I like the idea of headless costumes and never want to spend a fortune on costumes. So I decided to make a waiter serving…well me! I hate when costumes are too tall as they don’t look quite right so I got a hollow mannequin body and strapped it to my back. Taking an old suit … Read more
This particular headless Bride halloween costume was inspired by an old wedding dress found in a vacated rental property. I borrowed a backpack and some tent poles from my nephew. Next, I stuffed an old t-shirt with plastic grocery bags. You could use any kind of stuffing, these were handy and lightweight. Then I slid the t-shirt over … Read more
We got an over sized button up shirt from Goodwill, flower foam for the neck piece, silicone putty for the meat look, corrugated tubing for the blood veins and arteries, empty pretzel jar with the back cut out, and breathing holes drill in front of his mouth, and fake blood. This head in a jar … Read more
For my son’s costume we decided on an illusion costume. We made this headless cook costume. I first got a cardboard box I cut up and shaped to fit on my son’s back. I tied on sports shoulder pads to the top of the box. I then got an extra large black button-up shirt, put … Read more
Every year our school has a Book Day and the children come dressed as their favorite book character. As they have been learning about the Tudors and my daughter is a big fan of the Terry Deary Horrid Histories books, she wanted to go as Henry VIII’s second wife, Anne Boleyn. I decided it just … Read more
I dressed up in a headless costume, inspired by ideas from this website. I used a kid-sized roller bag and cut away most of it (including the wheels) so that only the handle and the part that goes against the back remained. Using duct tape I secured the handle up in place, and attached a … Read more
This is a Homemade Headless Bride Costume. I used plaster of Paris bandages and made a mold of my upper torso and painted it to look like flesh. I then sprayed the inside of the mold with spray foam and glued it to a rolling back pack. I attached a wedding dress longer than I … Read more
For this homemade headless butler costume we started with a back pack and bubble wrap. We used a lot of duct tape and made a form which we stuffed into a shirt. When he put the backpack on his back he stuck his head thru the shirt and we cut a hole in the apron … Read more
This Homemade Headless Costume was actually an idea from this page. I used almost everything from things lying around the house. The coat and paint were the only things we purchased and the coat only cost a couple dollars (the thrift store was perfect for this costume). We used old pool ladder handles for the … Read more
Michael and I made this Homemade Headless Halloween Costume using a rolling backpack. We duck taped the handles to they would stay upright. We used 2 faucet insulators for shoulders, and duct taped them to either side of the upright handle. We used 2 triangular faucet insulators for the neck and head, and duct taped … Read more
This costume is a variation of the “headless-boy” costume we’ve made in previous years that was just too spooky! It’s easy to make out of cardboard and old clothes. You simply use cardboard to build some fake shoulders and fake arms that rest on the child’s shoulders. Then you use an old trench coat that … Read more
My son’s costume is a Headless Boy Costume. I made it out of a dress coat, a back pack and a lot of imagination! I had such a great time making this costume ! He won first place in our local costume contest and got his picture in the paper! People were taking his picture … Read more