz Lightyear Halloween costume took many hours to make but with determination it is quite feasible. Materials you will need include: papier-mache, EVA foam (home depot), pleather white fabric and vinyl green (both at JoAnns fabric), platform shoes, a chest protector such as motocross or lacrosse, and lots of duct tape (purple, … Read more
As this film has a curious plot and an extravagant cast of characters, a droog costume seemed fitting for this Halloween. I’ve had this costume since last year but hadn’t tried it with this make-up before and worked a treat! (or trick) I bought the bowler hat, groin-guard & bracers online for a total of … Read more
When we decided to make this Man in a Cage Illusion costume we assumed it would be fairly simple. After walking through numerous hardware stores to find material to make the cage we found out we were wrong. Apparently you cannot buy CPVC 3 way or 4 way connectors here in Canada! After a few good … Read more
When my daughter asked me to be a hot air balloon for Halloween I wasn’t sure if I could pull it off. With the help and brains of my hubby we had this figured out in no time! Building this was quite simple. We cut out the bottom of a basket and used our snowmobile … Read more
Halloween is my favorite time of the year. Normally I create individual costumes for myself, but this year I wanted to do a couples costume. I was inspired during a recent trip to Las Vegas and was in awe over the street performers doing living statues. I thought this would be a perfect opportunity but … Read more
My 10 year son, Michael picked out what he wanted to be for Halloween this year! He loved it! We started with a cardboard box, spray paint, lots of duct tape, a back pack, paper mached head, glasses and an old t shirt. We took the box and constructed it to look like a porta … Read more
We decided to be Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett for Halloween near the end of August. This gave me plenty of time for shopping at the thrift shops and locating items that would need to be used for the costume. It also gave him some time to grow out his hair since he didn’t want … Read more
My proud peacock!! I wanted to do something creative for my 19 month old daughter’s first night out trick or treating!! I thought a peacock costume would be really cute!! First I took a black onsie and glued blue and teal feathers on the front with fabric glue. I bought a child size skirt at the local … Read more
We booked a cruise for Halloween and the next obstacle was picking a group costume that was creative AND travel-friendly. We saw a few “four seasons” costumes online, but decided to step it up a bit. The guys weren’t ANY help with deciding. About a week before the cruise, they expressed how “unexcited” they were … Read more
Well, I wondered how my husband would top R2D2 and Wall-E from previous years, but I think he managed to do so with my son’s 13′ long, 7′ tall walking Raptor Dinosaur costume this year! He started with making the frame out of very light-weight wood and foam sheets. The tail attached to a backpack, … Read more
We purchased 19 inch beach balls and paper mached with 3-4 layers for our Peanuts gang costume. Balls were then reinforced with Kilz and cardboard around the opening. We then spray painted with flesh color. This process took 2-3 days (took a little longer to smooth). Hair was yarn for Marcy, Peppermint Patty, and Sally. … Read more