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!
Since our first son was born I have always made our costumes. The more kids we have the more fun it is getting. This year we decided to do a Flintstones family costume. It took me about 5 months of planning, sewing, airbrushing, hot gluing and painting to make all of the costumes. You can’t … Read more
I had to make a costume that was game or anime related that hadn’t been done before, so I decided to go with one of my favorite card games, Munchkin from Steve Jackson Games. The best part was the axe that took the most of my time, effort, and money. How much? I don’t even … Read more
My son wanted to be Woody for Halloween. And as a 3 yr old, he wanted all of us to dress up with him. I was assigned Jessie, Daddy was Buzz Lightyear, and Aunt Shannon was Rex the dinosaur. Shannon made her Rex costume from a large green sweatshirt, foam visors and foam teeth with … Read more
I always let my daughter decide what she wants me to make her for Halloween. This year she picked out a teddy bear costume for me to sew. She decided everything about the costume from the color of the furs, to the ribbon for the neck. It took about 2 1/2 weeks of sewing as … Read more
This King Triton, the Ruler of Atlantica costume was a fun one to wear indeed. When I wore it for Halloween last year, I was actually really surprised by how many people actually recognized my character. It was freezing, but I kept my shirt of the entire time to stay true to the character of … Read more
My son is obsessed with Star Wars, so I wanted to make that our theme for Halloween. However, I’m not a fan of any of the cheap costumes that are sold in store, and I always like my son to stand out and be a little different. So every year I make his costume. This … Read more
This Homer and Marge Simpson couples Halloween costume is quite a detailed homemade costume, but easy none-the-less!! We used yellow swim caps for both of our heads to cover all of our hair (2 bucks on amazon.com). Yellow paint for our faces and necks. Our eyes were made out of yellow dollar store toy “nerd” … Read more
The Black swan costume. There were so many of these but I was determined to have it down to a t. First I got a black tutu and bodice. I danced for many years so I had broken in Capezio point shoes and tights already. Then I bought a black velvet corset at Gothic Renaissance … Read more
I got tickets to the Lady Gaga Monster Ball tour in 2010. My mom and I made this Lady Gaga Hello Kitty Extravaganza costume together! Starting from early May to the Metero ride on the way to the concert we were working our little butts off! We made many of the Hello Kitties from Hello Kitty … Read more
The key to this Beetlejuice and Lydia – The Wedding Scene costume is to plan ahead. For the better part of a year before Halloween, I would check the wedding dresses section of my local thrift stores (where I am a regular shopper) for just the right dress. This one included a hoop skirt, the … Read more
I created this Three Clowns in One Optical Illusion costume for the first time with only two clowns about 15 years ago. Then I re-did it completely, adding the top clown. These photos are of me in our local Multicultural Parade in 2006. The reaction is awesome; everywhere I go in it, people just stop and … Read more
This toddler peacock costume is honestly very time consuming and has many tedious steps, but will be beautiful and well worth the time once completed. The materials used are: sheets of cardboard, heavy duty box cutter, newspaper, water and flour for paper mache, one ping pong ball cut in half for the eye, hot glue … Read more