After spending a month working on this Homemade Money You Could Be Saving With Geico Costume, downloading the music and getting speakers to play the song, I was set with my box of money. I recycled a bunch of my co-workers newspapers into the front, back and sides of a large cardboard box and stapled … Read more
I’m a teacher so I always have to look for an appropriate costume for school. I decided on a Homemade Snow White Halloween Costume but didn’t want the cheap fabric of premaid costumes and I didn’t want to spend the money on a really good one. I went Value Village and bought a blue velvet … Read more
I couldn’t decide whether I wanted to be Pennywise the clown, or just be a guy being carried in a bucket. So I decided to combine the two. All in all this Homemade Pennywise the Clown Costume is a pretty cheap costume to make. Makeup was about $20, the garbage can was $25 and the … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided to go with some friends to our anual work party. This year, we all wanted to go as a group, so I thought of going as an escaped circus sideshow. We had 5 people in our group (sorry I can’t seem to find the other pictures). We thought of typical … Read more
This Costume Caught Fire! Note from Elad: Making your own costumes is always a big challenge and lots of fun. We’re always hoping that the ideas on our site will inspire you, but you must be careful! I’d like to thank Tony H. from Millom, England for taking the time to send in this letter … Read more
These costumes were made by my very intelligent grandmother. She looked online and found pictures of the characters and decided it was a good idea.She made the Santa outfit around Christmas and the Sulley costume around Halloween.We always take pictures in the costumes but found this contest a great opportunity to take part in.The costumes … Read more
The toilet lid opens and closes by pulling on fish line, which connects to the lid and is strung inside through the eye holes. So not only does the toilet “say trick or treat and thank you” but the bowl is designed to open to receive and store the candy. The arms are not real, … Read more
My 7 year old son loves ocean life and wants to be a marine biologist when he grows up. He decided he wanted a Homemade Glowing Jellyfish Costume this year, but he wanted it to glow as jellyfish glow under water. Well, I thought about what we could do, and I decided to make him … Read more
Great Gotham! It’s a day before Halloween and we need a Batgirl costume fast! This costume was created in a couple of hours. After seeing my girlfriend disappointed because a Dorothy Costume didn’t fit her, I began to brainstorm a possible solution. Going back to my childhood, it suddenly hit me like a Riddler’s riddle … Read more
I LOVE Lady Gaga, and I couldn’t wait for Halloween when I could be her for a day! This homemade Lady Gaga costume was inspired by the Poker Face music video, and mostly a snap to put together. I started with a shimmery purple leotard and put it over black liquid snake skin leggings. I … Read more
The idea of our Homemade Hershey’s Chocolate Bar Costume came after my sister and I debated about a package that could be made into a costume. We entered to www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com and saw a lot of costumes, including a Hershey’s bar, but we thought that one looked not so cool, so we decided to make an … Read more
This is a transformer suit that i mad out of fiberglass foam and plastic it took 3 months to do