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!
Last year I wanted to dress up as the Mask. It was a childhood movie I enjoyed watching. So first thing I started looking at thrift stores for a yellow zoot suit. I ended up finding one after looking and driving to numerous thrift stores. I bought a yellow hat and white spats for my … Read more
I started my Cupcake costume with the cupcake wrapper. I took thin tubes of PVC pipe and made two circles, one a little bigger than the other, and attached them together with straight tubes of pipe. I spray painted a folding window shade silver and wrapped it around the PVC frame. I tied fishing line around … Read more
My sister and I love Batman so we went with this theme and made a Batman Villain Ladies group costume. We started months in advance. I was two face and I took a white button down shirt and white jean shorts and dyed half black and I used toilet paper and Elmer’s glue and black and … Read more
I found my dress for this cheap but luscious homemade Marilyn Monroe costume at a thrift store for 5 dollars. I went to the store and found this blonde wig for 6 dollars. It was medium length, and curly. I took some pins, and wrapped it around to the length I wanted to make it … Read more
We have a HUGE dog, 165 lbs to be exact and it all started by trying to come up with a costume for him. Everyone seems to be able to buy a costume for their dog right off the rack, but with our big boy, it has to be made! So I had to come up … Read more
This Sarea Moko, The Wind Exorcist, is an original character I came up with and decided to bring to life. Sarea Moko is the last of her clan on a mission to bring vengeance on those who wronged her. She is a fun design bringing elements of post apocalyptic and of the orient. She took me four … Read more
Let the wild rumpus begin! I studied the book for an hour before deciding on a game plan to tackle our Where The Wild Things Are Costumes: Moishe and Tzippy. I started with Moishe (the wild thing with the black fur and striped body) and searched the greater St. Louis area for a faux fur … Read more
For Katy Perry: I started off with the most important and noticeable part of the costume, the lollipops! I know most people know of the cupcake bra from the California Girls video, and I was originally going to go for that but I definitely did not want to buy anything premade, and when I tried searching for … Read more
I decided I was going to go all-out on my 2010 Halloween costume, and Katy Perry’s outfit from her California Girls video seemed like the most fun to attempt. I combined a few different elements from different costumes she wore in the video, since it’s too cold in Portland to do the bikini thing for … Read more
Hi! I am Veyda and I am in high school. I have always wanted a mascot costume. The one I wanted was $2100.00. So that was out of the question. I love to design characters and ZipZap is the design I made for me. I asked my Mom if I could get the supplies and … Read more
In my high school, Halloween is a big deal! There’s a parade and contest, so I knew I would have to be something super awesome if I wanted to win!! I had this idea for a Barbie in a Box Halloween costume for over two years, and at the beginning of September my mom, uncle, … Read more
I wanted to be Xena for Halloween because I had rediscovered the show on Netflix. I sat and watched every episode for weeks. I thought it would be fun to make my own Xena Warrior princess Halloween costume after looking forever for a store bought one. I found brown vinyl on the clearance rack at the … Read more