This DIY costume collection has sparked heated debates. While many parents enjoyed dressing up their kids in these last minute costumes, many others were troubled by the idea. You are welcome to check out these bum and hobo costumes and form your own opinions on this topic.
Designing these costumes was fun and easy. Kids loved dressing up and receiving adoring comments and tons of candy. However, many of our readers feel uncomfortable with this idea. The plight of children around the world hits very close to home.
The motivation for creating a homemade costume is to save money while creating precious memories with your family. People here are extremely grateful to be able to celebrate Halloween in a special way with family and friends. However, each individual needs to decide for themselves what their comfort level is with these costumes.
Browse through these DIY costumes and see what you think. Perhaps you will be inspired to create your own costume to raise awareness for a cause you feel close to.
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I started this easy Halloween costume idea by going to Good Will and doing some shopping. I found an old flannel jacket that was about a size to small, so the sleeves were short. Then I found a pair of work boots that were worn and a pair of overalls. At the time my son … Read more
This was on son in 2012. I decided to do this costume because, again, we were very tight on money at the time. I went into the Goodwill and purchased a pair of jeans that were a little big and a button down flannel shirt. I started by getting my husband to break out his … Read more
Last year I really wanted to be creative and different with my son’s costume! I didn’t want him to be like the other kids in the neighborhood simply because I wanted him to stand out. Also with the price of costumes these days , its much cheaper to do it yourself so we decided to … Read more
Ain’t too proud to beg… My daughter loves a good laugh…so we started brainstorming ideas of what she could be for Halloween. She had started off with being a hobo…but the idea transpired into something much greater. We went to our local Goodwill store and purchased an old pair of jeans and an old flannel … Read more
We always make several Halloween events each year and thus the kids want different costumes for each one we go to. So this year, for one of the trunk or treats we kept it simple and used costumes from a previous year and changed them up to be new. The boy bum was previously used … Read more
Originally, we didn’t have a Halloween costume for my nephew. We were headed to Trunk Or Treat at our church and had to quickly pull something together. We had this easy, last-minute Toddler costume idea: Hobo. Everyone loved it! People were stopping to take pictures of/with him and we were the talk of the town. … Read more
This is a basic Halloween costume idea. All you need is an old pair of pants, a shirt, a wig, a beard and some Austin Powers teeth. Rip up your pants and dirty them with some paint. You can do the same with the shirt. Then get some cardboard and a sharpie and make a … Read more
My Grandkids end up with store bought costumes every year. So this year I wanted to make something we all could be alike. I had fun making us all look like Ho Bo’s. We even got free food at two different places. We had so much fun at Halloween. My grandkids thanked me over and … Read more
This Homemade Homeless Child Costume probably goes better for kids seeming how it’s meant to be funny.
We created Austyn’s Homemade Little Hobo Child Halloween Costume by using an old sweater with plaid patches sewn inside and out. I used sand paper to wear the clothing down to look old and rugged. I also took scissors across the sweater and pants to make the holes in them. We got an old man’s … Read more
This Homemade Bum Costume is a cool homemade costume of a homeless person. Made with old and torn clothes, shoes that had a hole in it, which was cut open with a bandage on the sock. Dirt on the face with a sock filled with socks. What is so easy to do. With a sign … Read more