My buddy and I went as separate luchadors last year, so we wanted to team up to make the best Legion of Doom wrestling partners costume. We got used football pads from a sporting store, spray painted them red. Bought the leggings, and “spikes” from Michaels, spray painted those sterling silver for the metallic look. Bought dark color … Read more
Hey guys! Want to start the night with fake bruises and end it with real ones? Then this is the perfect costume for you. A BEATEN UP PINATA! Well now if you dont like the violence in this, you can also stick to the regular pinata, but the point is to add a fun little … Read more
The idea for the Green Toy Soldiers: Driving back from Disneyland we decided we really wanted to dress up as the army men from Toy Story. We wanted to make it as authentic as we could so Googled lots of peoples ideas and found ideas.coolest-homemade-costumes.com After lots of searching we found old army jackets and … Read more
I made the head of this Alien Halloween costume out of paper mache (which is basically a mixture of 2 parts water, 1 part flour). I started by mixing it together until smooth and then I inflated a balloon the size of my child’s head, and then I cut strips of newspaper into 1 inch strips which … Read more
My boyfriend is a huge Jurassic Park fan so we went as Dennis Nedry and the Dilophosaurus that spit on him from the movie. I used a Jack Sparrow pirate hat for the head piece and cut out the center and a little of the sides. I sewed a printed scarf on the head piece … Read more
My boyfriend and I take one annual trip a year, and it’s to the Florida Keys. It’s our favorite place to get away, so I used it as inspiration when coming up with our Halloween costumes this year. Since we can’t take part in Halloween festivities in Key West, we brought Key West to us! … Read more
This cool homemade couple costume: Stanley Cup and Alec Martinez started off with my love for the LA Kings and there recent win of the Stanley Cup! I like to dress up as things that are current, so my girlfriend and I both agreed that me dressing as a Kings player and her into a … Read more
We came up with the idea for these Loofah girls costumes only days before the Halloween party we were going to attend. So we researched what we would have to do and then went and got all the materials. We simply used about 25 yards of tulle fabric (after going to the store twice because … Read more
This skeleton costume is really easy and economic. You only need black and white face paint, black dress, tights or long socks and mittens. First I made the legs; I took an old pair of black socks and painted the bones. For the arm gloves you do the same. I was making them when my … Read more
This crayon group costume was by far one of my faves and was simple! Must have a sewing machine to be able to sew it around. We went to Hobby Lobby and bought just regular material then sewed the bottom and top to make it shorter. Then we printed off the crayola and copied it … Read more
I thought it was going to be so much easier than it actually was, lol. I could find an ugly carpet so I just bought some fabric and trimmed it. I glued those to a flattened box with a glue gun and added three rods underneath to keep the box from bending. Then I cut … Read more
My 8-year old daughter, Amelia has an artist’s heart. She has always requested a non-girl traditional costume. This year she has really gotten into watching internet videos like the Nyan cat. She had tears flowing during one of the Nyan cat spin-off’s when the cat’s heart is broken. To make this year’s Nyan Cat Halloween costume, … Read more