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 hand make quality costumes for my family each year and I absolutely love it! Everything is handmade, and what isn’t made is thrifted. I work predominantly with paper mache, but I also work with found, recycled, and repurposed materials, so there is a lot of guessing, scrapping, and dumpster diving involved. I also hand-built … Read more
“Army of One – American Transformer” This is my 12 year old son Billy and his costume which we call Army of One! But First I’m going to give you a bit of background on why we started this. Years ago my family and I suffered a tragic loss on a Halloween morning, So for … Read more
Since my only child was born, I have taken great pride in brainstorming, designing, and executing his annual Halloween costumes. I am by no means a seamstress, so I used whatever skill set I am able to muster, to get it done and hopefully successfully. It has become quite the tradition for us to select … Read more
Crash Bandicoot is a video game character who came onto the gaming scene in 1996 sometime after the very first Sony Playstation game came out. Initially, Crash’s games weren’t anything up my alley back then, mainly because we didn’t have a PS1. The only Playstation home consoles we own are a Playstation 3, and both … Read more
For my Fruit Loops costume, I first created the paper mache bowl which was definitely the hardest part! Then I cut up colorful pool noodles and glued them into the bowl. I then covered a cut up piece of cardboard and covered it with tin foil as the spoon. To finish it off, I added … Read more
My husband and I always bought Halloween costumes in the previous years. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we had the time to work on a costume and we chose to make a Queen of Hearts and King of Spades couple Costume. Also I just recently started my YouTube journey (Arthi’s Life) and we thought what … Read more
This was my first year making huge, movie quality costumes from scratch, and I think fully nailed it. This Beetlejuice family costume set off my obsession with going over the top and making these competitively. The costume also inspired me to start working towards a career in this field (albeit, unsuccessful so far). Everything here … Read more
“Put Another Shrimp on the Barbie!” I always love going as a pun or some clever phrase for Halloween and wasn’t sure what couple costume idea to do for this year. I had seen people wearing a Shrimp hat with a barbie tee shirt before and I thought that was funny, but when my husband … Read more
My best friend and I have always called each other Thing 1 and Thing 2. We’ve always talked about actually dressing up like them on Halloween for years! My best friend moved away 6 years ago, so we haven’t celebrated Halloween together in years. This year she said she was coming to town PreHalloween weekend so we can … Read more
For my son’s first Halloween, I decided to dress him up as frontman to rock band’s Panic! at the Disco, Brendon Urie – circa his Pray for the Wicked tour era. This may sound oddly specific, but this year has changed my life, much in thanks to the band and Brendon Urie, himself. My son … Read more
I am totally obsessed with crocheting and making beautiful outfits for birthdays and holidays. I have been crocheting for the last 6-7 years and it has become a tradition for me to make costumes for my kids every Halloween. I am always amazed at the different characters I can recreate using just a bag full … Read more
Here’s my handmade Mad Hatter Costume. The only thing store bought was the wig. I love any character that Johnny Depp plays! I made the hat out of a cardboard box and sewed fabric on the interior and exterior. The jacket I bought at a thrift shop and added the sleeve ruffles and the bird … Read more