Optical Illusions – Funny Halloween Costume Ideas

This is the second year in a row that the boys came up with optical illusion funny Halloween costume ideas. I purchased the granny mask from an internet store and filled it with a nylon stuffed with poly fill I hot glue gunned goggle eyes on the mask to fill the eye-holes. I sewed the … Read more

Jar-Head Headless Boy 8

This costume is a variation of the “headless-boy” costume we’ve made in previous years that was just too spooky! It’s easy to make out of cardboard and old clothes. You simply use cardboard to build some fake shoulders and fake arms that rest on the child’s shoulders. Then you use an old trench coat that … Read more

Coolest Homemade Headless Costume

Headless Costume

We started a little late so the “scavenging” didn’t really take place and instead we ended up purchasing a good deal of the items used to construct this headless costume. We started with a basic set of football shoulder pads and we modified them (cut off the portion of the padding that wasn’t needed for … Read more

Coolest Head on Platter Homemade Halloween Costume

Head on Platter Homemade Halloween Costume 20

My son came up with this Head on Platter Homemade Halloween Costume and it was really easy to make. He wanted to be something scary, but didn’t want to buy a costume that everyone else has. We started with a large sheet of foam core for the table top and cut a hole in the … Read more

Coolest Homemade Headless Zombie Halloween Costume Idea

Homemade Headless Zombie Halloween Costume Idea

My daughter decided on a homemade headless zombie Halloween costume idea last year so we thought about it all year around and as Halloween approached she decided to make it a Headless Zombie Woman. We scouted out the local thrift store and found a black dress with long black matching coat for the dress $5.00. … Read more

Coolest Homemade Headless Bride Halloween Costume

Homemade Headless Bride Halloween Costume

I took a lot of time to make this Homemade Headless Bride Halloween Costume. I looked online and did some research on ideas for this costume. I found one on Instructables “ Headless bride from Duct Tape”. I chose this one for a challenge and it took 3 weeks to make this. I had followed … Read more

Coolest Frozen Head in Refrigerator Costume

Homemade Frozen Head in Refrigerator Costume

My name is Keith and this Homemade Frozen Head in Refrigerator Costume is my son’s costume. It started around November in 2010 when we decided to stop buying and start making. I used large pieces of cardboard, black, gray, and silver spray paint, spray adhesive, glue gun, dark window tint, small light socket, light, push … Read more

Cool Headless Halloween Costume

Headless Halloween Costume

My 8 year old was tired of being cute for Halloween and came up with this headless Halloween costume. We used and old rolling back pack, a piece of wood wrapped in foam for the shoulders, clothes hanger wrapped in foam for the arms and used an old night gown. We sprayed her hair white. … Read more

Coolest Headless Man Costume

Coolest Headless Man Costume 79

I got the idea for this Headless Man Costume from this website, but I wanted to add my own unique twist. Although you cannot tell from the photo, the ‘neck’ is actually a tube that leads to a hidden backpack. That way, when my son went trick or treating, people would drop candy down his … Read more

Coolest Homemade Garden Gnome Costume

Homemade Garden Gnome Costume

This is my daughter dressed in a Homemade Garden Gnome Costume sitting on a mushroom. It was about $30 dollars to make. I started with a hula hoop as the base of the mushroom, then I pinned the fabric all around it, I cut a hole in the center just big enough for her to … Read more

Coolest Homemade Scarecrow Stalker Optical Illusion Costume

Homemade Scarecrow Stalker Optical Illusion Costume

This Homemade Scarecrow Stalker Optical Illusion Costume was the brainchild of my husband, and myself. We were not really sure with our current budget how we could purchase our children Halloween costumes this year. So we decided to make them. I had the thought earlier in the month, however, we did not start attempting to … Read more

Cool Homemade Roller Coaster Costume

Homemade Roller Coaster Costume

My 9 year old son decided he wanted to be a geek freaking out on a roller coaster for Halloween this year, so onto the planning we went to make our Homemade Roller Coaster Costume. We took an old pool float chair to use for the base and then a old cardboard box cut to … Read more