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!
It’s the whole gang- Dot was even on gold roller skates all night! Such fun Spaceballs Cast Group Halloween costumes, but “younger” crowd did not know who were were! Lord Helmet was made from a baseball helmet with mask and a big ice bucket. We mounted it upside down after we cut the large shape … Read more
This Flintstones family costume idea came from me. I wanted to make a group costume but did not know of what. I usually start to think about costumes about a year ahead because I am so excited. I then thought it would be a good idea to do the costumes. I helped each of my … Read more
Hi everyone! As a child I wanted to be a unicorn and always dreamt of having a unicorn costume. Then I thought to myself, why do I have to be a little girl to fulfill this dream, it is still a dream of mine. I then got the idea of making a my little pony … Read more
It all started with the strawberry then came the rest. I took a lot of time to design my costume and get such a realistic view of the fruits. My friends always support my crazy ideas and we were able to celebrate with style in Las Vegas Halloween 2011. The strawberry started out with a … Read more
Sexy Exotic Birds group Halloween costumes…not sure why we chose to be birds but we had our vision and well it looked and sounded fun so we went with it. We obviously chose our colors and bought a lot of boas and a lot of feathers. Our face mask we bough plastic plain masks and … Read more
No idea who and how we came up with this idea for the sexy Big Bad Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood costumes but we had a blast making these costumes. We’ve been making our costumes for years and this is just one of my favorite because we played the part all night…Big bad wolf … Read more
My five year old son was very excited about being a dragon this year. The homemade winged dragon Halloween costume did not appear to be complicated until we got started. We could not find a dragon head mask which fit him so I made one from paper mache. The eyes were craft eyes held in … Read more
We made my three year old son a homemade British Guard costume for Halloween. I used red material and sewed it into a long, fitted jacket. We trimmed it out with white piping for trim, lots of gold buttons down the front and on the cuffs/collar, and used black and white felt to make the … Read more
My son wanted a Transforming Optimus Prime costume. Don’t they all!?! Anyway… We started by finding a Powerwheels truck body and re-figuring it. We cut the nose (fenders and hood) from the body (cab) and the bed, then reattached them all so that they hinged. Basically, my son stood inside the cab, which sat on … Read more
When watching a commercial for Energizer, I made the decision to be the Energizer Bunny for Halloween. The costume was not very expensive to make but did take a bit of time since I made everything myself. I had a lot of fun being the bunny and received a lot of compliments. Making it was … Read more
First of all making the Poison Ivy costume wasn’t hard BUT finding a durable bodice was very tricky. This is a costume that you definitely have to start looking for all the supplies a month in advance and start creating maybe two weeks before Halloween. I was silly and starting buying everything a week before … Read more
It took a lot of convincing, but I somehow convinced my boyfriend to be the “white swan” while I was the “black swan”. I started off at a dance wear outlet where I found a deformed leotard with attached skirt for him to wear as well as a plain black leotard for myself. I then … Read more