This Homemade Military Costume is my first attempt at making a military costume. I think it came out really good. I bought all the stuff separate and put it together myself. The helmet is a WWII liner with 60s shell original. The bars are original Vietnam bars and the musette bag is WWII. Everything else … Read more
Got the idea from this site. My son used his hockey pants and socks and we bought a jersey from Goodwill ($3.99) I took his old back pack and stuffed it with old clothes then I duct taped (love duct tape) 2 lenghts of plumbing pipes to the side facing them forward slightly I connected … Read more
My daughter has always been something cute every year, and last year she wanted to be something scary! So we made her a “Homemade Head in a Freezer Halloween Costume”. I got a water heater box from Home Depot. Spray painted the box white after adding a freezer shelf and pocket for frozen veggies on … Read more
My daughter asked to be a corpse bride for Halloween but I couldn’t find a cheap used wedding dress. Then I stumbled upon this site’s “headless costumes” and was totally inspired! Within fifteen minutes I had rigged up an old backpack with cardboard tubes in the side pockets and a wide coat hanger on top, … Read more
For this homemade brain freeze Halloween costume I basically went with the head in the freezer costume but I added a light in order to enhance my face. People at my work absolutely loved it.
My 11 year old daughter wanted a different and unique costume this year. In researching the web I found this web site with lots of cool ideas, and we went for the Frozen Head Costume. I started with two boxes, the freezer part was an 18” long box and the bottom part was a 36” … Read more
This Homemade Head on a Table Unique Halloween Costume Idea is such a fun costume! My daughter won 3 local costume contests and was the hit of the neighborhood she went trick or treating in. You will need to start with a medium to large box. Cut a hole in the top for the head. … Read more
This costume was such a hit that one of the bars even carded the witch! Everyone thought it was two people! I made the witch by building a frame out of plastic pipe and attached it to my back as if it was a backpack. I padded it with bubblewrap. For the head, I used … Read more
My daughter wanted to be anything that would include a person holding her! So I began to think. We had a scream costume from years past. Firstly, for her, she wore a top to a pajama outfit. the legs I made them from PVC pipe, stuffing pantyhose and slipped her pajama bottoms over it. To … Read more
My daughter and I made this Special Delivery Optical Illusion costume out of duct tape, cardboard, and wire hangers. The mask is an old Freddy Kruger mask we had lying around, and the jumpsuit I bought at a thrift store for $5. She fitted through a hole in the box, and her legs were in … Read more
I created this little girl being abducted by an alien Halloween costume to wear to work and also take my kids trick or treating in. I made a lot of costumes and thought that this would be a really cute idea. I make my kids costumes every year but this is the first time I … Read more
My 4-year-old daughter love horses. While shopping for a costume she saw a medieval horse costume, one that straps onto the child by suspenders. She was very excited! I wanted the out fit to be a little bit more girlish. I don’t enjoy sewing, although I am the queen of a glue gun! First the … Read more