I created my own homemade Avatar Halloween costume idea over a period of three weeks. After watching tutorials and viewing numerous pictures online, I came up with my own theory of the best avatar out there! I used all homemade products for the costume. The hair is my own and the avatar stripes were all … Read more
We wanted to do a couples’ costume for Halloween that people would recognize and while Marty McFly and Lorraine Baines are actually mother and son I wanted to make a pretty dress! So my husband Matt went in the standard Marty McFly costume and I made the dress from the Under the Sea dance. I … Read more
This is a cool Ghostbuster costume with a homemade proton pack. My husband worked on this for a little over a month. It has wires, and reflectors on it. The gun is made from a sword bought at the local Dollar tree and the overalls were made from a pair of men’s painting coveralls. Everyone … Read more
I made a Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume this year for Halloween 2010. I used 2 cardboard boxes, for the body, and head, and a couple of frisbees for the hat. I cut an old navy blue hoody for the bib and hat part and I used white trash bags, to cover the body … Read more
I know Star Wars and Star Trek get all the praise when it comes to futuristic scifi movies (as they should), but we figured it was time The Fifth Element got a shot at the limelight. Who doesn’t love The Fifth Element, right? Even though my boyfriend and I have seen it a million times … Read more
Over the summer, I asked my 7 year old son what he wanted to be for Halloween. After seeing Star Wars for the first time, he recently became a huge Star Wars fan. So, of course, he answered ‘R2D2’. I assumed that there would be a costume that I could get pretty cheaply before Halloween, … 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