My husband and I went to a costume party dressed in a Homemade Flavor Flav and Ms. New York Costume . For his costume, we borrowed a lime green suit and I made the cape out of neon green crushed velor fabric. I wrote Flava across the back of it in gold glitter. We bought … Read more
I absolutely love this homemade Katy Perry Halloween costume idea, I spent at least 5 hours creating it, all from scratch. I took the starting idea from Katy Perry’s video “California Girls” and spun from there, Each of the candies are made from foam, paper, fabric and glitter- all done by hand! I made the … Read more
I’m a fan of lmfao. So this year I decided to make a Homemade Redfoo LMFAO Costume. I first did some research on what he likes to wear. He seems like to wear semi 80’s type clothing with a little hip hop style to it. As a result, I got myself purple tight pants (women’s … Read more
For my son’s Michael Jackson’s costume I found an old leather jacket and some velvet pants at my local thrift store, jazzed up the jacket with some safety pins and glitter glue. I sewed some ribbon down the sides of the pants. I found the wig and glasses at Spirit Halloween Store and voila! Can’t … Read more
I got the idea for this homemade Michael Jackson “Off the Wall” Album cover costume when I was invited to a Michael Jackson-themed Halloween Party. I thought how cool it would be to make an album, or CD, cover come to life. I picked “Off The Wall” because I wanted to dress up with my … Read more
When thinking about a celeb who was famous for wearing specs in the run up to Halloween 2008, there was only really one topical contender; Alaska’s finest, Sarah Palin. So I made myself a Homemade Sarah Palin Costume. I bought a cheap red blazer from eBay and pinned it at the back to make it … Read more
I wore this Homemade Amy Winehouse Costume for Rock Star day for homecoming week. I’m a high school teacher and one of my students asked if I’d be his escort, so I made it a point to dress up with him for the whole week. We had a “candyland” theme and everyday was a different … Read more
The easiest group costume EVER! We all came to work in black clothes. We all donned skull caps and painted ourselves blue with really shiny blue cream makeup. We cut up a few PVC pipes we had leftover from a job site and Voila! Homemade Blue Man Group Costume! We always make an entrance at … Read more
my boyfriend is obsessed with David Lee Roth and he asked me if I would watch the jump video. Over and over again we did just that. He asked me to recreate the costume he wears in the video for our costume party. So I did just that. Here’s the homemade David Lee Roth costume … Read more
The Group Madonna Costume is different versions of Madonna. Madonna has many different looks, so we tried to pick the looks that were most easily recognized. Everyone loved this group idea and it was a big hit! This is the first year the group did a group themed costume. These are the different Madonnas in … Read more
i’ve always been a big fan of Stormtroopers of Death (metal band) and their mascot Sgt. D, I thought this Sgt. D Costume from Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D) would make a cool costume so here it is: I had an old army fatigue laying around, sum boots, gloves and a bandanna, only thing I purchased … Read more
The Homemade KISS Demon Costume itself took about 7 days to be fully completed. First poster board is used to create the shape of the boots, chest and shoulder plates. Duct tape holds it all together. Then several layers of papermache are applied ( allowing drying time between layers) to get the desired shape and … Read more