Coolest Homemade Dork Fish Costume

Homemade Dork Fish Costume

Ok, sooo I’m sure some of u are wondering what a dork fish is… well only people that watch Blue Collar Comedy would really know what it is unless you have heard it from someone. A dork fish is a silly thing that my husband started calling our son after watching that show. It was … Read more

Coolest Homemade Jellyfish Costume Design

Homemade Jellyfish Costume Design

I won an award at the Castro Street Halloween festival in San Francisco with this Jellyfish Costume Design! I started with some soft Styrofoam packing pieces, an umbrella and a hula hoop. CONSTRUCTION: I made a shoulder pad/costume stand out of two pieces of Styrofoam packing pieces large enough to put my head through (from … Read more

Coolest Jaws Shark Costume

Homemade Jaws Shark Costume

I made this Homemade Jaws Shark Costume for my freshers ball at uni where the theme was “movie night”. With no money but a lot of cardboard I took the obvious decision to go as Jaws. The head, fin and tail are all just cardboard, paper mache and paint. I was pleasantly surprised at how … Read more

Coolest Homemade Mermaid Halloween Costume

Homemade Mermaid Halloween Costume

This Homemade Mermaid Halloween Costume was my costume a few years ago. I made it by buying a mermaid style wedding dress and it in half to just use the skirt. I spray painted the white dress with 4 colors of blue and green. I cut hundreds of tiny “scales” out of colorful and shiny … Read more

Coolest Mermaid Costume

Coolest Mermaid Costume 30

I decided to be a mermaid this year, I love making my costumes. This one took me a lot longer than any others I have made but it turned out exactly how I imagined. Here is step by step the best I can tell you how I made it. A lot was trial and error … Read more

Cool Homemade Octopus Costume

Homemade Octopus Costume

I believe I had a very original Homemade Octopus Costume. I had some shiny pink material left over from the year before and was brainstorming what to do with it. My roommate threw out an octopus and I latched on to that real quick. Rather than being all shiny and pink, I thought it would … Read more

Coolest Homemade Jellyfish Costume

Homemade Jellyfish Costume

MATERIALS NEEDED for this homemade jellyfish costume: * Oversized (golf style) umbrella * Pink iridescent fabric (1.5 yard square) ($3) * White iridescent fabric (1.5 yard square) ($3) * 2 white feather boas ($2 each) * 2 pink feather boas ($2 each) * White string * Pink satin fabric for “dress” ($3) * Pink scarf … Read more

Coolest Scary Catfish Costume

Coolest Scary Catfish Costume

I was inspired by the videos of the Coolest Homemade Killer Fish Halloween Costume Idea 11 submitted by Brian T. (Joliet, IL, USA). I decided to make my own Scary Catfish Costume. First I took an old Darth Vader helmet and covered it inside and out with Duct tape. To form the Jaws of the … Read more

Coolest Angler Fish Homemade Costume

Homemade Angler Fish Costume

This costume is homemade and is of an angler fish. Many people don’t know what that is so I often reference the movie Finding Nemo where the scary fish with the dangling light comes into play. This Homemade Angler Fish Costume has a working LED light on one of the top spikes. I was very … Read more

Coolest Blue Mermaid Costume

Homemade Blue Mermaid Costume

This Blue Mermaid Costume is my third mermaid costume creation. Three kinds of fabric were used: stretchy bathing suit material for the lower torso, glowing blue raw silk for the tail, and irradescent material for the bra. The bra is easy: make a tube of fabric, pleat the center and Velcro the two ends together … Read more

Cool Homemade Mermaid Costume

Homemade Mermaid Costume

With this Homemade Mermaid Costume I cut strips of fabric in all the colors of the rainbow for the scales and finished the edges with fabric glue. I used a stretchy fitted skirt underneath to sew it to. I wanted my legs to be water so I have blue waves on my shows with sequence … Read more

Coolest Homemade Lobster in a Clam Shell Baby Costume

Homemade Lobster in a Clam Shell Baby Costume

I decorated by myself this Homemade Lobster in a Clam Shell Baby Costume. Took a stroller to create the clam shell. I took one big cardboard box and paper mached it into the shape of a clam shell. Painted the shell outside white, inside pinkish. Had to put cushion where my son laid as he … Read more