Take a look at these cool homemade Upside Down Person (Illusion) Costumes shared with us by costume enthusiasts from around the world. Along with the costumes here, you’ll also find loads of homemade costume ideas and DIY Halloween costume inspiration for your next costume project. Enjoy!
My idea for an upside down person came from a Key West Poster from Mardi Gras. To create my head, we went to our local wig store and got one of the Styrofoam heads that the wigs sit on and painted it flesh color, adding eyes and some red lipstick. The wig store threw in … Read more
This Homemade Upside Down Man Optical Illusion Costume was possibly the best costume in our school! First we found a mask worthy of being upside down and then the costume creation began! We found an old flannel shirt and attached the mask with the display head. (The stores will give you the display heads if … Read more
While the mama of the family is wearing the costume, the idea came from one of the youngest members of the family, 5 year old Ian. Ian likes to be silly, and he especially loves to make people laugh. He spent a solid week trying to perfect the “handstand”, and he wanted to be upside … Read more
My son Sean was an upside down old man. My husband doubted that we could pull this costume off, I am so glad we proved him wrong!! We bought men’s pajama bottoms and a windbreaker jacket at a thrift store. They were oversized, but needed to be. We had him wear the jacket as pants … Read more
This homemade upside down clown Halloween costume was a hit at the Halloween Party! It may look as if my daughter is standing on her hands,but her hands are actually at her sides. It is just an illusion! The clown’s legs and feet are made of light weight wood that is fastened to a belt … Read more
My son wanted to be a gorilla for Halloween. So I suggested an upside down gorilla. I found the gorilla mask and hands at Target. I was very lucky to find the gorilla feet slippers at a department store. I found an old shirt and went to Goodwill to find some overalls. I found some … Read more
My two girlfriends and I actually got the idea for an upside-person costume from your website! We were looking for a different costume idea for this Halloween that preferably didn’t entail booty shorts, and we stumbled across this gem. A trip to Goodwill, three XL men dress shirts, and a few abysmal trial runs was … Read more
We had many ideas for weird Halloween costumes, but chose the one that we had the materials for at home. I got the overalls last year for my Joe dirt costume. The head was made of paper Mache which I found was a lot easier than it looked. Any mask of your choice would work … Read more