I decided on a original little white lie costume. I chose the route of thinking a “Little White Lie” is whimsical and something that spares the feelings of others. I decided to resemble a white, sparkly fairy. I had recently been dumped for another woman, so I took great pleasure in cutting up a wedding dress! I cut it … Read more
My bestfriends and I decided to go in sexy three blonde blind mice costumes. We collected all of the items at different stores and created these masterpieces! The ears, gloves, cane and nylons were from the Sanfransisco store in Saint John, New Brunswick. The sunglasses from the Dollarstore and we paired them with a simple … Read more
I’m a pretty “punny” person so I couldn’t resist in 2009 to create a Halloween costume off this play on words. I had caught the perfect time since the zombie apocalypse phenomenon wasn’t too hip to the cool just yet and people still were impressed with zombie costumes. This Zom-Bee costume was quite simple, zombie makeup … Read more
So the previous year, I was a zom-bee (bee costume with zombie makeup) and I had to 1UP myself without the Mario, Luigi and Princess. My fiance and I had just started dating at the time and it was the first time I really had a significant other that wanted to do a couple costume! … Read more
I saw a version of this Homemade Bubblegum Under a Chair Costume a long time ago that involved some pink garbage bags and the girl holding her chair up all night. I finally decided to do it, because it’s awesome. To date, it’s the best costume I’ve made.It was hilarious. It took some explanation at … Read more
I always try to make costumes that play on words, so I made I made this “Deviled Egg” costume for my three year old son, complete with hood and cape out of bright red, shiny metallic fabric. I used a devil costume pattern purchased from the fabric store. The egg part of the costume is … Read more
I spent months thinking of what to dress up as for Halloween last year and not until the the day before did I figure out what I was going to do. Finally I typed in ‘Creative Halloween Costumes’ in Google, closed my eyes, scrolled down and up the page and clicked. It took me to … Read more
After many hours of exploring the coolest-homemade-costumes.com, we came across an adorable kid costume – a “devil”ed egg. My husband laid claim to this costume and I began brainstorming about a good companion costume. I came up with “angel” food cake. Most everyone got it and thought they were a quite clever Homemade Deviled Egg … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to be something unique and funny this year for Halloween. Neither of us wanted to be the average couples costume so we started brainstorming ideas of things that go together or things that are opposites. When I came up with the idea of the birds and the bees he loved … Read more
My son had the idea he wanted to be an “ipod Mini”. I thought it would be even more fun to make a pun on the name “ipod” and make him an “eyepod mini” as in a peapod of eyeballs with me as the “eyepod” owner listening to him (just like in the “apple ipod” … Read more
I wanted something funny/ scary. The handmade Cereal Killer Dog costume idea came from my dog attacking tearing apart a cardboard box. I also made the same costume for myself. Used a black dog coat made with 2 velcro belts sewn at chest & waist level as well as neck velcro’s on so costume doesn’t … Read more
Supplies for this costume: Raincoat Umbrella Several Stuffed Animals (Cats & Dogs) I used safety pins to secure the stuffed cats and dogs to the umbrella (on different areas of the umbrella). She wore the raincoat and carried the umbrella; I wouldn’t recommend this costume for a child younger than 5 (unless you use very … Read more