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This Homemade Princess Leia Costume was very inexpensive. My son wanted my husband and I to match his “theme” and I didn’t want to spend additional on the costume, since I already had purchased matching-couple costumes for our night out. Every year my husband and I dress up in matching “couples” costumes for the evening, … Read more
I had in my wardrobe a red and white stripped sweater (25$). And my friends used to call me “Where is Laurie” during one year , that’s how I get the idea for a Homemade Where is Waldo Costume. I bought 2 bobble caps (1$+1,25$), one red one white, and I pinned them together. I … Read more
I loved the movie The Hangover. I thought of the character Zach Galinakus * spelling . That year I grew my beard and my hair is normally long and unkept so one day at a party some drunk girl told me I looked like an alien on the hang over so that’s how this Alan … Read more
This is a Homemade Where the Wild Things Are Couple Costume. We made the head from a hat with lots of foam and stuffing molded to make it big and scary. The pants are lots of scales cut out of fabric and sewn on. The Max costume is pretty easy, kind of a footed pajama … Read more
I went to the thrift store to buy the clothes and belts (to make the shirt look like a straight jacket). I bought insulation Styrofoam and cut into one inch strips to make the cage. Then hot glued them together. I also sprayed them with black and spread silver over to make it look like … Read more
Wayne’s World was always one of my favourite movies when I was growing up, so with Halloween around the corner my roommate and I decided to dress as Wayne and Garth for Halloween one year. We had some plain black/white t-shirts laying around so we painted Wayne’s World on hers and went to value village … Read more
I created the Jedi Master YODA from STAR WARS. The trainer Master of the Jedi Knights. I constructed Yoda’s head from starch and newspaper with an inflatable balloon for shape. I viewed photos of the head to get details of his face shape. I finished the head with green paints and a clear gloss spray … Read more
My boys wanted to dress up as a couple of their favorite zombie hunters, Columbus (left) and Tallahassee (right) from Zombieland. For Columbus, I curled my older sons’ hair (well, as best I could) and only had to purchase a cap gun. He already had the blue button-up shirt and blue hoodie for the outfit. … Read more
My 5 year old son wanted to be Darth Maul for Halloween this year. We found a Darth Maul costume reference from the 501st Legion. I took a karate pattern and modified it to make the Sith Robe. Then sewed the tabards, the pants, and the loin cloth. I modified some gauntlet style gloves to … Read more
I sewed the dress and made the shoes for my Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz costume. I took an old pair of burgundy shoes and spray- painted them red. I then glued each individual sequin by hand, which was very time consuming but worth the effort, as everyone thought they were store made.
Everyone’s childhood nightmare “The Flying Monkeys from OZ”. So, to make this Homemade Flying Monkey from Wizard of Oz Costume all you need is Fleece Running Jacket + Duct Tape + Butter Tub+ Craft Foam = Flying Monkey. Add Basket of Bad Toto + Chewed Ruby Slipper + Chunk of Yellow Brick Road.
This is a homemade Jawa costume that my wife and I made for a whopping $7.60. It consists of burlap, sheer black material, battery operated tea light candles (for eyes) and black gloves. Everything else we had – including the belts, holster, pouches, and black sock (to cover arms). The whole costume was put together … Read more