This is a Homemade Ghostbusters Costume. Complete with proton pack, ecto, googles, PKE meter (not shown) and trap. My brother and I built the proton pack, and the lights work on it also. We put a custom tag of the front of my flight suit that says “Akin” and also had a no ghost logo … Read more
This is a completely Homemade Stay Puft Marshmallow Man Costume. My boyfriend’s favorite movie growing up was Ghostbusters and he looked high and low to find a good costume and it didnt exist so he decided to make his own. The Best you will find. The head is made out of chicken wire which was … Read more
My daughter chose Pippi Longstocking as the character she wanted to be for WORLD BOOK DAY, today, 03/03/2011. I started this Pippi Longstocking Costume by sewing old bits of fabric as patches on an old hand-me-down dress. I also stitched the monkey on the shoulder so he wouldn’t keep falling off as she had to … Read more
Pippi is everyone’s childhood favorite. My daughter is now enjoying that same beloved book and television character, as I did. The dress, shirts (a red and a blue one) and shoes (boys shoes are best to achieve the look) of the Pippi Longstocking costume were purchased at a child’s used clothing store, all for less … Read more
We used a new 32 gallon trash can, spray paint for plastic, pin striping, mom’s best mixing bowl, some stick on lights, soft black fleece, a utility knife and of course duct tape to make this Homemade R2D2 Star Wars Costume. The lights, inside and outside of the costume all work. There is a candy … Read more
My son loves Star Wars. He thinks the coolest character is General Grievous. When Halloween rolled around, we tried to find a General Grievous costume for him, but all we saw were clones and Jedi. Nobody had an evil monster like this! I decided I had to make it myself. The mask and light sabers … Read more
This one’s different because the arms are actually functional! $30 total including paint. Container Store Trash can that I turned upside down. Cut the head-hole out of the bottom so the feet have more walking radius from the wider part of the can. I caulked shut the trash flap and Dremeled the visor hole. The … Read more
My son has CP and when he got his dynamic stander in preparation for kindergarten – I immediately thought a life size R2D2 would make him the coolest kid in the school. Made with foam board, paper mache, pencil, marker, a lot of patience =). I made the cylinder to go around the stander. Though … Read more
I wore this teen wolf homemade costume to an 80’s party put on for a local charity. It was a major hit with all the party goers and even won the costume contest. I had ordered a teen wolf jersey and planned on doing it that way, but it didn’t show up on time… so … Read more
This is a Homemade Where the Wild Things Are Couple Costume. We made the head from a hat with lots of foam and stuffing molded to make it big and scary. The pants are lots of scales cut out of fabric and sewn on. The Max costume is pretty easy, kind of a footed pajama … Read more
We all love so much the monsters in Where the Wild Things are and, since my twin daughter’s really wanted to be two of them, I made these Homemade Where the Wild Things are Costumes. I started out with cardboard, old fur coats, fur remnants, a leopard costume from years ago, animal house slippers and … Read more
My children decided they wanted the family to do the Wizard of OZ theme this year for Halloween. We certainly did not want to leave the dog out of the Halloween festivities (or at least not the pictures). For this homemade Toto Dog costume I used a beat up old wicker basket that we had … Read more