Need a show stopping costume this Halloween? Then you’re in luck! These homemade Medusa costumes are bold, breathtaking and frightening. Beauty and horror combine together in these DIY costumes for an epic ensemble. Learn how to create her incredible look with the instructions here.
Medusa hails from Greek mythology and is fabulously petrifying. Her most terrifying feature is atop her head. In place of her hair, she has living, venomous snakes! Wonder what it’s like having poisonous snakes instead of your hair? Check out the painstaking details that go into creating her elaborate mane.
In addition, crafting these hideously gorgeous DIY costumes can go in so many different ways. Take it as beautiful or as frightening as you like. Discover the clever construction ideas here and add your own design flair.
So, ready to make a grand entrance this Halloween? Try one of the fantastic homemade costumes here!
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This Medusa snake costume took a little time to make, but was pretty easy! First, I purchased several small snakes, green and silver spray paint, glitter, a plain black jumpsuit, and fishnet tights. I placed the fishnets over the black jumpsuit and sprayed it with green and silver spray paint to get the reptile look. I … Read more
I had a blast making this sexy homemade Medusa costume. This was a nice outlet for me to escape a stressful month, even adults have to have fun right? The headpiece was the most fun for me to make! I bought about 30 black mini snakes (the cheap small ones that you can get about … Read more
The original story of Medusa always fascinated me when I was growing up, so I decided to create my interpretation of her costume this year. After doing some research online I was going to go the route of cutting off the front of a baseball cap and then adorning it with snakes. I got a … Read more
So this is my golden sexy Medusa costume, I hope you like it :) Skirt: I made the skirt out of a crunched strapless dress, tulle and spray paint. I just added lots and lots of tulle at the bottom and spray painted the skirt using stockings to create a scale look. Top: I used … Read more
It was my daughter’s idea to be Medusa this year and I was super excited and up for the challenge. I knew that I wanted a full on showstopper of a wig and not a headdress, so I sat down and sketched out how to tackle this hair. Immediately I thought of those white foam spheres … Read more
My Medusa costume was easy to make and the reactions were great. People asked “where did you buy the hat”. Headpiece–The costume was constructed of a foam cap as a base and then layered with the below coil decorations, topped with rubber snakes from the dollar store. Each layer spray painted with metallic paint before … Read more
I made this Medusa costume for the World Record Pumpkin Festival 2014 in Keene, NH. Each year Keene has a pumpkin festival to celebrate Halloween and keep the world record of the most lit jack-o-lanterns in a city. There’s always a high level of well thought out costumes and I try for originality each year. Making … Read more
I love dressing up for Halloween, but the one thing I always wanted to be was MEDUSA! But I could never figure out how on earth to do it. The most challenging part was her snake hair. Rubber snakes were too heavy to use, plus costly. Store bought Medusa snake hair looked cheap and fake. … Read more
For the dress of this cool and creepy Medusa costume, I used a long black summer dress with a net type cardigan as a jacket The headdress was made from a headband and a woven leather belt from the thrift store and plastic dollar store snakes. I cut out a cardboard tiara shape and glued it to a … Read more
This homemade Medusa costume was inspired by a beauty of Greek mythology! What’s more halloween than a woman’s hair made of squirming, squiggly snakes! Gross right! I love this costume. It was perfect for school and a night out. Medusa is all about the hair! I started with a curly red wig to attach the … Read more
My husband and I always try to come up with a good, original couples costume for the annual adults-only Halloween party we attend. I had always had a fascination with Medusa, and my husband was thrilled to be the manly Perseus: the man who slayed the evil Medusa. These costumes were EXTREMELY time-consuming, especially Medusa’s … Read more
I’m a nut for Halloween. My kids say I go over the top but I’ll let you be the judge. I started with the idea for the hair. I decided that a bright red wigs found at a thrift store would work. Next I bought 36 rubber snakes. Attaching them was more difficult. I cut … Read more