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!
Best Ever “Where the Wild Things Are” Costumes My two year old grandson, Silas, recently developed a love for the book “Where the Wild Things Are”. Whenever his mom returned the book to the library, he would pick it up again to put in the pile to check out again. We decided that he really … Read more
In years past I have enjoyed creating large, elaborate costumes that rested on my shoulders, stayed strapped to my waist or were attached to a backpack. (See photos for “Deer gets hunter” and “Genie on a carpet!”) I wanted to do something similar this year, but had a unique challenge as I had broken my … Read more
It all started with an old feather jacket that i had made long ago which was hidden in my closet. I though for a long time (10 minutes or so) what i could use it for? TA-DA, i can be a bird, seconds later i thought boring. During that night i looked in my craft … Read more
I work at a small local bookstore, where (among other things) I create all of our window displays. Since I work during a lot of slow night shifts, I sometimes get a little carried away – as happened with this year’s Halloween display. Two months before Halloween, my boss surprised me with a five-foot tall … Read more
So after thinking long and hard I decided on this year’s Epic Halloween Costume! Ive liked Deadmau5 and a couple years ago made a Mau5head and wanted to make another…but wanted to go bigger and better! Then I thought everyone loves Mickey and Minnie Mouse…why not make Mickey and Minnie Deadmau5? So after some searching … Read more
Ever since our trip to Disney World earlier in September, my kid was fixed on being Woody from Toy Story for Halloween this year. Since my kid is 4, he wanted me to dress up as Buzz Lightyear. I remember sitting at my desk attempting to do my nightly homework when I took my pencil … Read more
These costumes were basically set to be made after watching Despicable Me 2 with the family, the two youngest ones were hooked. I did however start this project a little late, it was the weekend before Halloween. After I completed the shells for the body I went to bed early on Monday, Tuesday I woke … Read more
This “Sleeping Beauty” costume took a fair bit of thinking which is hard to do these days with 2 kids running about the place! The easiest part of the costume was spray painting the 4 styrofoam balls, and 3 wrapping paper rolls gold. My daughter was able to take some ownership of this costume making … Read more
One day, as I was browing the internet, I saw a picture of someone wearing ram horns. At that moment, I was struck with a brilliant idea! Because I only had two trick or treaters last year, ( my neighbors ) I decided it might be best not to go all out in that fashion … Read more
“A flying squirrel? Why on earth did you pick a flying squirrel?” That’s all I heard on Halloween. But really, why aren’t flying squirrels a more popular Halloween costume choice? Cute ears, fluffy tail, and winged arms…what more can you want out of a costume? And I figured that if I was going to be … Read more
these headless costumes are always sure to please the crowd, whether it’s a headless Zombie or a headless Celebrity or even as headlessly married. I first designed one of these just the zombie around 2008 I had even made a rolling coffin from a wheel chair to go with, so that could stand inside and … Read more
Our son wanted to be a ninja at first but realized that he was a ninja for a previous halloween. We showed him a picture of a samurai and he said that was what he wanted to be. After several design options his Dad found some old folders that looked leatherlike and were pretty stiff. He … Read more