Coolest Homemade Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite Costume

Han Solo Frozen in Carbonite Costume

This year I decided to go all out and create a great movie icon costume, calling it Han Solo frozen in Carbonite. It started with a wooden frame held together with screws and nails. I was initially going to make it out of foam, but decided it had to be really sturdy in order to … Read more

Coolest Homemade R2D2 Astromech Droid Costume

Homemade R2D2 Astromech Droid Costume

Our son is pretty much obsessed with R2D2. So he had to be R2D2 for Halloween. We set about creating a Homemade R2D2 Astromech Droid Costume. The base was a laundry tube with the bottom cut out of it, with a sheet, sewed into a tube, and then sewed on to the laundry tube to … Read more

Coolest Homemade Star Wars Yoda Halloween Costume Idea

Homemade Star Wars Yoda Halloween Costume Idea

This homemade Star Wars Yoda Halloween costume idea was for my little boy Josiah who is 2 and a big Star Wars fan! The first this that I knew I had to make was the hat. I looked into purchasing the Yoda costume for toddlers but I felt like it should and could be a … Read more

Coolest Homemade Princess Leia Costume

Homemade Princess Leia Costume

This Homemade Princess Leia Costume was very inexpensive. My son wanted my husband and I to match his “theme” and I didn’t want to spend additional on the costume, since I already had purchased matching-couple costumes for our night out. Every year my husband and I dress up in matching “couples” costumes for the evening, … Read more

Coolest Homemade Han Solo Costume

Homemade Han Solo Costume

For this homemade Han Solo costume I got a $10 black long sleeve button up shirt from Wal Mart and cut the sleeves off for the vest. Also, bought $10 brown pants from Wal Mart as well. I got a $15 toy blaster pistol off of e-Bay and spray painted it black and sliver to … Read more

Coolest Functional R2D2 Costume

Coolest Functional R2D2 Costume 17

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

Original Homemade Yoda Costume

Coolest Homemade Yoda Costume

The charm of this Homemade Yoda Costume was entirely due to the size of the child. My son was almost 2 and he was just the height and had the perfect waddle of Yoda. The costume was just a simple burlap cloak, a wooden staff, ears constructed onto a homemade skullcap (some strands of horse … Read more

Coolest Homemade General Greivious Costume

Homemade General Greivious Costume

My grandson wanted a Homemade General Greivious Costume Star Wars for Halloween. I purchased a baseball cap, modge podge glue, foam sheets, paint, black top and pants, light sabers and gloves. I used newspaper squares and glued them to the baseball cap for the mask. After several layers, I added Styrofoam cups for the “ears” … Read more

Coolest Homemade Star Wars Jawa Costume

Homemade Star Wars Jawa Costume

The robe for my son’s Homemade Star Wars Jawa Costume started out being made with monk’s cloth and dyed brown with rit dye (which took forever). We had issues with the monk’s cloth so decided to go instead with a cotton wool mix that I did not have to dye. The belts are from K-mart; … Read more

Coolest R2D2 Halloween Costume

Homemade R2D2 Halloween Costume

This R2D2 Halloween Costume is 100% Homemade! It has lights and sounds too! The costume is made out of a garbage can, bowl mounted to a bike helmet and plastic downspouts for the legs. The battery operated speakers played a loop of downloaded r2d2 sounds on the ipod and the lights are all battery operated … Read more

Cool Homemade R2D2 Costume

Homemade R2D2 Costume

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