This year my friends and I decided to have a costume themed New Years Eve Party. Everyone was required to come as “something newsworthy of 2009″ – it’s an easy and creative way for everyone to have fun and re-visit past moments of the year. A lot of people got pretty creative, but I have … Read more
First of all the movie totally inspired me to do something similar to the Neteyri Avatar. These creatures are totally sexy in there own way and I wanted to incorporate that same look. I bought 32oz of blue latex and 8oz of black and 8oz of white latex. These products can be purchased at any … Read more
This Homemade District 9 Wikus van de Merwe Costume depicts the main character of District 9, Wikus van de Merwe after he has been exposed to alien DNA which results in a wicked transformation. Supplies: • Mario Chiodo Collection Ghoul Hands (also called Unearthed or Zombie Hands) • Needle and Black thread • E6000 adhesive … Read more
I chose this Homemade Leeloo and Korben Dallas from the Fifth Element Couple Costume because I love the fifth element and it was a fun costume that I’ve never seen anyone wear before. I bought a long orange wig on amazon, cut it short, and twisted sections with mousse. The t-shirt was a ribbed shirt … Read more
Homemade Luke Skywalker X-Wing Pilot costume… This costume and accessories were all homemade (except light saber). We used bright orange cotton fabric for the suit and a white synthetic fabric for the vest. The helmet was a racecar helmet that we painted and decorated to reflect the X-Wing Pilot’s helmet. Pieces on the helmet were … Read more
After watching the original sci-fi movie Dune this year I decided to try to make this costume this year. I started with a bunch of photos of the web. Then I got togther some materials: 1/4″ thick minicell foam, tubes of goop, lots of super glue, 1/4″ black flex tubing, black leotard, rubber latex and … Read more
The Homemade Jawa Costume Ideas took us about a week and about 50 bucks. The materials we used were 4 cheap brown snuggie look alikes for the robes, two cheap masks from the fabric store and 4 plastic toy containers that you get from the grocery store when you leave the cheap toys for 50 … Read more
I decided to make this Chewbacca Costume for my husband for Halloween after seeing the price it was to buy it. I gave myself a $25.00 budget for the two of us. I went as Princess Leia Slave Princess. I bought yak hair at the local beauty supply that was $1.27 for a long pony-tail … Read more
This Homemade Spaceballs Halloween Costume took a lot of time to make, especially Lord Dark Helmet’s. Lord Dark Helmet’s costume was made out of a witch’s coldren & black foam core that was scored and taped on the inside. The eyes were regular window screen to allow visibility. The clothes were pieced together from many … Read more
Behold the cyborg bride. Although I was asked repeatedly what movie this was from, no such source exists. I thought bridal beauty and robotic force would be a visually stimulating combination, that’s all. And it very well expresses the way I feel about marriage! Now, this particular Homemade Cyborg Bride Costume consists of a very … Read more
Our daughter loves to make things out of boxes. This inspired her to want to be a toy robot for Halloween this year. We let her pick out the color, and painted the boxes with craft paint. We added rivets around the border with metallic paint. We had fun finding gauges which we encased in … Read more
Our two-year-old daughter requested to be a “fancy silver robot” for Halloween. Her cardboard box costume, reminiscent of robots her dad made as a child. The head is an ice cream bucket, with ranch dressing container ears, with sparkly pipecleaners. Arms and legs are foil dryer vents. It also includes salvaged radio knobs, keypad, small … Read more