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 thought it’d be a cool idea to do a Disney villain, and when I thought of doing an original Captain Hook, I wanted to stand out from all the other Hooks. So I thought it was a really good idea to go as Captain Hook, Post-Crocodile Battle. You know the one. The crocodile … Read more
I was looking for something special for my wife’s costume when I came across the Rosie the Robot from the Jetsons idea. So I made a trip to the recycling center to pick up some large pieces of cardboard. Then I went to the store to pick up 3 rolls of blue duct tape for … Read more
Horn Stumps – Permatex red RTV silicone from the local auto parts store. I emptied the whole tube into a plastic cups and let sit for 2 months to harden up. When cured I used a electric hand grinder to carefully grind some grooves across the tops to give it the right look and the … Read more
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. For as long as I can remember I’ve always been intrigued by the spooky and the strange, which is probably why Tim Burton has always been a huge inspiration for me. This past year I decided to create my own version of one of Burton’s most likeable and … Read more
I’m totally obsessed with Disney, so naturally I felt it was time to do a Disney inspired homemade couple costume! So I chose Buzz Lightyear and my boyfriend opted to be Woody (he hand made his costume as well, complete with a fully functioning pull cord). So the first steps I took to make this … Read more
This sexy homemade Eve of the Garden Halloween costume in total costed me around $30 to make, and costed my hours and hours of time and hot glue burns! But, if I do say so myself, it was well worth the trouble! So I started out with a plain colored bra, (doesn’t have to be … Read more
My son loved Transformers, especially Optimus Prime! So, we decided to attempt making an Optimus Prime Transformer homemade Halloween costume. My wife used numerous boxes, paper towel rolls, spray paint, an old hard hat, LED touch lights, duct tape, patience and tons of hot glue to hold it all together. This costume took about … Read more
I love to create costumes, to me it’s just fun to be something else for a day. I also have been a mascot for my high school and college where I get all the fans pumped up. So for Halloween last year I could not think of anything better to be than a Despicable Me Minion … Read more
This Edward Scissorhands costume was the hardest costume there probably is to make. We made his body suite with pleather material. We wanted the costume to be as accurate to the real thing so we tried to find beads and belts to match it as much as we could. We sewed the belts on and … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday! I love doing family costumes. We have been farmers with our kids as animals, we did a Star Wars theme, and we have done knights and a princess. Most years I pick the costumes for the boys because they are little and easily swayed. This year Q was 6 and … Read more
I could not say no to my son Dylan when he wanted to be a Transforming Optimus Prime for Halloween. We made this creative Transformers costume from scratch. Deciding what materials to use as we went along. To make this costume we used boxes, paper towel tubes, tires from an firetruck toy, spray paint, paint, … Read more
This is an adult halloween “Macho Man” Randy Savage costume I made last Halloween to pay tribute to the late wrestler “Macho Man” Randy Savage who passed away in 2011. I took a suit jack and painted it gold. I then added green/yellow ribbon and zebra print to the jacket as well as the Macho … Read more