Character Costumes

1000+ Creative Homemade Character Costumes

When creating a costume, you must love what you are making! As you begin designing, you find yourself hot glued to your table. Before you start wondering what kind of project you have undertaken, don’t despair! Look through the amazing character costumes in this section and learn from all the experienced costumers here. Also, with DIY costumes, you are not limited to costumes of certain sizes. You may be looking for a Captain Hook baby or a superheroes grandparent. You will find instructions on how to make these and more right here.

Since you may be stuck for inspiration, we invite you to scroll through this selection. Harry Potter characters live on past their pages. Peter Pan personalities abound. And the cast of Alice in Wonderland are always extremely plentiful character costumes. Another idea is choosing a creepy character from a horror flick like Carrie or the Exorcist. Warning: costumes here have literally scared Uber drivers!

In addition, television is chock full of interesting characters. You don’t need to show your toddler The Walking Dead to choose the hilarious Negan costume pictured here.

In conclusion, characters here range from Little Red Riding Hood to a Despicable Me family. Whatever you chose, make yourself instantly recognizable with the help of the instructions here. Get crafting and have fun!

Character Costume Sub-Categories

Homemade Venom Costume Made by a 6-Year Old Boy

Homemade Venom Costume with my 6 year-old son. I have been making my son’s Halloween costumes since he was 1. He has been a Lion in a circus tent (1), Bob the builder and his friend Lofty (2), Pokémon Go Trainer (3), Dragon turning into Elsa (4), and Rocket Raccoon piggybacking off of Groot (5). … Read more

Cutest Ever Homemade Thing 1 and Thing 2 Couple Costume

My best friend and I have always called each other Thing 1 and Thing 2. We’ve always talked about actually dressing up like them on Halloween for years! My best friend moved away 6 years ago, so we haven’t celebrated Halloween together in years. This year she said she was coming to town PreHalloween weekend so we can … Read more

Coolest DIY Tyrone Biggums Costume for Adults

Dave Chappelle has made the world laugh for decades. One of his most hilarious characters was none other than Tyrone Biggums, a friendly neighborhood crack connoisseur. Here you will see my costume and the detail put into it. Many can mimic, few can be exact. These items were purchased at thrift stores and local grocery … Read more

Coolest Homemade Panic! at the Disco Toddler Costume

Tour ready 10-month old miniature frontman, Brendon Urie, from Panic! at the Disco

For my son’s first Halloween, I decided to dress him up as frontman to rock band’s Panic! at the Disco, Brendon Urie – circa his Pray for the Wicked tour era. This may sound oddly specific, but this year has changed my life, much in thanks to the band and Brendon Urie, himself. My son … Read more

Coolest Ever DIY Corpse Bride and Victor Couple Costume with Scraps the Skeleton Dog

Corpse Bride and Scraps the skeleton dog

My partner and I love Halloween; it is the time of the year that celebrates creativity, whimsy, and lets you unleash your inner child. Creative costumes bring people together – two people who would never have otherwise met can become fast friends at Halloween. In our everyday lives we captain and crew an 80’ private … Read more

Pretty Homemade Crocheted Moana Costume

I am totally obsessed with crocheting and making beautiful outfits for birthdays and holidays. I have been crocheting for the last 6-7 years and it has become a tradition for me to make costumes for my kids every Halloween. I am always amazed at the different characters I can recreate using just a bag full … Read more

Whimsical Homemade Mad Hatter Costume

Here’s my handmade Mad Hatter Costume. The only thing store bought was the wig. I love any character that Johnny Depp plays! I made the hat out of a cardboard box and sewed fabric on the interior and exterior. The jacket I bought at a thrift shop and added the sleeve ruffles and the bird … Read more

Coolest Homemade Crocheted Predator Costume

Cool Homemade Ursula Costume

Honestly, this homemade costume was pretty difficult to make. My mind is creative, but my body and skills just can’t keep up. I had no pattern, but there are plenty of helpful sites out there that gave me some ideas. So I got started on my Ursula costume. It was definitely trial and error. It was … Read more

Coolest Ursula the Glitzy Sea With Costume

Ursula is my favorite Disney villain of all time and I wanted to embody her spirit in my own way this Halloween. Ursula and I have similar figures and (sometimes) personalities so it was only right to dress up as her. Until recently, I never knew how to sew and eventually taught myself enough to … Read more

Last Minute DIY Forrest Gump and Lieutenant Dan Couple Costume

We had a 90s themed fancy dress party to attend and left our oufits till the last minute, quickly borrowing the wheelchair from my mother we came up with this and won the competition!

