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!
It all started with a simple question, I asked my 6 year old what he wanted to be for Halloween. His answer: a minion. Great, that was simple enough, and then he started to get specific. He wanted to be the bee do minion and his costume had to have lights so he can alert … Read more
My family participates in All Hallows Fantasy Faire every year as the court of the Dark Fairy Queen (who I portray). This year my daughter wanted a Cheshire Cat costume, as we had planned on a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for the children at the event. So, I began to search for striped fabric to … Read more
Well first things first..I love Halloween and I despise the “sexy [insert occupation]” costumes that some woman wear. This year i decided to think outside of the box and came to the conclusion of become ursula!! I had fun with the costume it allowed me to be something evil without being ugly! Lol the costume … Read more
well I was inspired by a creepy doll make up tutorial- but I wanted to include my husband is I added some strings and became a marionette puppet so he could be a creepy puppeteer.. I started with a really cool corset and wore a black lace top underneath a black pedicoat and some added … Read more
Forget Christmas, for me the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ is Halloween as it means I can dress up without anyone thinking I’m slightly odd for doing so-I have been know to do the chores in my shared house whilst wearing a bee costume! Last year I was away with work at Halloween but … Read more
I live, love, breath for Halloween. I am always in love with illusions and quirkiness, missing body parts, etc. I have the “Corpse Coming Alive” on here from a couple of years ago as well. Which led me to The Contortionists idea. I love all things Freak Show and Vaudeville, so that helped with my … Read more
My son always picks the most difficult costumes every year. This year he wanted to be a Minion from Dispicable Me. The ones sold in the store don’t look anything like the characters in the movie so I knew it was up to me to make it. I started out by purchasing qty. of 2 … Read more
Made all the bolts with hot glue painted them glued with eyelash glue to face silver paint for face the empty heart made out of paper towel painted with black and red paint with some vasaline for the Tin Man, Scarecrow was made with straw and moss with a bird on the arm half Scarecrow … Read more
It was September, and just as has been the case for many years now, I asked my 10 year old son Chance what he wanted to be for Halloween. “Something headless”, he replied. Gone are the days of cute Halloween costumes, replaced in recent years by zombies and the like. “Okay”, I said, all the … Read more
My toddler son wanted to be a ghost this year and not just any ghost- a spooky ghost. I scoured the stores, but everything I saw was just a sheet with a zig zag edge. I wanted something that billowed and floated to give it an eerie feel. I decided that I would make a … Read more
Here’s the story behind our Family’s Despicable Me costumes. I had never been much of a Halloween person until my oldest was 3 and started to really have a blast on Halloween. Last year, we dressed up as Monsters, Inc., and my kids dressed up in their costumes all the time long after Halloween was … Read more
After ending a controlling relationship this was the first Halloween where I could go out with friends, dress in a hot costume and have some fun. I knew I wanted to be a character from batman because I love batman. Poison Ivy embodied everything that I wanted to be. She’s confident, determined, and hot. I … Read more