The frozen head in fridge costume started out as a water heater box. I cut it down the left side to make the “doors” then placed a piece of cardboard in the bottom of the “freezer” section that rested on my daughters head. We spray-painted the entire thing white and placed bent cardboard on the … Read more
Before going back to work I made costumes for my kids at Halloween. Thing 1 and Thing 2: 2 M&M’s, Washer and Dryer and the A Lion’s Den with my son in a lion costume watching a homemade TV. Fast forward one more kid. Two layoffs, no health insurance and depleted savings no more home-made … Read more
I wanted to do something really unique and creepy so I thought what could be more creepy than finding a frozen head in your freezer. So I went scouting for to carton boxes that would do the trick. I put the smallest one on top of the bigger one and sawed them together and made … Read more
This costume was inspired by other head-in-the-freezer costumes! I love illusion costumes and thought this would be hilarious for an upcoming 10K race. I put together the costume using foam core instead of a large cardboard box as the former would be sturdier; I needed this costume to stay together during the race. It was … Read more
I made this gory homemade Zipper Head in freezer costume at home with my kids and my husband. We all pitched in. The memories are the most memorable and that’s why I enjoyed making this refrigerator with my family. From a card board box from u-Haul storage I painted it with black spray paint and did everything … Read more
My daughters’ only request for her Halloween costume was, “make me something out of a big cardboard box!”. So with only two cardboard boxes and some leftover PVC pipe I made her a refrigerator. Her heads pops out in the freezer section and the door can swing closed so she can scare some people. Adding … Read more
I wanted to create a different kind of costume and what’s better than homemade? I chose cardboard because it was readily available and I’m better with a hot glue gun than a sewing machine. The outer shell is cardboard boxes from my husbands past job at lazyboy, the “guts* were purchased from my local Dollar … Read more
I moved to Summerside PEI and Halloween was quickly approaching. Not knowing a whole lot of people in the town I wasn’t too thrilled about celebrating Halloween, as the conventional tradition was to enjoy the event with friends from home. In August a friend I met on the island informed me about his annual party … Read more
My daughter wanted to be inside a fridge so we made her this “Kenmore elite” for her costume this year. She also won first place for her age group at the local Halloween bash. First we found a box so that she would fit in it and the only thing that would show would be … Read more
The Frozen Head in Fridge Costume was made from two boxes taped together. The first box was smaller for the freezer part of the fridge. I had to cut out a door to make a opening for the head and the second box was larger for the bottom part of the fridge. I used two … Read more
This was an easy to make Homemade Head in Freezer Costume. All the items you need is a few good size cardboard boxes, a roll or 2 of duck tape and some cotton wool for the ice look. A bottle of spray glue and bottle of white couleur cheveux temporaire. Also temporary hair colour for … Read more
My 11 year old daughter wanted something scary for a Halloween costume. I started this Head in Freezer Costume with a hot water heater box and cut 3 sides of the top front to make the door of the freezer. I put a handle on the door and a handle on the box slightly lower … Read more