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!
Pumpkin Queen is an original costume design created for Halloween. She is a villainess who will do ANYTHING (even kill) to stop premature Christmas decorating. I have been planning this costume for over a year. The costume and jewelry are steampunk inspired and completely handmade and designed by myself. I began this Steampunk inspired Pumpkin Queen … Read more
Hello everybody! I’m Savanna and this is my King Bob the minion costume! I have been making my own costumes for around 4 years now. Making costumes is something that I really love and enjoy. The idea for this Minion costume actually came from a friend of mine. She works at a local college and … Read more
This PCH Sweepstakes couples costume was one of the most entertaining costumes to create! We had to purchase some random everyday items like flowers, but we also had to construct a giant check! The costume also would not be complete without the balloons lol. Prize patrol had a badge on, microphone, and professional attire. I … Read more
Here was a simple way to put together and make an awesome costume. It uses a terminator endoskull mask, motocross chest protector and a Andoid Morphsuit which are the basic parts of the Terminator T800 Endoskeleton costume. With the mask, I carefully removed/trimmed the neck section to get just the skull part I wanted. With … Read more
Even though Wonder Woman is a very popular costume, I knew that no one would have one like mine. I throw a Halloween Costume party because I love costumes. Costumes are voted on by categories in our contest. My friends could not believe I made every part of my costume and were raving about it all night. … Read more
My husband actually thought of this. When the Pope came to the area a month or so ago, my husband said that it would make a Great Costume Idea. The only thing was how were we going to do it? That is one thing with the two of us, if we put our minds to … Read more
Ever since my baby girl was born people have been telling me how much she resembles a cabbage patch doll. So of course on Pinterest I saw the idea of the doll box being attached to a stroller, with the ‘doll’ dress up inside. It was obvious to me that this is what Brantli HAD … Read more
I LOVE Halloween movies!! I try to use the characters that most people wouldn’t think to try to replicate! This year, I introduced my daughter to the Beetlejuice movie and she loved it!! I always loved the shrunken head guy so I set out and made it my goal to create it. I covered my … Read more
My grandson wanted to be Squidward this year for Halloween, so I took on the challenge! The journey began with putting pieces of clothing together at my local Salvation Army Shop, Ocean State Job Lot, Michael’s Craft Store, Dollar Tree and Walmart (Total cost $38.18). I began by assembling the hat which is made from … Read more
For this spookiest Orlok costume, we bought the mask and hands from a professional mask company (that was the starting point). We loved the mask but had no idea what to dress him in. This is a Silicone mask and hands made to fit your body. We looked on the net and found a pattern … Read more
So my 8 year old son Ethan is obsessed with the Predator vs Alien movies and decided mid-september that he wanted to be the Predator. We watched the movies and mama started brainstorming. He was going to be predator no matter what I had to do! You cannot just go buy this costume, so I … Read more
I made a larger than life version of Kate Middelton’s head and then built the costume around me as baby George. The reactions of people seeing a 9ft royal princess in heels made it all worthwhile (I got some size 12 heels). The hardest part was figuring out how to make the maternity dress to … Read more