My children came home from school and announced they wanted to enter the fancy dress competition at the summer fare the next morning! I was at a complete loss! Until I found this site! I quickly came up with three ideas stolen, as you will see directly from other people! As we had no time … Read more
I wanted to make a Robot costume reminiscent of a 50’s Sci-Fi Movie. Since I wanted a Retro-metallic look, I made body and head all out of metal. I used about 1000 nuts and screws putting it together, when it was finished it weighed about 35lbs. The head is connected to the body so that … Read more
Being a college student money is hard to come by. So when I found a large cardboard box, at work, around August I knew I had to turn it into a costume for the upcoming Halloween. Over the next month I glued and taped and cut an entire Homemade Robot Halloween Costume from this humble … Read more
My 3-year-old son said he wanted to be a robot for Halloween, so I knew I was going to have to make a homemade Robot kids Halloween costume. Wastebasket body, dryer vent arms and legs, custom cardboard head, plastic cup ears, and LED battery-powered Xmas lights from Target, with white plastic leg caps from Home … Read more
My son wanted to be a robot for Halloween. So my husband and son began creating their masterpiece. They decided to make the Robot Costume from duct tape, cardboard boxes, dryer duct, insulated bubble wrap, and accented with reflectors and lights. They started with the body by laying duct tape in strips and laying a … Read more
I made my sons, ages 2 and 4 each a robot costume out of cardboard boxes, duct-taped together and spray-painted silver. The arms, head, and the bottom were all cut out with an Exacto-blade. I drew gauges, and used pop bottle tops for on/off buttons. I had to cut out holes for the buttons and … Read more
This Homemade Na’vi Avatar Unique Halloween Costume Idea is what I made for Halloween this year. I ordered blue latex paint online and yellow UV contacts. I purchased normal light blue and black paint from the local craft store to paint stripes over top of the liquid latex. Over the stripes I then applied glow … Read more
My best friend since second grade, Kelsey and I, dressed up in a Homemade Avatar Halloween Costume! Making a costume is always ten times more fun than store bought and we love makeup! So I painted our faces blue and we wore blue leggings and outfits. We had fake bow and arrows and tails made … Read more
I made this Homemade Ghostbusters Costume for my senior year of high-school. Submitted was a mix of pictures from various states of production. Currently the boom-box (which was used to power the top mounted speakers) is incorporated onto the pack so I don’t have to hold it any more. The pack is 45 pounds, since … Read more
I got the idea for this Homemade Stay Puft Marshamallow Man Costume from this site, but I am someone who needs perfection so I decided to elaborate on it. I bought 2 pairs of sweat suits (1 med., 1 XXL) and I sewed them inside of the other. Then stuffed each section with stuffing from … Read more
The theme was dead celebrities so I went as my favorite character ET. I didn’t want to make his whole body so I decided to be ET when he runs out of the closet dressed as a girl. Now, I did start this Homemade ET Costume at 10pm at night and didn’t finish till 4am … Read more
I made this Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume for my son, Nathan, who is 19 months old and we really wanted him to be Stay Puft! We are both big Ghostbusters fans and couldn’t wait to see him in it, now that he was old enough to walk and endure the costume! I made … Read more