My husband makes it a tradition every Halloween to make our daughter (she is 5) a homemade costume. This year, since they both love Star Wars (she probably knows more about the characters and the movie than most adults) they decided she wanted to be a Stormtrooper. He spent about 7 hours over the course … Read more
My son wanted to be a hi-tech robot Halloween costume this year, and it had to have a shrink ray. So my husband and I worked out an idea and did all the clever measuring that was necessary. He constructed the body parts and I decorated. We make a pretty good team. We just used … Read more
After a lot of soul searching, a beam of light cast down from the clear, blue sky and stole my soul for a total of 6 hours. I don’t believe I will ever be the same but I did have the best Outerspace Alien Costume ever! The aliens that captured me began by transforming my … Read more
I chose to be this homemade alien Halloween costume idea last minute. I bought blue paint for $1 and went to town. I spray painted myself with glitter and painted my lips black. I found the top at goodwill and bought the wig from Walmart. I made the ears myself with long toothpicks and aluminum … Read more
Sorry I didn’t get this Homemade Partybot Costume in before 2010 Halloween. I am already preparing for next year and just found the site. Even if I can’t get in a contest “PARTYBOT” must be shared with the world. I took the classic cardboard robot and decided to make it a standalone party machine with … Read more
I never thought making a costume would be this fun. My 4 yr old wanted to be a robot , so I granted him his wish. MATERIALS: 2 boxes, 2 soap bottle caps, 2 pipe cleaners, 2 reflectors, silver wrapping paper, dial printouts, glue, duct-tape. Some imagination voila! You’re done. Wow that was fun!
My homemade Avatar Halloween costume idea is made up of blue and white body paint, I used dark blue and mixed some white with it to make the all-over blue a bit darker then the stripes. The stripes were the dark blue body paint alone, brushed on with sponge brushes. A blue swimsuit bikini top … Read more
This Ghost Buster costume took some work, but it turned out really good. My son won our local costume contest. We first found the coveralls at Goodwill and a military style belt at the army surplus store. Those were the only things we had to buy for the costume. I used a Ghost Buster web … Read more
This homemade Leeloo from the 5th Element Halloween costume cost me $30; the wig was the most expensive part ($25). I then bought a roll of white duct tape and used a white bikini bottom I already had. I folded up paper underneath the duct tape in the slightly more “sensitive” areas, so that removal … Read more
Here’s our 2010 submission of my 9 year old son’s Halloween costume… he’s been a fan of the Predator movies and since seeing the previews and now knowing the DVD is out… decided that that’s what he wanted to do this year. So… after 4 weeks and 30 hours of prep and a lot of … Read more
My little cousin decided that he wanted to be Slimer from Ghost busters this year. In order to make this Homemade Slimer Costume I used a child pajama top pattern that I had from a previous project, so that I was able to have the width and the sleeves done correctly. The rest of the … Read more
This Homemade Princess Leia Costume was very inexpensive. My son wanted my husband and I to match his “theme” and I didn’t want to spend additional on the costume, since I already had purchased matching-couple costumes for our night out. Every year my husband and I dress up in matching “couples” costumes for the evening, … Read more