This is the costume we made for our daughter, it’s a homemade hot cocoa Halloween costume, it took about a week to put together. We used materials such as a hula hoop, wire ,foam, felt, foam board, glitter, glue, stuffing and bamboo sticks. It started by using the hula hoop and tied strains of wire … Read more
Costume coffee cup original inspired by the brand “Starbucks”. In this case it is a new brand called “Starbooks coffee” made for a performance partcipar Wakatake group of cosplay. This Starbucks Cup Costume is made primarily from cardboard, glue and paint.
I saw the idea for a tea bag costume on this web site. A friend made it for me for Under $20.00 with crinoline and brown fabric for the tea (leaves eventually will rot and stink). I was the hit of the Halloween Social 2008. I went to a second hand store and got the … Read more
My granddaughter was competing in a Christmas Pageant and needed a Christmas costume. I had a homemade Hot Cocoa for Santa Halloween costume idea. It was a hit and she won Grand Supreme!! I took a big plastic planter cut the bottom off, painted it and decorated it. Molded the handle out of that light … Read more
I came up with this idea for cheap Halloween costumes a couple days before a Halloween party. It was perfect for me because all of my friends know how much I love Dunkin Donuts coffee. It turned out to be a hit at the party. I created the costume with a quilting ring foam board, … Read more
This costume turned out adorable. We were searching for cheap Halloween costumes when we came across this idea. We took a small laundry basket and cut it down so my daughter could walk. We then hot glued the top and bottom to shape it into a cup. I then paper-mached the outside of the basket … Read more
For this Swiss miss costume I got the idea right here! There are so many creative people here giving us ideas for cheap Halloween costumes. Although this is already on here I added a few things and it varies. The items you will need for this are one laundry basket, a round one, can of … Read more
The cup part is actually a garbage can wrapped in Bristol board and we had to blow up the logo so it came out a little fuzzy. We put some touch-ups with green and black markers and white-out. The top is the top of the garbage can with a paper border to look like the … Read more
3rd Place Winner of our 2006 Costume ContestClick Here to View Other Winners… I used a small round laundry basket for this and covered it in poster board. I glued real marshmallows on it and added a spoon. My daughter won 1st prize! Total Spent: $15
For my teabag costume, I purchased a few yards of Crinoline, a couple yards of cording and a box of Lipton teabags. I cut out two huge rectangles the same size. I then laid one on top of the other and sewed the sides and bottom. Open up the top and fill about 1/3 with … Read more
Not only does this costume fall into the cheap Halloween costumes category it also took about an hour to make! Material needed: Interfacing (light weight, inexpensive but with a little bit of stiffness), fall leaves, thread, heavy cotton string, a piece of poster board or construction paper, and markers (to color a tag). Directions: (NOTE: … Read more
I wanted something original for Halloween last year for my oldest daughter. She loves Starbucks hot chocolate, and I love their coffee! So our minds were made up, a Starbucks Coffee costume! I bought a small laundry basket ($1.97), some brown fabric ($2 yd) and a piece of poster board ($.50). I cut the bottom … Read more