I was obsessed with Back to the Future when I was in 8th grade and really wanted a Homemade Marty McFly Costume for Halloween. Pretty much everything was either stuff I already owned or got from Goodwill. The vest was from a garage sale. The woman in one of the pictures with me is dressed … Read more
I’m a 20 year old college student who happened to have some free time on his hands and decided to do something fun. Here is my homemade Predator Halloween costume. Everything on it was completely homemade, including the latex mask, which took a bit of experimenting to get right. It has functional parts as well; … Read more
This is the homemade Predator costume I made for my 9 year old son. The helmet and hands were purchased, but reworked for a better look. The dreadlocks are window foam. The leotard was a nude color and then airbrushed to give it the ‘Predator’ look. Over the top of that I added fishnet stockings. … Read more
My boyfriend and I went as Elliot and E.T. the Extraterrestrial. The Homemade E.T. and Elliot Couple Costume is 100% handmade! The mask was molded from Crayola Model Magic and then painted with Acrylic paint. The body was contructed with layers of quilt batting and then sprayed with adhesive and covered in fabric. I then … Read more
Here is our Completely Homemade Ghostbuster and StayPuft. All but the Ghostbuster patches were homemade. We had a great time and the Stay Puft was the center of attention all night. He WAS hard to miss! Our Ghostbuster pack was packed with lights. We used battery operated LED Christmas lights and blinky star lights in … Read more
I made this homemade Doomsday Viper costume. As mentioned previously, I get a little obsessive about my costumes and usually start in the late summer on halloween costumes. I always find it’s hard to find good female characters with a unique costume or look. I loved the movie Doomsday and the character “Viper” says like … Read more
My son loves Star Wars. He thinks the coolest character is General Grievous. When Halloween rolled around, we tried to find a General Grievous costume for him, but all we saw were clones and Jedi. Nobody had an evil monster like this! I decided I had to make it myself. The mask and light sabers … Read more
Here is my Homemade Queen Amidala Costume. Made with love, passion and realism. Each item was reproduced with high quality items. The character has been studied in detail, on all sides for an exact reproduction. Movie, punctures and figurines were examined repeatedly. Hard work was done during several nights. Only rifles and belt have been … Read more
These Spaceballs Costumes were easy. Not to much work, just a bit of thrift store shopping, sewing, measuring and cutting and gluing. Dark Helmet started with the witches cauldron cut to fit around the face. A hockey helmet was glued to the top, which made it easier to wear. A Dracula cape, black sweats, black … Read more
With Tron Legacy coming out soon, I thought it’d be nice to prepare myself! More than 30 hours was put into this homemade Tron Legacy costume, and that doesn’t include the time spent shopping in the women’s department! I started off with getting the most form fitting leather jacket and pants from local second hand … Read more
Do you have Doctor Who in the US? A Weeping Angel is an alien life form that looks like a statue when you look at it, but if you look away or blink, it will get you! The mask for the Homemade Weeping Angel from Doctor Who Costume is a download from the Doctor Who … Read more
I love Robots, but I wanted something different! I wanted to be a girl robot. I just took 2 boxes, painted them, cut out arm holes and a spot for me to see. My head is in the bottom half of the robot costume, so the costume is huge! It is like 7ft tall. I … Read more