I had this idea to do a unique play on words costume and though I am not an artist my wonderful hubby is. At first he thought of one thing but I thought that idea would take up too much time so we put our heads together and came up with this homemade butter-fly wordplay … Read more
I had heard of this costume before but having seen the version available for purchase I was extremely disappointed so I decided to try and make a Homemade One Night Stand Halloween Costume myself. I started with simply a large brown box and quickly realized that it would be too big to have the arms … Read more
This year for Halloween my boyfriend and I were “Dunkin Donuts”. We only wanted easy costumes and he loves their coffee and who doesn’t love a pair of basketball playing donuts? The donuts are made of a polar-fleece material stuffed with polyfiber (which helped keep us warm for much of the night and also served … Read more
This BroBot Costume is a mix between a Lax Bro and a Robot, called the Brobot 3000. There is a lacrosse stick, backwards hat, flip flops, khaki shorts, and a polo with some shades for the Lax Bro part of the costume. For the Robot part, a cardboard box is cut to make the robot … Read more
Almost every year I make my own costume. I was at my youth group with no clue as to what I was going to be. Someone asked me a question and, of coarse, I knew the answer. But I gave her a little more information than she wanted and she said, “You can be such … Read more
My husband loves pigs in a blanket, which gave us the idea for this homemade pig in a blanket costume. We love homemade costumes with original ideas that no-one else will have! My sister was in college and didn’t have much money to spend on a costume and this was a very good penny pincher … Read more
I have created a Homemade One Night Stand Costume. It is full body that wears like a Hat, skirting goes to the ground, with suggestive articles on top. I wore a sexy but NOT revealing outfit, all in red with fluffy high heel slippers. I took 1st place at the “Magic Lamp” in Rancho Cucamonga, … Read more
I am always looking for new and unique ideas for unusual Halloween costumes. I LOVE Halloween!!! Last year I came across the Holy Cow costume idea whilst Googling. Now, being a person of ample size and girth I thought “how challenging could this be?” So I went out and bought a black long-sleeved tee, sewed … Read more
We found our inspiration from this website, took it and ran! Costume Supplies: Hanes Mens Tank tops (We used smalls) Hanes Mens Whitey Tighties (we used mediums) Bags of cotton balls (for 5 costumes, we used 27 normal-sized bags; we recommend buying larger bags from a wholesale store) Hot Glue Guns and Glue Sticks (We … Read more
I began working on this couch potato costume in September 2007. My little brothers have a most creative Halloween Costume Contest at their school so we are always up against some pretty tough competition. It only took a few days to finish the costume, it would have been a little sooner, but I had to … Read more
My old roommate (RIP) made this hell in handbasket costume. I have no idea what gave her the idea for this. It was probably just one of those random ideas. The costume looks like it was pretty easy to make. A large bucket with a hole cut out of the bottom, the devil’s fork, and … Read more
The first part of the Couch Potato Costume made is the potato. I bought a textured beige curtain panel, folded it in half, sewed the rectangle 3/4ths around, leaving enough room to stuff it with quilt batting. I then sewed small pockets across the top and bottom of the stuffed rectangle and ran elastic through … Read more