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
My grandson wanted a Homemade General Greivious Costume Star Wars for Halloween. I purchased a baseball cap, modge podge glue, foam sheets, paint, black top and pants, light sabers and gloves. I used newspaper squares and glued them to the baseball cap for the mask. After several layers, I added Styrofoam cups for the “ears” … Read more
I love the movie so I just had to have a Homemade Avatar Woman’s Costume. I took the most time painting myself blue, with body paint. For my hair I just attached a braided wig to my normal ponytail because my hair is fairly short. Then I used pipe cleaners (for the bond). For the … Read more
I made these homemade Ghostbusters and StayPuft Marshmallow Man costumes for my husband and three sons. The Ghostbusters were easy to put together, although the proton packs took a bit of work. I bought tan-colored shirts and pants from our local thrift store, made iron transfers for the Ghostbusters’ patches on each arm and the … Read more
This year my friends and I were determined to win the group costume contest in an annual party that grows every year. Since it is the 25th anniversary of Ghostbusters, we decided that was a WONDERFUL theme! With the help of a dear friend, I designed and made all the costumes for all the characters … Read more
My version of a Homemade District 9 Wikus Costume (a mix between the end and the beginning of the film). I know it is not the most creative but it was a lot of fun. Grew my mustache out for a month, made the arm myself and had a blast doing it all. The only … Read more
The four of us obviously got this Homemade Ghostbusters Costume idea from the movie “Ghostbusters.” It took awhile to think of what to use for the costume. We used a white hooded suit, that is similar to a hazmat suit – which ended up being extra larges when we got them in the mail, but … Read more
The homemade Tron costume idea was derived from the internet sensation Tron Guy after seeing him get a web redemption on Tosh.0. I actually contacted Tron Guy via e-mail and he gave me some ideas on how to make the costume. The armor he used was pre-bought and pre-laced with the electroluminescent wire… so this … Read more
For my daughter’s first Halloween I was adamant that she not wear a stereotypical store-bought baby costume. No bugs. No flowers. No pets. No, she had to wear something different. Something original. Something cool. And as with everything I try to make, it had to not only look good, but be functional as well. And … Read more
My 6 year old daughter was recently introduced to the “Star Wars” saga and she absolutely loved and wanted to be the heroine character of Princess Leia. After scouring the internet, and not coming across anything that wasn’t overtly risky (like the slave costume) or goofy, like the fake-looking brown ear muffs intended to be … Read more