For my birthday I wanted a superhero themed night so my brother and I came up with the ultimate brother/sister combo of She-Ra and He-Man costume. He bought a muscle man outfit which was only the muscles then added the body harness and fur etc. I used a plain white dress to add the detail … Read more
I wanted a costume that would be really cool and that I could hide under and just shake off if I was too hot. The Masters of the Universe Orco homemade costume was perfect! I made it out of dress lining from a wizards pattern (worn back to front)in dark red lined in purple then … Read more
These homemade Monsters Inc. costumes have been done before, but never this well! Time, effort and love plus paper mache (and a lot of it), a big yoga ball, and some well mixed green paint = Mike Wazowski. Time, effort and love plus lots of furry blue fabric, a plastic bag stuffed tail, an old … Read more
I’ve been DYING to create a Homemade Mystique Halloween Costume and finally decided to go for it this year. I’m not the greatest at sewing, so I had a bodysuit made to my exact measurements. I needed the suit to fit really tightly so as to give the impression of body paint and not a … Read more
To make this Homemade Mystique Costume I first started with a Royal Blue leotard I bought from the We Love Colors website, as well as the socks. I know most women who attempt this costume go for the more nude look by painting their body or exposing their chest. I was not down for that … Read more
The Jack Skellington Halloween costume is totally a home-made costume. I made the tie out of cardboard, fabric and paint. For the jacket I bought a used blazer and attached tattered coat tails on to it. For the pants I wore tight-fitting thermal athletic pants, making me appear taller and lankier. I wore a plain … Read more
This Homemade Jack the Pumpkin King Costume is for my son, Gabriel (5 years old). I wanted to make the mask of out paper-mache so I started by measuring my son’s head and blowing up a balloon to a size that was about 2-3 inches taller and larger in diameter than his actual head measurements. … Read more
I made 4 of these masks. The one you see is the second made one that was used as a backup (it was not the best one in my opinion lol). They all started out as pumpkins! I covered them in a healthily layer of paper mache. Next I took crayola air dry modeling clay … Read more
Here we are as Jack and Sally from “The Nightmare before Christmas.” I made Jack’s head out of paper mache – which is flour, water, and newspaper draped over a balloon and then left to dry. Once dried, I stuck in a pin and popped the balloon, then I cut off the bottom for the … Read more
I was always a big Ninja Turtles fan growing up so what better way to celebrate Halloween as a 21 yr old and get 3 other guys together and dress up as the 4 green brothers! My only stipulation when I set out to make these Ninja Turtles Homemade Halloween Group Costume was I wanted … Read more
This year, I made my husband an animatronic homemade Krang costume for Halloween. In case you’re interested in the how of things: 1. Bought a super-cheap and crappy sumo wrestler suit on eBay. 2. Restuffed it with polyfill so it didn’t look so crappy. 3. Sewed and stuffed a Krang doll 4. Ripped apart two … Read more
The finance department at Touchstone Behavioral Health adapted their own version of the Peanuts gang this year. The heads were designed using the punch ball balloons with paper mache and then painted and decorated with various items. This is the result of our Homemade Peanuts Group Costume.