170+ Cool Homemade Fairytale, Folklore and Biblical Costumes

Coolest Little Riding Hood Costume

I wanted my daughter to have a Little Red Riding Hood costume for Halloween but she wanted to be something scary. SO I turned her into Little DEAD Riding Hood.

Coolest Homemade Antwerp Archer Robin Hood Style Costume

HHomemade Antwerp Archer Robin Hood Style Costume

Our school mascot is the Antwerp Archer. So this year, my son wanted a Homemade Antwerp Archer Robin Hood Style Costume. I took it along the “Robin Hood” style. We used our school colors of Blue and White. I found a pattern online for the hat. I made it first out of newspaper to make … Read more

Coolest DIY Eve Costume

Unfortunately I didn’t have an Adam to join me, but I still LOVED this homemade Eve costume. It was so easy and cheap to make, here are the steps! 1.) Find a skin-colored bra you won’t mind ruining. 2.) Purchase a couple bags of various leaves. (I stuck to green and gold, but you can … Read more

Cool Snow Queen Costume

This Snow Queen costume is totally handmade without any sewing at all. It started with a dress that was too small, so I wrapped two layers of fabric around the bottom. One is lining, the other is sheer organza-type fabric. I made a cape just cutting the same two types of fabric into a big … Read more

Cool Homemade Eve Costume

Short on cash and only a week till Halloween I decided to make my own Homemade Eve Costume with ideas from this site. Purchased: – Leaves – apple – snake – 1/2 green fabric I was going to opt for gluing leaves on a bathing suit but didn’t have one that I wanted to give … Read more

Cool Three Little Pigs Costume

We needed a group costume for just the three of us at work, so we decided to do the Homemade Three Little Pigs Costume! We each wore pink sweatshirts and sweatpants, pig noses that we bought, and our ears were just made out of felt and sewn onto headbands. Piggy on the left (Krystal) carried … Read more

Coolest Eve Homemade Costume

I had wanted to be Eve for a few years now, but the store-bought costumes weren’t elaborate enough for me! So I started this Eve Costume with an inexpensive green, skirted bikini. I bought picks of assorted leaves and ivy from the local craft store, clipped the leaves off the picks, stood in front of … Read more

Coolest Prince Charming Costume

To make the Prince Charming Costume all I had to do was get him a grey pair of tights. Buy a baggy blue T-Shirt, cut off his sleeves, cut the neck larger, and cut the sides off the shirt. Then wear a white long sleeve shirt underneath. With the red material I glue gunned on … Read more

Coolest Leprechaun Halloween Costume

I came up with the Leprechaun Halloween costume because last year my 3 year old son saw a commercial of the Leprechaun movie and it fascinated him! He had a million and 1 questions to ask about leprechauns! So, I decided to make him a little leprechaun for Halloween. I looked everywhere for a leprechaun … Read more

Coolest Homemade Little Bo Peep and Her Sheep Couple Costume

We got so many great responses to thisHomemade Little Bo Peep and Her Sheep Couple Costume. My Bo Peep costume consisted of a couple of different store-bought costumes that I mixed and matched to create my perfect one. They do sell complete Bo Peep costumes but I wanted to create one that was unique to … Read more

Coolest Big Foot Costume

I needed to make a Big Foot costume for the lead character in a school play. We bought around 5 yards of fake brown fur, trying to haggle down the price to work with a high school play budget. I then sewed a onesie, breaking my needle about every three minutes. Fur got everywhere; I … Read more