My boyfriend and I went as Elliot and E.T. the Extraterrestrial. The Homemade E.T. and Elliot Couple Costume is 100% handmade! The mask was molded from Crayola Model Magic and then painted with Acrylic paint. The body was contructed with layers of quilt batting and then sprayed with adhesive and covered in fabric. I then … Read more
Here is our Completely Homemade Ghostbuster and StayPuft. All but the Ghostbuster patches were homemade. We had a great time and the Stay Puft was the center of attention all night. He WAS hard to miss! Our Ghostbuster pack was packed with lights. We used battery operated LED Christmas lights and blinky star lights in … Read more
I made this homemade Doomsday Viper costume. As mentioned previously, I get a little obsessive about my costumes and usually start in the late summer on halloween costumes. I always find it’s hard to find good female characters with a unique costume or look. I loved the movie Doomsday and the character “Viper” says like … Read more
My son loves Star Wars. He thinks the coolest character is General Grievous. When Halloween rolled around, we tried to find a General Grievous costume for him, but all we saw were clones and Jedi. Nobody had an evil monster like this! I decided I had to make it myself. The mask and light sabers … Read more
Here is my Homemade Queen Amidala Costume. Made with love, passion and realism. Each item was reproduced with high quality items. The character has been studied in detail, on all sides for an exact reproduction. Movie, punctures and figurines were examined repeatedly. Hard work was done during several nights. Only rifles and belt have been … Read more
These Spaceballs Costumes were easy. Not to much work, just a bit of thrift store shopping, sewing, measuring and cutting and gluing. Dark Helmet started with the witches cauldron cut to fit around the face. A hockey helmet was glued to the top, which made it easier to wear. A Dracula cape, black sweats, black … Read more
With Tron Legacy coming out soon, I thought it’d be nice to prepare myself! More than 30 hours was put into this homemade Tron Legacy costume, and that doesn’t include the time spent shopping in the women’s department! I started off with getting the most form fitting leather jacket and pants from local second hand … Read more
Do you have Doctor Who in the US? A Weeping Angel is an alien life form that looks like a statue when you look at it, but if you look away or blink, it will get you! The mask for the Homemade Weeping Angel from Doctor Who Costume is a download from the Doctor Who … Read more
I love Robots, but I wanted something different! I wanted to be a girl robot. I just took 2 boxes, painted them, cut out arm holes and a spot for me to see. My head is in the bottom half of the robot costume, so the costume is huge! It is like 7ft tall. I … Read more
This is a Homemade Robot Costume I made for my son for his Halloween Parade at school. I used boxes for the body and painted them silver. I also used reflectors on the front and back to resemble lights. I printed pictures of various gauges and thermometers and glued to the body. I used dryer … Read more
I went to a taping of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ the TV show. For the show you have to dress up, so I decided to do something unique and created this homemade robot with lights costume. Materials: – silver spray paint – foam boards(body) – silver duct tape – Baskin Robbins ice cream bucket – … Read more
So, we have a COOL ROBOT to make, lets get the materials…. We got/bought : * Box for the head – buy or ask local stores for free! * Box for the body – free * Two boxes for the feet (tissue box size) – free * Dryer vents * Silver spray paint * Grey … Read more