Coolest Last-Minute Baby Chef Costume
Most baby costumes in the stores were all the same. so my idea was a baby chef. Not bad for whipping the whole thing up on my sewing machine 10 minutes before we left to go trick or treating! Total Spent: $2
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1000+ Awesome Homemade Halloween Costumes
Dinosaur Costume
My son is really into Dinosaurs and wanted to be a Velociraptor. So with a lot of imagination I came up with this costume. The head is made from plastic canvas that I cut and sewed together to get the basic shape of the dinosaur costume head. I then used paper mache to form the … Read more
Pirate Costume
I wasn’t planning on taking my one year old out on Halloween, but changed my mind at the last minute. I actually put this pirate costume together 30 minutes before trick-or-treating. Here’s how: I used an old white onesie that I drew on with a permanent marker (a skull and cross bone design), black sweatpants, … Read more
Coolest Mad Scientist Halloween Costume
Courtney wanted to go as a mad scientist. We got some old clothes at Goodwill, took the frames out of some sunglasses to make it look like she had an explosion in the laboratory, painted her hair white and black in the front to seem as if she did have an explosion, we found a … Read more
Coolest Homemade Scrapbooking Page Costume
While attending my daughter’s softball practice, some of the dads were sharing their weekend hunting trip stories. I then told them how excited I was to be going scapbooking the following weekend. They were astounded and asked me how a whole week-end could be spent scrapbooking! I explained that it was not so different from … Read more
Coolest Homemade Mona Lisa Halloween Costume Idea
Coolest Homemade Mona Lisa Halloween Costume Idea *EVER*. My inspiration this year was Leonardo Di Vinci’s Mona Lisa. After weeks of debating what I would commit as my costume of choice, I decided to attempt the Mona Lisa in a frame. I wanted to be in full costume so I started searching for the perfect … Read more
Coolest Paper and Glue Stick Couple Costume
This is how we made this Homemade Paper and Glue Stick Couple Costume: Paper: I used 4 sheets of poster boards per side and for the width it was half a poster boards. I drew blue lines like those on a real paper and the red lines too. I decided on doing a math quiz … Read more
Coolest Casino Dealer Wheelchair Costume
I made this Casino Dealer Wheelchair Costume using a cardboard box, roulette set that I purchased separately, poker chips, felt and vinyl. I had to raise the box with another small box so the roulette could sink in the whole and spin. I also used a pool noodle to make the “bumpers” on the side … Read more
Coolest Pair of Fuzzy Dice Couple Costume
This was my second attempt at a completely homemade costume! The main pieces of the homemade pair of fuzzy dice couple costume are made out of felt (white dots), blue fuzzy material and boxes. All we had to do was cut three holes in the box, hot glue the fabric to the box and then … Read more
ClownCon Cutest Clown Costume
Every year in London we have a ClownCon and this was to be my first. So I took a day off work and made a clown costume. I got cottons from the charity shop and still had some pink taffeta with stars lying around. I made a skirt out of the pink taffeta and added … Read more
Coolest Facebook Halloween Costume
This Homemade Facebook Halloween Costume is really easy….all you need is scissors, markers, scotch tape, glue, poster boards and a flat screen TV box. Magazine optional. Cover entire TV box after facebook profile pic hole is cut out. Cover entire box with poster board. Glue and tape it down. You can use magazine for advertisments … Read more
Firefighter Costume
Five days before Halloween my 4-year-old daughter, decided that she passionately wanted to be a firefighter. It was nearly impossible at this late date to find a firefighter costume at the store and when I finally did find a firefighter costume at a Halloween specialty shop it cost $60! So, I examined the firefighter costume … Read more