I chose to be LeeLoo, the perfect being from the movie Fifth Element. In order to make this Homemade LeeLoo from Fifth Element Costume, I bought a short orange wig with bangs and sprayed some black strips in it because that is how it looked in the movie. Then I cut a regular white tee … Read more
We had about 2 hours to make a costume so my friends and I went to a fabric store and bought 1 yard of fabric each. Three costumes we actually hand sewed, but the rest are just draped around and safety pinned. The leopard print only cost $3.50 for a yard and the most expensive … Read more
I wanted to be cute and original so this is how I came up with my homemade Mountie costume. I live in the Cayman Islands and Halloween is huge! There are also a TON of Canadians that live here. I also work for a radio station, we throw a massive Costume party in the lobby … Read more
My friends and I were trying to be different or at least make a homemade version of a popular costume and take it up a notch. My friends got a great idea to be peacocks and since I have to be different I decided to be a flamingo. In Pittsburgh the aviary is very popular … Read more
After looking through my old childhood dress-up box for Halloween costume inspirations, I found a long black sparkly dress that belonged to my great grandma. I have always been a fan of Barbie, and I thought, “this looks like Barbie’s black dress” and got to work on transforming it into my favorite Barbie. I took … Read more
This is how I made this Homemade Flintstone Family Halloween Costume Idea: Pepples: I went to a second hand store & bought an oversized pink shirt. I cut the sleeves & neck off then added black felt triangles with fabric glue. Found a bag of mini bones at Party City with the cave man costumes … Read more
I have wanted to be Vivian from Pretty Woman for years now but I didn’t know how to sew. This year I bought a sewing machine and started ordering all the different parts of the costume. The jacket was purchased on EBay and the dress was modified to include the silver rings (bracelets) in the … Read more
It’s my nine month old son’s first Halloween, so I just had to make his first costume. He has such a big personality and the brightest eyes I’ve ever known so I wanted to create something that would showcase his face. I searched the internet and came across this homemade baby chicken costume on…wait for … Read more
Inspired by Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” music video, I did my own version of the cupcake bustier top outfit Katy Perry wore. I made the bustier, the high-waisted shorts, candy necklace, hair bow piece, shoes, and finished the costume off with some fun jewelry I had to accessorize the outfit. Materials Used: • Bra • … Read more
These are our cool homemade Monsters Inc. family costumes. I dressed as Mike, my husband was Mike and our little girl was Boo. For Mike’s costume, I used 9 layers of paper mache over an exercise ball. Be careful not to cover the plug so that you can deflate it and save it for another … Read more
I pretty much got an old pair of shorts and a swim suit top, and hot glued a bunch of leaves from a vine I had around the house for my Homemade Sexy Eve Halloween Costume. I even had some old brown heels I hot glued leaves on. Everyone loved it. The best costume I’ve … Read more
I really wanted to do a costume that included my newborn son. I always called him a monkey, so when I was looking for monkey suits online, I couldn’t find one that I wanted. I then came up with the idea as him being King Kong! I thought, if he was King Kong, then I … Read more