The idyllic appeal of the 1950s is always a popular costume theme for Halloween. Travel back in time through this awesome collection of DIY 50s costumes for your Halloween inspiration.
Bop your way around the clock in these cool homemade poodle skirts. Dress up as a greaser and head over to a sock hop. You will see variation of different types of poodle skirts that you can construct yourself.
In addition, a favorite DIY costume in this section is the hilarious pregnant housewife and milkman costume. One woman cleverly used a white piece of paper in vintage milk jugs and tricked everyone into thinking it was actual milk! Discover how to create the little details which really make this costume authentic.
So channel your clean cut goodness as you browse through this collection. Get inspired to create your own costume and share it with us here!
My husband and I thought long and hard about what we were going to dress up as for Halloween. We wanted to do something that we had never seen before. Something original and homemade. Hence, the birth of the Milkman and Pregnant Housewife! Milkman Costume: My husband works at a Collision Center, so he talked … Read more
To be pregnant is great, but to be pregnant during the Halloween season is even better!!! I knew I had to take advantage of this opportunity and use my pregnant body to my advantage in my Halloween costume! It was especially important to me, because I knew this was going to be the final and … Read more
The moment I saw a mannequin head for 4 dollars at a thrift store, I came up with this double-headed 50s housewife illusion costume. I adore Halloween, almost to a fault….nah! No such thing! I came up with this costume when I found an old mannequin head in a thrift store for 4 dollars! I … Read more
I first thought of being a milkman at the high school at which I teach. We have smaller advisories and I had the idea of having my students be milk cartons (one chocolate, of course!) for a group competition. I then thought it would be a good idea for my family and thought of a … Read more
My husband and I had been trying to get pregnant for quite some time. It had been a roller-coaster of emotions for us, and then finally it happened! Luckily for us, we realized I would be pregnant on our favorite night of the year, HALLOWEEN! We got to brainstorming right away. Since we’re saving money, … Read more
I looooove dressing up and was trying to think of something clever as I was 6 months pregnant. And I came up with a 50’s housewife and milkman. We had to stop at the grocery store on the way to the party and everyone thought it was hysterical! Thrift store dress, my grandma’s costume jewelry, … Read more
My boyfriend and I could not decide what to do for Halloween for awhile and decided with a week before Halloween to be a pregnant housewife and milkman couple costume!. We found most (if not all) our supplies at Value Village, finding one to two things to start then building a theme around them. We kept … Read more
We love dressing up for Halloween. My 15 month old son has a ton of hair so I wanted a costume that would show it off. My husband and I decided on a greaser, you know, like Danny Zuko from Grease or my fav, Wade Walker from Cry-Baby. Sounds easy, or so I thought, all … Read more
This costume was really simple. I took an old curtain and made a large circle skirt with an elastic waist. I found a color page with a picture of a poodle. I traced the poodle onto a piece of white felt. I then hand stitched the poodle onto the skirt with black thread. I wanted … Read more
We had my mom a 60th birthday party where everyone dressed up in the rock-n-roll era. I made my daughter Sofie, who was 3 at the time, a pink and black polka dot poodle skirt with her own Mary-Janes, socks and sweater. I got a half yard of fabric, cut it in a circle and … Read more
I have three children, ages 6-8, so I am always looking for inexpensive costume ideas. This year, we decided a theme that enabled us to build on things we already owned would be the best way to go. We received a costume catalog in the mail, and my youngest daughter said “Mommy, I want to … Read more