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 made it by buying a twin sized flat sheet and cut the top of the sheet off and used those for straps for the dress and cut 2ft across and made the top of the dress and used the rest for the bottom of the dress. I sewd the whole thing together to create … Read more
It all started with me trying to decide what to be. With much deliberation, I finally decided I wanted to be something colorful. Who could possibly be more colorful than the bird Kevin from the Pixar movie UP? No one I could think of! I first found the corset online, and it happened to come … Read more
It all started with the purchase of a bunch of fancy tablecloths from a reuse store here in the bay area. I couldn’t pass it up because there was so much yardage! Banquet tablecloths for $7 each. So I knew I wanted to do something big and billowy. These are based on period fashions from … Read more
Apparently a simple loving couples costume is to much to ask for from a girl and guy who love fantasy. I have always loved dragon and my boyfriend has (somehow) always been cool with this. This year I saw a cute costume online and loved it BUT it cost a total of $400 once you … Read more
Forrest Gump is my girlfriend’s favorite movie. While Jenny would have been the obvious choice for a couples costume counterpart to Forrest, she’s not nearly iconic enough. It would have been Forrest Gump and hippie chick–and, frankly, it would have been a typical and too…cute. Thus, she opted for Lt. Dan, like a real sport. … Read more
We decided to dress up as the characters of Monsters Inc. I was Celia Mae, my husband was Sully, my son was Mike and my daughter was Boo. Well we had to figure out how to make my costume and my daughters costume since they don’t sell these. I purchased a large purple puffy jacket … Read more
My 9 year old told me he wanted to give me a challenge this year for Halloween: he wanted to be Charizard (from Pokemon) this year. And of course I haven’t sewn anything since Middle School, which is far too long ago to remember. Overall the costume was a HUGE success and at each step … Read more
My son wanted a ship and since he is obsessed with all types of vehicles including ships we decided to make him a ship for Halloween. I looked at the red flier wagons we had sitting in the garage and began drawing up plans. A week later we came up with the coolest ship anyone … Read more
I first got the idea for a jellyfish from a costumed bar crawl in a Jersey shore town. A group of girls showed up with clear umbrellas that had streamers hanging down, dressed in white bikinis. It was clever, but I knew I could one-up it, so I took the idea and ran with it. … Read more
I started making the boots by using an old pair of ballet flats with knee socks over top and covering them with blue duct tape. I used many layers so that they would keep their shape when I cut down the back of the boot to add grommets (about an inch apart) and ribbon so … Read more
My son absolutely loves Skylanders, particularly EyeBrawl. When he asked to be Eyebrawl for Halloween I knew that ordering a costume online or going to a store wasn’t an option. I had already done my research and found only 3 Skylanders costumes were available. And of course none that my son liked. My first thought … Read more
My 3 year old said he wanted to be Thomas the Tank Engine for Halloween. I have seen the store bought ones and knew those wouldn’t work out or give him the excitement he really wanted, as he is confined to a wheelchair from a rare genetic disease called Spinal Muscular Atrophy. So I thought, … Read more