I have never bought a costume. My fiance and I are die hard movie buffs and it seems hard to come up with a good his and her costume. A year before that we dressed up as our “alter egos” a rich man and wife from the 40s. Sadly is seems like adults we know … Read more
This homemade ET costume was made from a paper mached rugby ball. I did about 3 layers of paper mache and let it dry over night. After it was dry, I cut the ball out from the bottom and backside. I added a piece of cardboard to the front for stability and that helped to … Read more
I started out just collecting everything I needed for this Homemade Darth Vader Costume. Going to second hand stores for leather clothing items to cut up, hardware stores for screws, lights etc. The only thing that was ready made was my helmet, light saber bought at Walmart for $3.00 and ordinary black winter boots. You … Read more
I made this Homemade Darth Vader Costume 2 years ago for Halloween. I always wanted to make my own Darth Vader, and in 2009. I started. It took me 2 months to make it. Everything on this costume is homemade, exept the helmet, I bought it on Amazon.com. Chest and belt boxes are light-up. This … Read more
My husband and I are HUGE Star Wars fans, so all our kids are stuck being Star Wars characters for their first Halloween. Our first born was Darth Vader. For the twins, I decided to reuse the Vader costume for my son and to make a Princess Leia costume for my baby girl. I made … Read more
Just wanted to say your site inspired me. Found your collection of Lord Helmet costumes and thought “Totally awesome” and “I can do that” so here is my own Spaceballs Costume. Using nothing but a plastic colander, some coat hangers, newspaper, black spray paint and some glue I fashioned a giant Space balls Helmet to … Read more
I am obsessive about doing my own costumes for everything, and the one costume I had been putting off until I could do it justice, was the Borg Queen from Star Trek Costume. For the last 11 years, I have dreamed of the moment where I would reach the ability to make that costume. Last … Read more
I made this robot Halloween costume with a plastic case, vent hoses, plastic boxes for feet and plastic jar for the helmet. I took duct tape and glue and finally metallic paint for the aspect.
I have always wanted to a larger than life costume. I decided to do a robot because the design is wide open and the recent popularity. There are many different styles, shapes, and sizes. I spent several hours looking at different robots online. I then sketched-out my Homemade Megabot Costume. Once the design was finalized, … Read more
Me, my husband, and daughter designed our steam-punk costumes. Almost everything for the costumes was purchased at thrift stores. The goggles were purchased at Nappa Auto Parts and spray painted. We took apart four old wind up clocks and some pocket watches for the hats and accessories. The arm bands were made from very small … Read more
When searching for Homemade Robot Costumes, I grew tired of only silver ones which mostly seem to be made out of tin foil. I was inspired by my son’s robot room decorations from Target and my husband I decided to be robots (much to the delight of our kids). To make the costume, I cut … Read more
My husband and I made this homemade Robot Halloween costume idea in an afternoon. We had an old computer that we didn’t use any more, so we took the insides out and hot glued pieces of the computer to two boxes that we spray painted gray. We used dry duct for his arms and decided … Read more