This homemade Head on a Platter Halloween costume was a last-minute decision but was a big hit. We made the costume in about half an hour for less than $10. The table is made out of a cardboard box and a plastic tablecloth. We purchased plastic dishes, platter, cutlery and accessories for the table decorations. … Read more

This Homemade Head on a Table Unique Halloween Costume Idea is such a fun costume! My daughter won 3 local costume contests and was the hit of the neighborhood she went trick or treating in. You will need to start with a medium to large box. Cut a hole in the top for the head. … Read more

My son Taylor is so creative and he wanted to make his own costume this year. He wanted make a Homemade Head on a Platter Costume. He usually likes to be something scary on Halloween. I found this spider platter and a blood-dripping table cloth so we started from that. We had a box from … Read more

I was searching around this site last year and decided to do my version of a ‘Head on a Platter’ which could include 3 children in a group costume. I came up with this homemade Vampire’s Feast Group costume. I used a piece of foam core and cut a hole in the center. I had … Read more

I wanted my son to be something original this year. It worked, as everyone loved his Homemade Head on Platter Costume. People were constantly taking pictures of him at the homes we visited and people walking on the streets. Many of them stated that his was the best costume they have seen all night. It … Read more

The Homemade Table of Death Halloween Costume Idea: My son wanted to create his own costume this year and as a 10 year old had a challenging idea for me. He wanted to be what he called “The Table of Death”. We started with a large section of cardboard that measured 36 inches long and … Read more

I had to come up with the best costume (like I do every year), thought of what I could do too make everyone’s head spin and I came up with this Head on Platter Optical Illusion Costume idea. After coming up with the concept I took all the measurements and I figured out how too … Read more

I am a grade 12 student and my school always gets dressed and we have costume contests. I was thinking of what to be for Halloween as I wanted to do something that I had not seen at my school in all the years that I have been there. I made my costume out of … Read more

This homemade server and human platter couple costume was really fun and easy to make. As the table we used a large card-board box, with a hole cut out of the middle for the head. We then took off the two sides, which were at each side of the hips, so the arms could be … Read more

My daughter wanted to be scary and dead. She really wanted to do the head on the platter but it had been done a lot before so we decided to do something different. So she was “severed head fortune teller.” This Severed Head Fortune Teller Costume was really easy and just required a lot of … Read more

This Head on a Platter Costume was such an easy costume to make. We got everything at the dollar tree, including the boxes. We fitted one box on top of another one and made a holes for her neck and arms. I then glued two black plastic tables clothes to the box so that it … Read more