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 usually go pretty gory or spooky with my costumes, but this year I wanted to go Steampunk. I also knew that I would be wearing this costume at my place of work (a fine-dining restaurant ) and wanted to keep it appropriate and somewhat elegant because last year I had to tone mine down … Read more
The adventure of Bowser, oh what an adventure! The journey of making the costume started when Jordan (Grandson) so desperately wanted to be his favorite character from Mario, only to find out they do not sell Bowser anywhere. What a disappointment, huh? Absolutely not, my sweet Jordan would not be disappointed and his wish was … Read more
Here are some pictures of our Halloween costumes for this year. The Corpse Bride is one of our favorite Tim Burton movies and dressing up like Emily and Victor was lots of fun!! Both costumes were made by us (my boyfriend and I). We hope you enjoy the pictures!
I always try to come up with some type of crazy or different halloween costume, the previous year I wore the illusion costume of the gorilla carrying the safari guy in the cage, it was fun! a cool illusion, I starting to think how I could use the same costume but make changes to it, … Read more
To make the heads of the costumes I researched how to make foam character heads on instructables.com and after a few paper prototypes I had the basic shape for each of the characters, Animal & Gonzo. Animal I covered the foam in orange felt, used colored wool for the hair, styrofoam balls for the eyes … Read more
I got the idea to make my daughter a Boo costume from the movie Monsters Inc because my son wanted to be Mike Wazowski and I thought it would be cute to stick to the Monsters Inc theme. I had never sewn anything before making this costume. I literally taught myself to sew from watching … Read more
We started talking about Halloween sometime in August. When I asked my son what he wanted to be he had a million different ideas. He would change his mind on a daily basis. Finally, he settled on (and stayed with), a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Donatello to be exact! Since this would be his 4th … Read more
When my kids were growing up, I always made their Halloween costumes, so now that I’m a grandma, my daughter expects a homemade costume for her daughter, but it’s a lot tougher these days to come up with something special due to the plethora of commercial costumes available! So this year we were pleased when my … Read more
When Despicable Me 2 came out, I knew I wanted my boys to be minions for Halloween. They are huge minion fans. After doing some research, I noticed many people used either a round garbage can or insulated foam to make the shape of the minion. I wanted something lightweight and cheap for my boys … Read more
This year i had to figure out a way for my 15 month old son to safely trick or treat since he doesn’t hold still much anymore. As soon as his feet touch the floor he’s gone. lol He doesnt care much for his stroller but for some reason he LOVES his wagon. So with a … Read more
I love the ninja turtles so I brought all the movies and decided to go as them this year along with 3 of my buddies. We got each color spray paint knee/elbow pads, our individual toy shell, weapons, and mask. Got turtle-neck long sleeve green shirts, table mats and green shorts. Hair spray our hairs … Read more
My boyfriend put together an incredible hand sewn KISS costume made entirely out of women’s clothing And auto parts. A dress became the top after some cutting and bedazzling, a bra made shoulder pads, and Between the spandex, lingerie, chrome, chains, and full makeup, I think he rocked more women’s clothes that night than I. … Read more