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!
This was the first year my 3 year old truly understood what Halloween was and started her countdown back in May. I asked her to think very hard about what she wanted to be since I wanted to make her costumes just like my mom always did for me. Doh! Starting early August she decided … Read more
I like to think of myself as a super creative person. This year, I wanted to pull out all the stops. I thought to myself, what is better than dressing up for Halloween? The CANDY! So I decided to put the two together and make my costume out of candy and their wrappers. About two … Read more
So we wanted a really cool, over the top, prize winning costume. We made lego people! Here’s the complete DIY instruction list: Cardboard Collection time We collected a lot of cardboard, we practically hoarded it. We weren’t sure how much we would need so we grabbed a ton. We ended up using two large boxes for the … Read more
I’ve been told by friends before that I would make a perfect Jessica Rabbit, so this year I decided to go with it, but who is Jessica without her Roger Rabbit! Halloween is by far my favorite day of the year, and I always go all out on my costumes, although this year my husband … Read more
I know most people agree that dolls and clowns, although originally made to be fun and happy, are pretty scary. That’s obviously why they get used in horror movies so much. Well, this Halloween I decided I’d run with the scary horror movie creepy doll costume concept. I first started my doll costume by gathering make-up ideas from looking … Read more
Being pregnant and finding a creative Halloween costume is not a simple task. My husband and I decided we wanted to do something with Robin Williams since we both loved his acting. Then it dawned on me, let’s do Jumanji costumes and be the Jumanji board and “Alan Parish” from the movie JUMANJI! My growing … Read more
My son wanted a costume that he could be “hidden” in. We saw a different Mr. Potato Head costume and he loved the idea. I purchased a yoga exercise ball on Craigslist to use for the body and inflated a punching balloon for the head. I taped them together and then Saran Wrapped them together, making … Read more
My Little Centaur: I blame Hollywood for my little man’s current fascination with centaurs, there was the Narnia series of movies then the more recent Percy Jackson, they all featured horses and centaurs and my son was quite taken by them. I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised by the answer I got when I … Read more
My costume was 20 years in the making. Wait, that isn’t right. My Queen of Hearts character was 20 years in the making. The actual costume took much less time (thank goodness)! When I was in 4th grade, our class play was “Alice in Wonderland”. Of course every girl in the class wanted to be … Read more
I’ve recently gotten into the television show ‘Doctor Who’ and as a result, so have my husband and kids. It’s become commonplace in my house for us to gather around the television to watch an episode, new or old, and spend time together. We’ve fallen in love with the characters, both good and bad. We … Read more
This costume is part of a couples costume I made for my BF and I (and our dog who was Stinker-bell!). I’d wanted to be Rufio for two years now and Dave didn’t mind being in a couples’ costume. :) I started both of these costumes in July and worked on them simultaneously. It actually … Read more
We were looking for a great four person costume to wear to Toronto’s annual Halloween street party. For my wife, myself, and one of our friends, we’ve been doing this for a few years and have really enjoyed the crowds and the camaraderie; however, this would be the first time for our fourth and he … Read more