We went through a major Star Wars phase recently. My daughter wanted to be Ayla Secura, the female Jedi. Ayla Secura is a blue creature with 2 big blue tentacle type things coming out of her head. We went to a local beauty supply store and bought a tube of blue costume paint and a … Read more
For this homemade Han Solo costume I got a $10 black long sleeve button up shirt from Wal Mart and cut the sleeves off for the vest. Also, bought $10 brown pants from Wal Mart as well. I got a $15 toy blaster pistol off of e-Bay and spray painted it black and sliver to … Read more
This R2D2 costume was a very simple, inexpensive costume to make, but it got really great reactions from everyone. We purchased a garbage can with a dome lid from Home Depot for the base of R2D2. We spray painted the lid silver, removed the flip opening (where trash would be thrown through), then screwed it … Read more
I made this Homemade Jabba the Hutt Costume based on my son’s challenge and as a creative outlet. Notice the circle patterns on the lower body. This is a blue sleeping bag (Goodwill find) stapled to the the head. The head is formed out of ¾” foam with 1” staples and hot glue holding together … Read more
This is a Homemade Child’s Tron Legacy Costume. My 6 year old son Caleb fell in love with the first Tron because of the light cycles and when Tron Legacy came out, it’s all he could talk about. At the time no one had any type of Tron costume for sale. So for about $80 … Read more
These Spock and Kirk Star Trek Couple Costumes were a big hit, everybody loved them, and the best part was that they were simple! The shirts were Champion DuoDry long-sleeved athletic shirts that I added 1 ½ in. black elastic to the neck to create the higher collar. I used fabric glue to attach the … Read more
My son wanted a robot Halloween costume. I threw several different ideas up in the air but couldn’t get any ideas set in stone. One day I just started putting things together and before I knew it I had put together an award winning costume. He had a costume contest that same evening for his … Read more
My daughter decided that she wanted to be an Alien for Halloween, but just no ordinary alien would do. She decided she wanted to be an alien in a UFO. My husband, my daughter and I all made sure we had a hand in the costume making process. We completed the idea of the Homemade … Read more
This Robot Costume started when my 4 1/2 year old son said, mom I want to be a robot for Halloween. After going to countless costume stores trying to persuade him to change his mind I finally gave in and decided to make him his robot costume. I started with spray painting and finding boxes … Read more
Jayden’s Homemade Alien and UFO Costume is a ride-on UFO that was handmade from a variety of different materials. His Alien costume was made from thermal pajamas adorned with space shapes made out of foam fabric and duct tape. His mask was hand painted with a glow in the dark paint that is frightfully realistic … Read more
Here’s the story behind our homemade Darth Vader costume. Every Halloween my son dresses up like the character from his birthday party theme. This year he had a Star Wars party and it was centered on Darth Vader. I made a life size costume of Darth Vader and stuffed it with plastic bags and stood … Read more
When our 5-year-old son saw a trailer for the movie 9 he insisted on being the 9 character for Halloween even though he couldn’t actually see the PG-13 rated movie. It was so visually interesting that we agreed it would be a fun costume idea. However, there was nothing out there that we could buy … Read more