Steampunk Bird Hybrid Costume

Steampunk Bird Hybrid Costume

The Steampunk Bird Woman, Miss Ava Fortune, was crafted from re-purposed cast-off materials. Miss Ava Fortune was a former high wire artist who sought the help of a disreputable doctor to employ the use of genetics to imbue her with bird-like traits that would enhance her performances. Alas, the experimental treatments only left her disfigured … Read more

Coolest Homemade Family Costume 1980’s Movie Characters

Coolest Homemade Family Costume 1980's Movie Characters

Indiana Jones Hat, lasso, treat bag, explorer shirt – check (these are all items that can be purchased at any Halloween or Party store). But the jacket, THE JACKET. I just couldn’t bring myself to purchase the jacket that came with those items. It was made out of plastic. So, I set out online in … Read more

Homemade Bender (Futurama) Halloween Costume

Homemade Bender (Futurama) Halloween Costume

I LOVE making my own costumes and I have created a few that I still have to this day.  This is by far my favorite and most elaborate: Bender from Futurama. More details on all the  pieces. But the Q&D is: Head: main part part (cylindrical) cement post mold (for cement posts, Home Depot) and … Read more

Super-Green Homemade Ruby Rhod Costume!

Super-Green Homemade Ruby Rhod Costume!

I usually do something dark or twisted for a Halloween costume but last year I decided to go a little more fun. So who is fun? Who’s off the wall? Who has one of the best costumes in a Sci-Fi/Action movie? RUBY RHOD of course! BZZZZZ! I decided to do a complete female version of … Read more

Homemade Atom Robot Costume from Real Steel

Homemade Atom Robot Costume from Real Steel

When I saw the movie Real Steel, I thought it would be pretty cool to make my own version of the main Atom Robot . The main things you need to make this costume are foam floor mats, a hot glue gun, a heat gun, a dremel, and poster boards. What I did was I … Read more

Awesome Articulated (Carboard!) Robot Costume with Tape Player

Awesome Articulated (Carboard!) Robot Costume with Tape Player

My girlfriend and I always spend too much money on supplies to make our Halloween costumes, which is a big reason why this year we decided to be classic cardboard robots. But as usual, we felt the need to take it further. Before I actually started building, there was a lot to think about and … Read more

Creative Tim Burton’s 9 the Movie Costume

Creative Tim Burton's 9 the Movie Costume

This costume was inspired by Tim Burton’s Film “Nine”.  There were a lot of workarounds to make this costume, so measurements should be used as a guide. Also, it was made based on my body measurements. Hopefully, this will give you an idea of what process I went thru to create your costume and you … Read more

How A P-5000 Aliens Power Loader Saved Our Halloween

How A P-5000 Aliens Power Loader Saved Our Halloween

I was almost afraid that this would have surely been my last Halloween I celebrated with my son.  Afterall, he was a teenager now and I wasn’t quite sure how his generation had interpreted the whole let’s dress up, go out, and get candy sorta thing.  Ever since he was a little boy he had … Read more

Original Dalek Costume the Evil enemy from Doctor Who

Original Dalek Costume the Evil enemy from Doctor Who

A couple of years ago my sons and I discovered the 2005 version of Doctor Who. In August my youngest son, Alec, found an online video of a guy making a Dalek and he asked me if we could make one for the Cub Scout costume contest (after all, it was his last year as … Read more

Awesome Homemade Slimer Costume from Ghostbusters

Awesome Homemade Slimer Costume from Ghostbusters

When we decided that we were going to do something somewhat ordinary like a Ghostbusters theme for our Halloween costumes this year, I knew I had to do something over the top to make it stand out. Rather than take the obvious character options for costumes, I wanted to challenge myself and try to make … Read more

Cool Flashing and Blinking Homemade Robot Costume

Cool Flashing and Blinking Homemade Robot Costume

This cool Flashing and Blinking homemade Robot Costume was a fun costume to make. After viewing some other robots on this website, we came up with the perfect robot costume ideas for our son Will— and WILL-BOT was born! My husband did most of the work, against his better wishes (and pleads for a simple … Read more