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!
Every year Halloween just sneaks up on me. I plan and plan and plan, and somehow I am always scrambling to finish my costume..”just in time”. Three years ago, I was dating someone who I felt would make the perfect Edward Scissorhands, he agreed to the costume and the planning began. I wanted to make … Read more
In our house we love the Nightmare before Christmas. This inspired me to create new characters for Halloween last year. I looked up pictures of Sally and let my imagination go. First I created my husband’s costume. I took an old suit and hat and my bag of bits and I went to work making … Read more
I covered an exercise ball with wallpaper paste and wall paper in a sort of paper mache technique and left to dry and then popped the ball and was left with a large hard paper globe. I used an old tumble dryer funnel for the handle and spout of the teapot and attached them to … Read more
I am wearing this costume in both pictures. The idea came to me after I watched the movie 300. I was enjoying a mid-day beer (Coors Light is my favorite) sometime in mid-September of 2010. I decided I wanted to go as a Spartan Warrior for Halloween that year. My roommates, Tim and Kelen, jokingly … Read more
This awesome homemade Peacock Costume was a labor of love. My lovely daughter Mitrian decided she wanted to be a peacock with a giant tail with real feathers. She asks and I do my best to make it for her! First of all, I will say that I do know how to sew, but this … Read more
This is Lego Ninjago Kai. I asked my five year old son Blade if you could be anything in the world for Halloween, what would you be? He quickly answered a Lego Ninjago!! It was on! I started brainstorming how to make the perfect costume. I looked at pictures and toys to get ideas. I … Read more
This Nacho Libre costume for a toddler is the first ever costume I made for my 2 year old, he was so obsessed with the Nacho Libre. I tried looking for one online but what do you know, they don’t sell any his size. So I started making it a week before Halloween and to be … Read more
Coming up with a theme for my three kids is always the best part of Halloween. I can never get my oldest to go along with any of my ideas so I am usually stuck coming up with a theme that works for a little boy and a little girl. This beautiful homemade Cleopatra and … Read more
The idea for this costume came to me while watching Blind Melon’s “No Rain” music video. I owned a pair of tap shoes and went from there. The tap dancing bee girl costume is completly home made. Having never sewn anything, this was quite a challange. But, after a few late nights, I think it … Read more
This Wonder Woman Costume was my favorite costume I have ever made. It took me a very long time to make but it was well worth it. I exceeded my expectations of how it would turn out. Not only does this costume have a detailed top and bottom but it has many little pieces such … Read more
This Medusa Costume is from 2011, last year I had such a hard time deciding what I was going to be for Halloween. I was going through a mythology book when I came across Medusa. I thought if I could make the costume sexy and original it would be a good idea. How to make the … Read more
This is a Snow White Costume from the Movie Mirror Mirror. I loved the costumes in this movie-every one of them was a winner. But I found myself drawn to Snow White’s wedding dress. Rather than being white and super fluffy, it was blue and orange. Being an ILLINI, I loved the color scheme. I used silk … Read more