Me and my friend were playing around with some chicken wire for masks for Halloween 2006 when I realized the shape I had made looked like Homer’s head. From then on, he was my target. I used papier-mâché to cover the chicken wire frame, painted it, and put on some black string for the hair. … Read more
The year was 2007, I think, and the Simpson’s movie finally came out. I tend to go to Halloween parties as something from a TV show or movie, so that year it was the Simpsons. I really wanted to go as Homer, but it was tough coming up with a way to do the head. … Read more
Homemade Homer Simpson costume: * Used a white polo shirt * Stuffed shirt with pillows to appear fat * Shaved head * Drew on lines for hair with eye liner * Used white face paint for eyes * Wore regular blue jeans * Used yellow face paint tubes to color skin Homemade Marge Simpson costume: … Read more
Otto (The Simpsons’ Springfield Elementary School Bus Driver). The headphones were homemade out of cardboard, wrapped wire and used children’s kitchen pans for the earpieces (wrapped in red felt). The shorts, shirt, hat and shoes were all purchased separately to reflect the exact colors that Otto wears.
This is a Homemade Krusty the Clown Halloween Costume from The Simpsons. For Krusty, I drew immediate inspiration. The biggest challenge for me was, of course, emulating that zany hair. How I did it(from head down): I cut up a long, wool-like, aqua-green scarf from Walgreens into two pieces. I then filled each end with … Read more
My fiance and I were Homer and Marge Simpson. We built up the hair by getting one of those green topiary foam pieces at Micheal’s. Then, we found some purple spider web material that you use to decorate with. We pulled it apart a little and wrapped it around the foam. We sprayed it with … Read more
This Marge and Homer Simpson Couples Costume was my boyfriend and my couples costume in 2009. He decided that we would be Marge and Homer Simpson, but it was up to me to actually make the costumes! How I did it… Marge Simpson Costume: Hair: An old foam egg-crate mattress topper (the kind with the … Read more
My husband and I dressed up in Bart and Lisa Simpson Costumes. I made the wig with a latex swim cap. I glued jumbo sized cotton balls to make the hair, and then sprayed it with paint when finished. The jumpsiut has lettering on the back, “SPRINGFIELD PENITENTIARY.” My husband is Lisa. The necklace is … Read more
So for Homer we were going to use a swim cap cause he has a lot of hair but it broke so we ended up getting a snowman hat from Michaels arts and crafts taking it apart and spray painting it yellow. For the hair we used pipe cleaners, both on the back of his … Read more
My children came home from school and announced they wanted to enter the fancy dress competition at the summer fare the next morning! I was at a complete loss! Until I found this site! I quickly came up with three ideas stolen, as you will see directly from other people! As we had no time … Read more
My Mum & Auntie are twin sisters and decided to go in Patty and Selma Twins Costumes from the Simpsons! They bought the wigs and made the rest of the costumes out of clothing and shoes they had themselves! They painted their skin yellow! They both had given up smoking so they passed on the … Read more
We are HUGE Simpsons fans and here’s our homemade Maggie Simpson costume. We started off with a basic bunting pattern that was easy to sew and we found the perfect shade of Maggie blue. In the same pattern sheet was a beanie that took a few more attempts but I finally got it, be careful … Read more