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!
This is Brayden driving his big rig truck that was made out of several cardboard boxes, paint, Styrofoam cones and circle for the steering wheel. He loves trucks and his Papa has drove one for many years so I decided to make him one for Halloween. I used lots of hot glue to keep it … Read more
I made this costume last year, I tried to come up with a costume this year as cool as the peacock but it just isn’t going to happen I won’t be able to out do this costume, I just made a few adjustments and made it a little different this year and it still took … Read more
This is Jasmine driving her big rig truck that was made out of several cardboard boxes, paint, Styrofoam cones and circle for the steering wheel. She loves playing trucks with all the boys and her Papa has drove one for many years so I decided to make her one for Halloween. I used lots of … Read more
Originally, I set out to make a hot-air balloon costume. I even had a helium tank to keep the balloon above my head! But the beautiful balloon cover I made of satin was just too heavy for the helium to hold aloft, and I threw my hands up in frustration. Unable to come up with … Read more
Fionna I made her hat and bag (which I sadly didn’t get a photo of) from cheap off cuts of fleece and my boyfriend’s mums sewing machine, and a couple of wire coat hangers. There are heaps of easy tutorials on the internet that can show you how to do it. I was lucky to … Read more
Every year I try to make a fun creative costume. Being a college student you want to stick out and have something different yet sexy at the same time! So this year I chose Energizer bunny! I saw one on Pinterest and thought it was a great idea so I recreated it and put my … Read more
Planning out the Tinker Bell Costume Well I knew months ago that my 2 year old daughter was going to be Tinker Bell for Halloween since she is CRAZY about Tinker Bell. Also, I knew that I didn’t want to spend $25-$40 on a store-bought Tinker Bell costume. Because, in my opinion, they look NOTHING like … Read more
I had known for a couple months that I wanted to be Barbie for Halloween. I got a box and cut it down to the correct size and using an image online cut out the front of the box. Choosing just the right pink was essential for my “Barbie” image. I painted the box and … Read more
Every year our school has a Book Character Parade(Kingsbury Elementary, Sumter, SC). We encourage the kids to dress as their favorite book character. My assistant and I teach kindergarten so we are always looking for dual characters. This year we dressed as “The Wild Things” from the book “Where The Wild Things Are”. We dressed … Read more
After watching sleeping beauty with my daughter I was inspired to create her costume for Halloween. She is truly evil and has a very unique look. I started with the head piece…I ended up finding the base of it in Las Vegas at the Zarkana show gift shop!! I was thrilled because it had the … Read more
Last year our daughters’ Book Week theme was Champions. We love Book Week in our family as we have made it a family affair and everyone gets involved in the project. Our eldest daughter Isabella has always loved anything to do with astronomy so when we asked her to think about people in history who … Read more
2011 Persia wanted to be ASTRID from ‘How To Train A Dragon’ movie. This costume was challenging. I started by sketching the costume from the movie. Made patterns using newspaper for the skirt, head piece, arm guantlets and the shield.. cut them out Head band- i glued gems and put velcro on the inside as fasteners Skirt- (outer layer)- … Read more