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 “little” as I refer to him, was obsessed with Sponge Bob and begged to be him for Halloween. The costume took about two and half weeks to make and lots of Amazon.com prime orders (where you are shipped your items in two days!). There was a need for foam, paint, part of other costumes … Read more
In August, I started looking into ideas for my Halloween costume. I came upon your site and I found my Halloween costume for this year. It was the walking cemetery that a man made. I am 5′ tall and 115 lbs. so I needed to make the costume fit and work for me. So off … Read more
My nine year old son, Brodie Henry, decided he wanted to be a Dalek from Doctor Who for Halloween. We worked with a family friend to build his costume from a drawing of a Dalek, with much direction from Brodie. Scrap wood is the main item used in building the costume. The only thing new … Read more
“I just saw it in the window, and I couldn’t resist!” Holy cow, that has to be one of the funniest moments on TV! EVER! I was in 5th grade when I first saw Carol Burnett’s “Went with the Wind” spoof of “Gone with the Wind.” Her hilarious over-the-top take on a cinema classic stayed … Read more
This started because I wanted to be Iron Man for my birthday party/ costume party. I purchased an Iron Man costume online and it was so cheap looking I could not bear to wear that to my party especially because it was MY birthday and I would be the center of attention. I had to … Read more
Once upon a time, two sisters grew up loving Halloween, playing dress up in the neighborhood. The family was six children, three boys and three girls. Every Halloween, they would always go trick or treating, in original homemade costumes. As they got older, they would help other family members with their costumes. About 12 years … Read more
This costume was VERY time consuming! I am not somebody who has any real sewing skills, I don’t make sewing patterns, and I have never used a sewing machine. Needless to say, wanting to be Astrid (from How To Train Your Dragon 2) would prove to be a daunting task! I started off by searching … Read more
My daughter came up with this character in a dream. It is actually the evil sister, Raven, of one of her dream characters. We started by finding the dress at a thrift store. Lacy, black and grey…perfect! I cut two raven shapes out of craft foam, one to glue onto the mask and one to … Read more
This Halloween, my sister and I were trying to think of some creative costumes to make. She was a 5′ Giant pumpkin, and we were driving to shop for materials to make her costume, we knew we wanted to enter a costume contest, and tossed around ideas to go “with” her pumpkin, we decided on … Read more
Welcome to the description of the raddest, most Macho, Macho Man Randy Savage costume you have ever seen OH YEAH! I started by going to my local Goodwill and finding the yellow suit jacket that I would use as my base. From there I went on the Internet hunt for a Macho Man Randy Savage … Read more
Making these Mary Poppins and Bert costumes was really fun! The skirt was made out of discount material and sheer curtain panels. The shirt was found at a second hand store. It was then fitted and had ribbon and lace sewn onto it. The red corset was made out of some material I had on hand. … Read more
Like most of us out here, Halloween is my favorite holiday! I started manifesting this Mystique costume in my mind during Halloween 2013. The end result was better than I imagined and it only took time, creativity, and some fun. Supplies: Plain blue spandex bodysuit Tulip Soft Velveteen Blue fabric paint from Michael’s (almost the … Read more