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
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
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
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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
Cool Couple Costume – The Up-cycled Wonder Woman and her Captain Trevor
My husband and I love any excuse to make costumes, with an affinity for the transformation of old things becoming new creations. 80s themed party? Bill and Ted are most excellently attending. Rock & Roll themed party? Vanilla Ice and Bjork are on the guest list. Cocktails and Comedy night? Up-cycled formal wear will have … Read more
Cool Victims of American Horror Story Illusion Costumes
I build costumes for my partner and I every year. The great thing is we are almost identical in size. I construct one costume and learn from my mistakes making the second build easier. I began with building the structure that would hold our “killers” . 2 wooden dowels you can find at any hardware … Read more
Homemade White Witch from Narnia Costume
So every year I love that 1 day! World book day!!! As a T.A I love to encourage and inspire children always. This year for world book day I decided on Jadis the White Witch from Narnia costume.Not an easy look but nothings impossible!!! So I get planning probably a year before as I want … Read more
Awesome Lego Movie Costumes
My boys and I have watched The Lego Movie at least once every weekend since it came out on DVD back in June. We still love it every time! We decided around July that they would be Emmet and President Business for Halloween. They boys were excited, but I was probably more excited to get … Read more
Classy DIY Alien Queen Costume
Movie monsters of the 1980’s and 90’s have been a huge influence on my personal artwork, and I wanted to make something BIG that I could use for both Halloween and Comic Con. The Alien Queen, from “Aliens 2,” is savage and frightening, but also had a lot of potential to be elegant. When I … Read more
Awesome Handmade Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride Costumes
These Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride Costumes are both handmade costumes inspired by the characters from the movie Corpse Bride, directed by Tim Burton. For those who are interested, I have explained the process how they were made in the following steps. I hope you enjoy! Challenges I Faced: This was my first time airbrushing and my … Read more
Top 7 Movie Character Costumes Tom Hanks Needs for Halloween
In this collection of homemade costumes, we’ll be Tom Hank’s bosom buddy and guide him through some of his movie character costumes. Even Tom Hanks knows it’s time to retire the David S. Pumpkins costume. But what’s the nicest guy in Hollywood supposed to wear for a Halloween costume instead? Never Fear. While his list of … Read more
Coolest Smurfs Group Costume
The tights for all 3 Smurfs were bought online. Color medium blue. We used a grease facepaint, but had to mix two shades of blue to match the tights. The Smurf hats were bought. Smurfette’s shoes were platform disco shoes from the Halloween store, the dress she owned. Brainy was carrying around a real nice … Read more
Coolest Homemade Double Dare Group Costume
Our idea for this year was to be one of our favorite TV shows from growing up. And that was Nickelodeon’s Double Dare! We had 5 people in our group, so one was the referee of the night and two of us were on the “blue” team and two on the “red” team. First we … Read more
Coolest Kid’s Pac Man and Ghost Costumes
These 4 Kid’s Pac Man and Ghost Costumes were made with old bed sheets, an old pair of jeans, felt, some cardboard “frames” and a couple of different types of tape: packing tape and heavy-duty double-sided tape. Nothing was measured; they were all just sized on each child. The total cost of this group costume … Read more
Classic Rendition of The Addams Family Costumes
I, along with my husband and three children love dressing up for Halloween and here are our Addams Family costumes. It’s a family tradition! This year we decided to go with a classic, and chose the quirky, creepy, lovable Addams Family! Presenting… Morticia, Gomez, Pugsley (guest starring The Thing) and Wednesday Addams, along with the … Read more
Dumb and Dumber Tuxedo TuTu Costumes
We went to a 90s party and decided to go as Dumb and Dumber but with a bit of a twist. We bought cheap mens costumes online so we had the jacket, hat and ruffled shirt. The jacket was huge so we had to pin it in place. Then we bought tutus but had to … Read more