Last Halloween I decided to make my own Homemade Avatar Costume because I thought the ones online were too obvious and cheesy, and making you’re own is cooler because no one else is going to have it. This is everything I bought to make it: 1. 16 oz of turquoise body paint (I can’t remember … Read more
This is a Homemade Ghostbusters Costume. Complete with proton pack, ecto, googles, PKE meter (not shown) and trap. My brother and I built the proton pack, and the lights work on it also. We put a custom tag of the front of my flight suit that says “Akin” and also had a no ghost logo … Read more
My costume for 2010 aas a Homemade Berserker Predator Costume from the “Predators” movie. It took me about 2 months to make. I bought the mask and made alterations like the lazers and glass for the eyes and also repainted it. The rest of the costume I made myself like the shoulder pads, gauntlets and … Read more
This homemade Predator costume is my favorite homemade costume I made and assembled together. I was inspired by the first Predator movie and the first AVP film. I love Sci-Fi movies so I thought this whole project was going to be fun. I’m (Rolando) the one wearing the suit in the pictures. My father took … Read more
This is my daughter Olivia who is obsessed with Star Wars. She wanted a Homemade Ahsoka Tano Costume for Halloween. Of course she couldn’t pick the easy Princess Leia. So the costume is basically a white leotard dyed using brown orange and red Rit Dye to make the Terra Cotta skin tone. Then I sewed … Read more
I made this Homemade Tron Couple Costume for me and my girlfriend. I used electroluminescent tape running off packs of AA batteries. The identity discs are attached to the back of our costumes with a series of magnets I placed/glued inside each disc so they can be removed and re-attached easily. The Quorra suit ran … Read more
The idea for this Marvin the Paranoid Android Costume was a friend’s leave/birthday party so had a sci-fi themed fancy dress so I decided because my friends LOVES!! Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy that Marvin the Paranoid Android would be a perfect costume. I searched online for other costumes expecting to find one but couldn’t … Read more
This one’s different because the arms are actually functional! $30 total including paint. Container Store Trash can that I turned upside down. Cut the head-hole out of the bottom so the feet have more walking radius from the wider part of the can. I caulked shut the trash flap and Dremeled the visor hole. The … Read more
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
For the last couple of years, my son has asked me to make him a robot Halloween costume. This year he even drew a sketch for me and he insisted on the traditional cardboard box body. Since I knew it wouldn’t be very comfortable or practical, I always talked him into something else. I finally … Read more
This Rusted Robot Costume started out as the ABC Robot from Judge Dredd. I started making the head first and I was close working from memory only. Then I looked him up and my jaw was a little wider than Ithought to make the upper supports but I tried and the coloring was a combination … Read more
My costume is a Homemade Halloween TechyBot Robot Costume made out of painted cardboard boxes. For the eyes of the robot I used 2 full-size D battery halogen bulb flashlights. Taping into both flash lights switches and running 16 gauge wires from the “helmet” through the right hand ventilation tube with a switch at the … Read more