Awesome Homemade Shrek and Donkey Costumes – 9 Years in the Making!

So I got my wife into Halloween costumes when we first started dating. I had just the year before started working at a company where they took Halloween pretty seriously. Every year there was a work sponsored contest with some pretty significant prize money. Our first year dating, I did American Gothic with her for … Read more

Coolest Star Wars Halloween Costume Ever! Luke Skywalker Riding on Tauntaun

This year, my 8 year old son and I searched for a challenge for a Star Wars Halloween costume. He was looking for something unusual that would make people look twice. We have seen some examples of Luke Skywalker riding on a Tauntaun and our challenge was to make ours the best. He is also … Read more

Luke Skywalker Costume: Jedi Training with Master Yoda

This Luke Skywalker costume took some time to make, but I am very proud how it turned out and made on a budget. I won a costume contest at a local bar and received tons of attention with many compliments! Yoda stole the show of course, but the rest of the costume is still very elaborate as … Read more

Cool Atreyu and Falkor Dad and Daughter DIY Costume from Nevereding Story

Cool Homemade Dad and Daughter Costume - Atreyu and Falkor from Nevereding Story

My family loves costumes and dressing up for Halloween. Since our youngest child was born, I’ve really enjoyed dressing up with her. Our dad and daughter costumes have become something I look forward to every year. I’ve always loved the movie The Neverending Story. We’ve watched it many times as a family and recently my 7 … Read more

Awesome DIY Costume – Exact Replica of Willy Wonka

My son loves movies and wanted to be Willy Wonka (Johnny Depp). I used crushed velvet for the coat, lined it with satin. I have never made a coat before, or sewn with stretchy velvet, so needless to say there were many stitches ripped out. I made the jacket, the vest, the undershirt and the … Read more

Epic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Costume – Michelangelo

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle [Michelangelo]

The Inspiration for this TMNT Costume Mikey has been on my list of costumes for several years, I just need to build my foam-crafting skills before taking on a costume with this many parts. The primary factor is that I like the costume/character to be recognizable and fun for kids. If time and money hadn’t … Read more

Cool DIY Jane Jetson Costume

To make this Jane Jetson costume, I paper mached a 54″ balloon and cut cardboard for the tail and edges. I used rope for the straps. The wig was bought online. The dress from forever 21, and the tights from Walmart. I used white fabric and hot glued it on top of the triangular carboard.

Coolest Beauty and the Beast Couple Costume

Let’s just start by saying that the reactions our Belle of the Ball and her Beast couple costume got was well worth the energy it took to put them together. We were invited to attend a party around here called the witches ball, we had never been and have only known about it since someone we knew … Read more

Cool Moana Group Costume

My daughters are obsessed with Moana and since this was our first year trick or treating, I decided to go all out and a create a Moana group costume for the family It all began with hei hei, my youngest daughter’s costume. I took a white onsie and sewed a “tail” on with a piece … Read more

Super-Original Homemade Gary the Snail Costume

This Gary the Snail costume was so much fun! I planned on making the costume in 2015 but just couldn’t figure out how to quite make the costume and did a trial make but didnt work. So this year I decided to make it paper mache. I got a balloon and paper mached for the … Read more

Awesome Homemade Groot Costume

For my homemade Groot costume, I used pipe insulation tubs for the body and gym mat flooring that I carved with a hot knife for the chest pieces. I used over 140 full size glue sticks to attach the pipe insulation tubes. I soaked tissue paper in white glue and applied to the tubes for … Read more

Amazing Lumiere Costume (and his Plumette) from Beauty and the Beast

While watching the newest version of Beauty and the Beast this year, I was struck by the characters and their extravagant costumes (or potential for costumes), specifically those whose character transitioned from houseware to human and vice versa. I knew that I had to make one come alive for myself this Halloween. I studied the … Read more

Coolest DIY Mr. Potato Head Group Costume

My wife had the idea to be a family of Mr. Potato Heads for Halloween for a few years now, and we finally did it. So here comes the Mr. Potato Head Family – with interchangeable parts of course. Like most of our costumes, the potatoes started as solid models on the computer. It was … Read more