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!
My best friend and I have done a few wrestling couple costumes in the past few years. Yes, we are girls! But it’s so much fun dressing up as male wrestlers. It’s also very funny! We were Macho Man (me) and Hulk Hogan (my friend Teresa) last Halloween (2013), and for Wrestlemania 30 in New … Read more
The idea for this Medusa costume came when I received something in the mail that was wrapped in a large piece of bubble wrap. It looked like snake skin and Medusa was born. I don’t sew but I hot glue very well! I dry brushed the bubble wrap with metallic paint, cut the shapes I … Read more
My daughter had no idea who she was going to be. One night we were watching Grease on ABC Family. She loved the songs. About a month later I woke her up from school and she was singing “Tell me more, tell me more from Grease”. So I knew at that point she had to … Read more
I thought it was going to be hard to explain how well this Cruella De Vil costume fit my daughters attitude, but then after seeing the picture I knew her facial expression said it all. She is the biggest diva and so very rotten, so who else better to be than Cruella De Vil? I … Read more
Our Treasure Trolls group costume was such a fun costume to make and wear! It was actually pretty easy also. We got nude color leotards and nude skirts and tights from a near by dance store. The Treasure Troll wigs we ordered from Amazon and they came in very quick! We also went to Walmart and … Read more
Carnival in the south of Holland, 2014. After the previous year with an excellent result of the Simpons Family costume, the expectations of my participating friends were high. This year I went for The Addams Family. Quite a risk as it is not as well-known in the Netherlands as it is in the USA, I … Read more
All this started with me looking for a costume at the beginning of September. The costume had to be better than last year and I wanted to win a prize. I searched and searched and finally decided on Olaf from the movie Frozen (I love snowmen). I asked my boyfriend to help me and he agreed. So, that … Read more
Let me start by saying that there aren’t many options for a five-boy group costume unless they are open to being a boy band or something like that. With that being said, our options were limited. Since all the boys are athletes and basketball tryouts were right around the corner, The Harlem Globetrotters seemed very … Read more
The idea for this 80’s DJ booth costume came to me in early October when I saw a picture of an 18-month toddler over a cereal box and two small records. A light went off in my head and I shared the idea with my husband, who thought I was crazy. I started to gather … Read more
After hearing about stories from 9/11, our sons learned what heroes were. They were truly inspired to be heroes and to save lives. They love visiting firehouse open houses, watching shows like Chicago Fire, and learning the events of true firefighters coming to the rescue on the daily news. It was no surprise when they … Read more
Hey guys! My name is Alexandra. I’m a Cosmetologist, Artist, and Musician from Central Illinois. I’m a huge Walking Dead fan. I’m extremely intrigued by the amount of art and effort put into the making of the show. I decided to turn my obsession into a reality this year for Halloween! Instead of being a … Read more
Back in the spring of 2014 my 4 year old son brought me the E.T. DVD and asked me if he could watch it. Together we watched the movie and became deeply connected to the character E.T. His love for E.T. was cinched when he saw Elliot introducing Star Wars action figures and during the Halloween … Read more