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 had a friend of mine create the Lady Gaga costume from her Glastonbury 2009 concert. I started with an old 80’s black prom dress found at a Thrift store. I couldn’t actually fit the top part of the dress so we had to cut it and make it into a corset, which worked out … Read more
My name is Melissa and my daughter Olivia is 10yrs old. I have been making home made costumes for 3 yrs and it is very rewarding not just the prizes but just to see the look on peoples faces. It is priceless! I started with a backpack, just an old backpack and unzipped it. Stuck … Read more
I think this Dragonfly couple Halloween costume was my most difficult project to date, but it turned out beautifully. This year, my daughter said she wanted to be a dragon fly and we were returning to the Halloween party, and so I thought “why not?” I’ll start with the easiest part: The body: I bought blue … Read more
What could be more beautiful if not for two lovers fill the shoes of the pair of true story of Ulysses and Penelope? This mask was designed because my partner had a beard like the images of Ulysses. This Ulysses and Penelope couple costume is quite challenging especially with regard to accessories. The tunic of … Read more
This awesome Team America couple costume is definitely the most intense homemade costume I’ve ever attempted! We love Halloween and we want our costumes to be unique and therefor make them ourselves. I wanted our costumes as true to the characters as possible. It’s hard sometimes because I don’t know how to sew so I … Read more
Every year my husband and I go all out for Halloween. This year was no different. It took me three weeks to create these three Barbie and Ken looks for three different parties we were attending. I used foam core and cardboard to put the boxes together. I then decorated the boxes with wrapping paper. … Read more
Derek is a 10 year old boy in a wheelchair. I try to make a costume out of any type of box so it works the easiest to put on and off easily on the wheelchair. His costumes cannot have any thing that needs to put on his head or any clothing that is too … Read more
Derek is a 10 year old handicapped boy in a wheelchair. The only music that he will listen to is Bon Jovi. That is the only songs on his mp3 player, if there is anything else on it he will drop it. He went to the Bon Jovi concert 2 years ago and loved it!
I decided to go all out and make a costume for this Halloween. On a tight budget but with a head full of ideas and inspiration from other peoples creations I got down to it. Total build was less than £100 and this required lots of searching for things which were just right, and at … Read more
Started out with the head. Classic paper mache with a mix of DIY products to harden the mold (plaster, cornice cement and aquadere) (also had to be scary to have the effect with the young kiddies at the party.. Ha ha ha…). Bought a suit from second hand shop and then pin striped with a … Read more
Wanted to do an awesome homemade Little Green Plastic Army Man costume of these for years. I made the bazooka from plumbing parts, the walkie-talkie is from a Barbie refrigerator and plumbing parts, the rifle and grenades were toys painted to match. The stand is a routed piece of wood painted to match. This was … Read more
Halloween is the best holiday for everyone to get together and have fun dressing up. In years past, we have never gone out in costumes, due to the fact we weren’t 21 yet. But now that we are, we wanted to do something exciting and memorable. Individual costumes are creative, but a group costume where … Read more