Coolest Girl Robot Costume

Homemade Girl Robot Costume

My daughter insisted on a Homemade Girl Robot Costume for Halloween. My husband cut out a storage bin and spray painted it metallic gray. We used dryer hosing for the arms and attached them with a hot glue gun. I then used Xmas ornaments from the dollar bin from Target, tea light candles holders, buttons … Read more

Coolest Mama And Baby Robot Costume

Mama And Baby Robot Costume

This Mama and baby robot costume was very easy to make. I took a box and cut out arms and head holes for myself and covered it with foil paper. then I spray painted solo cups silver and cut them out to over my legs. I used the backs of the aol download discs and … Read more

Coolest Homemade Avatar Halloween Costume

Homemade Avatar Halloween Costume

After watching the movie Avatar, I walked out of the theater and said “That’s what I want to be for Halloween next year!” Preparation for this homemade Avatar Halloween costume began early since I needed to order yellow contact lenses and make sure they arrived in time. The biggest issue was deciding how to colour … Read more

Coolest Marshmallow Man Halloween Costume

Marshmallow Man Makes Friends

This is the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Halloween costume from Ghostbusters fame. He is about 7 1/2 ft tall. The upper body is made of layers of foam remnants clear packing tape and held together by hot glue. The skin is felt like material from a dry goods store and glued on like a moppet. … Read more

Coolest DIY Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume

Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume

My husband made this costume after our six year old son decided he wanted to be the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man for Halloween this year. He got an extra large adult T-shirt and extra large sweatpants, sewed them onto a T-shirt and sweatpants of our son’s size, and stuffed them full of batting. He added … Read more

Coolest Ghostbusters Halloween Costume

Ghostbusters Halloween Costume

My boyfriend and I wanted to wear matching Halloween costumes this year. I wanted something that wasn’t a common couples costume. We decided the go with his and hers Ghostbusters Halloween costume. I made both of them since we live in different states, but were going to be together for Halloween weekend. They were actually … Read more

Coolest Homemade C3P0 and R2D2 Couple Halloween Costume

Homemade C3P0 and R2D2 Couple Halloween Costume

I am Toby and I made the homemade C3P0 costume you see in the pictures. I started with a used 2-piece navy dress suit, and tried a few different types of spray paint. Fabric paint/silk screen spray did not cover very much area, and tended to spatter. The hobby ‘webbing’ texture paints were nice, but … Read more

Coolest Darth Maul and Slave Leia Costumes

Homemade Darth Maul and Slave Leia Costumes

My sister-in-law likes her parties to have themes, and the theme of this particular party was “lost in space”. I had a Darth Maul mask from a previous Halloween, and I’d always wanted my wife to dress up like Princess Leia in Jabba the Hut’s palace, so?. I bought some material, a metal hoop belt, … Read more

Coolest Duct Tape RoboCop Costume

Homemade Duct Tape RoboCop Costume

This Duct Tape RoboCop Costume was a last minute costume. All I had was duct tape and cardboard and this is what I can up with. The hardest part was making the helmet with a visor. I ended up cutting apart an old pair of sun glasses. The best part of the costume was yelling … Read more

Coolest Spaceballs Costume

Spaceballs Dark Helmet & Colonel Sanders

DARK HELMET (AKA my mother!) Its a cat litter box! No joke. There were some really good ideas for Spaceballs costumes on this site, but we only had 1 day to do this one, it was a last minute idea. We tried to figure ways to make the mask move up and down, but everything … Read more

Coolest Homemade Terminator T-650 Costume

This was my homemade Terminator T-650 costume for 2009. It was made out of cardboard tubes, poster board and Styrofoam. It was connected to my back by a metal rod in the pelvis, and rods on its toes, connected to my feet, gave the illusion that it was walking behind me in the guise of … Read more