This creative Steam punk Pirate Captain halloween costume I made for Halloween last year and also for use in a Steam punk costume contest. I wanted to create a Steam punk airship pirate captain in a similar style to pirates of the Caribbean. This is what I came up with. First I made the bloomers … Read more
As a senior in junior, I was tired of seeing the same costumes being recycled year after year (myself being guilty of this as well!). After walking out of my third costume shop feeling at last defeated and hopeless regarding my search for that perfect costume, I decided it was time to go the homemade … Read more
Every year, we decide as a family what our Halloween costume will be. Always homemade. Last year, we went with Disney’s Jake and the Neverland Pirates Family Costume since this is our 5-yr old’s favorite show. Each costume was pieced together, using the actual cartoons as a guideline. It took weeks of hunting down items….one-by-one … Read more
As a child, a lot like other kids, I was obsessed with Legos, so this year, since its my second year of teaching, I wanted to be something fun for my students to enjoy. I decided to make a Homemade Pirate Lego Halloween Costume, because those were the best Legos there were. I used insulation … Read more
We were invited to a pirate party in West Virgina. We dressed before we left and stopped at a rest stop on the way. What a hoot! The Pirate costumes were made from a stop at the thrift store then the dollar store. Stripped shirts and dark pants were on the list. Cut jagged edges … Read more
My son really loves pirates so I decided to look in this wonderful website and I got a lot of great ideas on a pirate costume. I didn’t want to spend over twenty dollars for the pirate costumes at the department stores so I went to the thrift store and came up with my own. … Read more
Here is a costume that my 8 year old specifically asked to be, a homemade Pirate Zombie costume. We decided to look through some scrap clothes we had in this old box that we were going to scrap and found the perfect match for the outfit. With a little bit of shredding and adding webbing … Read more
I basically did the same costume as Parrot 05 that is shown here, but tweaked it a little bit to made it work for my daughter. My husband and I were also pirates along with our dog Pedro. We got the one piece red suit as a hand-me-down and I followed the same pattern here. … Read more
The pirate costume was built on top of a plastic wagon that we had here in the yard and has served before in costume making. I placed a piece of 3/4 inch plywood on the deck and began wrapping it with cardboard and getting the shape down, then I cut long strips for the sides … Read more
This is my son’s Captain Hook costume from last year. If you could not tell it is Captian Hook from Peter Pan. Every year we try to come up with a theme, that year it was Peter Pan. I found some pictures on site of Captain Hook for reference in colors and such. I think … Read more
My 8 yr old daughter Katelynn just couldn’t wait to try this Homemade Dead Pirate on. Just a bunch of shredded clothes. I made a crocheted chain brown wig for the stringy hair look, liquid latex and toilet paper with the usual face paint, plastic bubba teeth and a spray bottle of blood, cobweb and … Read more
This pirate costume was inspired by a toy parrot and the fact that Halloween in Minnesota requires a warm costume! When my three year old son wanted to be a pirate with a parrot I knew the costume would have to include a coat. I prefer not to sew especially not heavy fabrics so I … Read more