Coolest Homemade Hangover Costume Idea

Homemade Hangover Costume Idea

For Halloween me and a group of my friends had this homemade hangover costume idea and decided to be the guys from the movie ‘The Hangover’. For each character we had different things that we had to get. For Doug (the guy getting married): We just found him some simple dress clothes at a local … Read more

Coolest Where’s Waldo Homemade Halloween Costume

Where's Waldo Homemade Halloween Costume

Basically it was a couple weeks before Halloween and I hadn’t figured out my costume yet but I knew it had to be completely ridiculous. I knew I wanted to be something everyone knew but I didn’t want to be boring. I had been playing around with the idea of being someone getting eaten by … Read more

Coolest Homemade Post It Man Costume

Homemade Post It Man Costume

Once again, I wanted to dress up as something less common for Halloween. This year I decided it would be fun to dress from head to toe in post-its. The Homemade Post It Man Costume is quite simple to make, but it does require a lot of time. What you need: -Around 800 post-its -Two … Read more

Lord of the Rings Costume

My grandmother left me a basement full of fabric and notions so had this great costume idea which was nearly free to me. It is white cotton over-laid with white lace. The only thing I bought was the gold sequin brooch. The belt is white grosgrain ribbon with white lace over the top (spray adhesive) … Read more

Tinkerbell Costume

My daughter loves Tinkerbell, so she wanted a be Tinkerbell for her Halloween party. I found some flesh-colored material and some lime-green material on clearance. I used one of her own long-sleeve T-shirts for a pattern to make a “flesh” colored shirt. I then made the top part of the green and sewed it on … Read more

Coolest Homemade Bob Barker Costume

Homemade Bob Barker Costume

Growing up I spend morning after morning with my Grandmother watching the Price is Right, and feeling that the tanned man on screen was like another surrogate grandfather. Bob was part of the family. Now since he is no longer on the air, I felt as though it was proper time to immortalize him in … Read more

Coolest Reno 911 Costume

Deputy Johnson from Reno 911

In 2005 I dressed up as Deputy Clementine Johnson from Reno 911. I purchased as real “Security Guard” brown polyester uniform online and added brown stripes to the pant legs and the pocket flaps on the shirt. My pants ended up being too small in the waist, but that was perfect for a Clemie costume! … Read more

Coolest Boat from the Deadliest Catch Costume

Homemade Cornelia Marie from the Deadliest Catch Costume

my son and husband love watching the discovery channel’s show “the deadliest catch” about crab fishing in the Bering sea off the coast of Alaska. They even steam king crab legs and eat them while watching the show! So I came up with the idea of being a boat from the fleet. We looked at … Read more

Coolest American Gladiators Group Costume

Homemade American Gladiators Group Costume

Our American Gladiators Group Costume was vintage American Gladiators Zap, Blaze and Ice. To keep with the 80’s look, we went extreme on the hair and makeup with bold red, blue and gold eye shadow and ratted big curly hair. Our costumes were red, white, blue and gold themed. Two of the girls used wrestling … Read more

Coolest Pee Wee Herman Homemade Halloween Costume

Pee Wee Herman Homemade Halloween Costume

I wanted to do a Pee Wee Herman Homemade Halloween Costume for about a year and went on a searching spree for the costume. I ended up finding an old gray suit my dad had owned and by chance found it. I bought a pair of tasseled loafers on eBay and spray painted them white … Read more

Homemade Billy the Exterminator Costume

I asked my 4 year old grandson what he would like to be for Halloween and he said “Billy the Exterminator”. That was something I had to look up since I hadn’t seen that TV show. I started with a black t-shirt, I made a stencil of the Vex Con logo and painted it on … Read more