If you have a few days, you can make a killer homemade costume! Spare a few moments and browse through this section of over 1000 DIY costume ideas. None of these took longer than a few days, which means your costume is well on it’s way!
Send someone out to buy the candy so you can focus on a homemade costume idea. Will you go with movie characters like Forrest Gump and the Queen of Zamunda? Or will you transform yourself into a popcorn or crayon box? Your options are not limited, even if you only have a few days to prepare.
You can create a killer whale with a trainer costume, use a pregnant belly as a crystal ball for a fortune teller costume or build some really awesome optical illusion costumes. All this in just a few days!
In conclusion, don’t discount your dreams of becoming a windy weatherman or a pumpkin spice latte. Your homemade costume idea is waiting for you on these pages below…
For my Mother Nature costume, I bought a wig from a costume store and I actually built costume around this… loved this wig!! it’s so fun, didn’t’ know if I should go 70’s or Mother nature, when I found that floral moo moo at Goodwill, it settled it. If I had more time I was … Read more
This is my 7 year old daughter she wanted to be her favorite treat for our Halloween day at our campground so I hand made this Pink Cotton Candy costume. It started with a blue Jean dress from the thrift store. I used cheap pillow about 5 cut them open on sprayed dress with spray … Read more
Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays of the year and it’s a great way to get creative. I have to say putting this Mary Poppins costume together took me on a treasure hunt. The funnest part was putting all if it together. The carpet bag was the hardest piece to find but makes the … Read more
This is my daughter she is five years old and I made this costume Violet from Willy Wonka for our campground halloween party which was September 27 ,2014. I made it using a yoga ball paper mache fabric and a red velvet table cloth and gold bottoms . All together seeing as I had the … Read more
I had fun with this Pinata costume and I hope you enjoy seeing it here and have fun with it!!! Any questions just post a comment and I would love to help you! Supplies Needed: Dress with back zipper, and is made of non-streachable material 5 different colored streamers and about two rolls per color About 7 … Read more
This Wonder Woman costume was all hand made with scraps I had around the house. It was a hit at her school and it was fun to make. I had an old blue dress and an old red shirt. I measured my daughter for each, sewed it to fit then sewed the top and bottom … Read more
I’m always looking for unique costume ideas for my kids because the thought of the same old plastic, cheaply made store bought ones give me the willies. So when my daughter wanted to be something scary but not too terrifying I went for one of the characters for the movie “The Birds”. This costume cost … Read more
Starting at New Years and ending at Christmas our group of friends hand-crafted costumes for the Key West world renowned Fantasy Fest. Being college students we used items we had around the house and things from second hand stores. This costume was a hit with family, friends and strangers alike. We hope you enjoy it … Read more
I made this costume for a 2011 Halloween party and everyone loved it! It took about six hours to make and cost less than $100. The claw machine costume is made out of a large cardboard box as the frame and then wood trim purchased from a home store. Construction paper, poster board and bulletin … Read more
After watching the movie, Big, with Tom Hanks, I decided to make my husband the “Ask Zoltar” fortune machine for our 2011 Halloween Party. This costume got a lot of great feedback and it wasn’t too time consuming to put together. Most of it was done in the course of one day. The machine itself … Read more
When I was pregnant for my son I turned into a Pinterest Queen. I Pinterested everything from new mom tips to cute baby clothing and everything in between. One day while Pinteresting my life away I came across ideas for baby Halloween costumes. They were all so cute, but none as cute as the Stay … Read more
Considering my name is Marigold, I decided to be a gold digger. I got the inspiration from seeing a gold digger costume in stores, but thought it was too skimpy. The gold digger costume I saw showed too much skin, and since I am a rather large girl, I thought that wouldn’t look right on … Read more