I love to make my own costumes and be the only one at the party wearing it. For this Grocery Bag Costume: * Leaf Bag from hardware store * Double stick tape * Packing tape * Empty food containers * Orange hat/facepaint * FUN!
I made the dogs costume using a pattern for the outfit but the chair I just took foam and covered it leaving a hole in the back so my dog could fit through. I made fake legs and bought some cheap shoes. I just made my own pattern for the legs. I stuffed them and … Read more
Making this homemade Fairy Princess illusion Halloween costume idea was tons of fun… We started with the mushroom which you will need white material, extra large wire wreath, suspenders, hot glue gun, puffy paint, craft batting/stuffing and a sewing machine (you also have to hand sew this costume as well). First you measure your child’s … Read more
The Samurai costume that I made using various found materials – mainly fabrics from curtains. The costume is comprised of a few parts: The apron containing the chest plate and skirt armor; the jacket that has the arm plates, forearm protectors, hand guards, and overcoat; the leggings that go underneath the apron; and the helmet … Read more
This home made Last Minute Baby Costume is GREAT for LAST MINUTE costumes! Eight years ago me and my friends got invited to one of our first Halloween parties but we got invited at the very last minute. We litterally had only one hour to come up with a costume. So since it was eight … Read more
This year I decided to build a velociraptor from Jurassic Park. I wanted it to be life-sized (in the movie it’s 12 and a half feet long); it would be my most ambitiously difficult Halloween costume yet. Shortly after last Halloween, I settled on the male raptor design from Jurassic Park 3 (it would be … Read more
Our 5 year old daughter wanted to be a robot for Halloween, so we went to work on her robot costume. Salvaged some left over foam-core board and cut it to a size to fit her. Purchased some dryer venting, battery operated flashing lights at the local thrift store ($20, yeah I could not resist), … Read more
So, I initially created this Homemade Robot Costume to use at shows and what not. However, a costume party offering 1000 bucks soon allowed me the ability to recoup my fundage on the thing. It won. My friend Ashton from “Out the Box” took it up there for me while I was at a show … Read more
Being a college student money is hard to come by. So when I found a large cardboard box, at work, around August I knew I had to turn it into a costume for the upcoming Halloween. Over the next month I glued and taped and cut an entire Homemade Robot Halloween Costume from this humble … Read more
My costume is a Homemade Halloween TechyBot Robot Costume made out of painted cardboard boxes. For the eyes of the robot I used 2 full-size D battery halogen bulb flashlights. Taping into both flash lights switches and running 16 gauge wires from the “helmet” through the right hand ventilation tube with a switch at the … Read more
I went to a taping of ‘Let’s Make a Deal’ the TV show. For the show you have to dress up, so I decided to do something unique and created this homemade robot with lights costume. Materials: – silver spray paint – foam boards(body) – silver duct tape – Baskin Robbins ice cream bucket – … Read more
We made these Homemade Robot Costumes out of cardboard and duct tape. The body is just cardboard cut, molded and covered with duct tape, then decorated with colored tape on top. The heads are construction hard hats with cardboard and duct tape with a few LED flashlights for the eyes and for backlighting. The final … Read more