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!
I have been making my own costumes since the age of twelve. Some have them have been cute, some have been not so complicated, some of them had been really good, but halloween 2013 was a special year. I have always loved the circus, loved the lights, the glamor, and the excitement. I knew for … Read more
My son had been studying pre-historic animals in his class at school and wanted to be one for Halloween. So, I said something really stupid to him like, “Honey, I’ll make you whatever costume you want, as long as you can show me a picture of it.” (Remember, this generation of children are masters of finding anything on … Read more
Every year my husband (Mad Hatter) and I (Queen of Hearts) host a Halloween party for our friends and neighbors. I have always loved Halloween growing up and had some really awesome homemade costumes, plus my parents used to build and host a haunted house every year for a local organization. You could say that … Read more
Hello…my name is Margaret and I love to create the most unique costumes that my mind can handle! I got the ideal when I was going to sell Mia’s Castle house (that folds up and down) *picture 1. Then it was on, I bought all my stuff from the dollar store, Goodwill or Salvation Army.(not … Read more
I saw the costume for the nike high top and since my favorite thing is shoes… I figured we could do it!! We started out with construction paper. We used it to cut out parts and make templates since it is cheaper to use and mistakes were definetely made!! WE found a place that sells … Read more
First i have to explain that every my child decided what they want for costume…but this year i think they made a pack to give me so hard test. First my son want a Assasin’s Creed costume and my daughter Ninjini from the Skylanders game. I began by the torse and the cuddler, this was … Read more
Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, over the 4th of July my family, my brother’s family & my cousin and her son all went to see the Movie Despicable Me 2. After the movie that kids started talking about how they would like to be characters from the movie for halloween and that’s what started … Read more
I was the talk of the party! Purple is my favorite color! What way to celebrate Halloween with my favorite characters (The minions) but the evil purple minion! A perfect match for me. My coworkers know I love my minions so I came up with an idea for our employee Halloween party/costume contest. My coworkers … Read more
Leave it to my son to choose the 3rd or 4th main character in the Disney Cars movie. The sequel, no less. My four year old Jonathan wanted to be Francesco Bernoulli, the indy type race car from Cars 2, so away we went. We started with some sketches, some cardboard, some masking tape, some … Read more
I got this idea when spotting a couple of boxes lying in the shop here at our Napa Autocare Center; visualized them as Thomas the Train..My friend’s little 3 year old is in love with Thomas; his whole bedroom is filled with comforters, blankets, toys, toyboxes, train cars, plates, cups, clear down to a knife, … Read more
My son Beau is indeed a sushi freak. He eats it every chance he can, and he especially loves the salmon roe on the outside. The kids at school call him roe boy. Well, when he told me he wanted to be his favorite food, (a sushi roll), for halloween I thought he’d lost his … Read more
I used trash can, laundry basket, butter bowl, colored duck tape, small screen, purple felt ,black felt, white felt, two buttons, purple yarn , and alot of glue sticks. Measure the person wearing the costume to where the arm and eye holes should be. Then cutout be sure to make the eye hole big enough for the … Read more