For this Homemade Girl’s Pumpkin Costume we wanted a cute but functional costume for a “pre-teen” girl. We started with orange felt (2 meters) and some black felt for the eyes and mouth. We also added black ribbon as the stripes. We cut out two circles and sewed them together leaving the top open, then … Read more
My daughter couldn’t decide what she wanted to be for Halloween so we put our heads together and came up with the washing machine costume. To my surprise the costume came out looking great and it was a big hit with the neighborhood.
The Princess Bed Costume idea came to me when I saw the canopy hanging at a local thrift store. To make the whole thing cost $13. I cut out a whole in the box and made straps to hang on shoulders out of the material used to cover the box. I then attached material I … Read more
I created a Homemade Cinderella and Prince Charming Couple Costume. For Cinderella I started with a sewing pattern for a leotard. I altered the pattern to get a v neck in the front and I wanted cap sleeves I like in the R&H Cinderella that Brandy and Whitney Huston are in. The only problem with … Read more
This year I decided to do something fun at work. We racked our brains trying to come up with a costume that was not only work friendly but also easy to work in. I was bored with Witches and Angels, I wanted color. So My boss and I decided to use things around the office … Read more
My idea was to take a cardboard box and put a cardboard tube in it, but as you can see my husband got a little more technical. He wanted everything to scale. Everything to look just right. We even used trigonometry to figure out the angles. It isn’t quite to scale (I convinced him 7 … Read more
We got the idea for a headless costume from others on your site. I bought a $5 large man’s jacket from a thrift store, plus $8 for 2 plastic hands you can get most anywhere around Halloween. I used a large backpack & stuffed a pillow in it so it stuck out above the backpack, … Read more
This homemade Head on a Platter Halloween costume was a last-minute decision but was a big hit. We made the costume in about half an hour for less than $10. The table is made out of a cardboard box and a plastic tablecloth. We purchased plastic dishes, platter, cutlery and accessories for the table decorations. … Read more
My Husband and I had been watching the TV Series, The Tudors, so, when it came time to decide on this year’s Halloween costumes, we were both quick to choose Henry the VIII and a headless Anne Boleyn. I made a dummy body with insulation foam spray (sprayed into a cellophane lined tinfoil molded body … Read more
This homemade headless woman costume is the easiest & coolest costume I’ve made yet! People on the street even stopped me to take pictures. Everything came from a second hand clothing store & my garage. Total cost to make about $5.00!! I used an old piece of Styrofoam & cut to shape body, butter dish … Read more
Hello out there, this is a scary fridge I put together this season. I used a lot of cardboard, hot glue-gun, window-tint, spray adhesive, paint and wood for my door handles. I also used four lights in the Scary Fridge Costume, two in the freezer and two in the fridge. The two lights in the … Read more
I got the idea from something similar I saw on this site for a headless Halloween costume. We used a small backpack and used an extra long telescope handle that attached to the backpack. We secured it with a belt through the straps to around my sons torso. A swim noodle was used for the … Read more