Hello people of the world! I am an unemployed woman who loves her hobby! Costume making! I love my hobby so much that it constantly takes over at least half my room at a time (usually my bed so I have to sleep next to cello tape and pencils!) But enough about me! Lets get to … Read more
This swamp monster, officially dubbed as Seymour Fishgerald, started out as a simple concept sketch. The idea came to me as I was talking to the supervisor of a local haunted walkthrough. As we discussed our ideas for how to scare the pants off of poor, innocent people for the seasonal Haunted Hollow, I realized … Read more
For the last five years I have been creating walking illusion costumes and this year, I did it again. I created the “Wrecked Tennis Player”. The best thing of this costume, was that it wasn’t heavy and bulky like the ones that I have made before. I took an old tennis racket that I had … Read more
I wanted to make a unique costume that people would recognize, but would stand out from the crowd. I love Alfred Hitchcock so Tippy from “The Birds” was an easy pick. I took a vintage suit from Goodwill, sliced it up, and added coagulated blood for effect. I used a prosthetic eye, to make it … Read more
I really liked the idea of the headless horseman and was thinking of something different and ghoulish to make. After watching Shrek with my kids I came up with this Homemade Gingerbread Man’s Revenge Costume on Gramma. I bought yards and yards of beige felt and cut out a front and back in the shape … Read more
I decided to do the Homemade Silent Hill Bubble Head Nurse Costume because they are both sexy and scary!! I chose to do the Nurses from the movie rather than the ones from the game just because I like the way they look better. This was a group costume, my sister was also a nurse … Read more
I wanted to make a unique costume that people would recognize, but would stand out from the crowd. I love Alfred Hitchcock so I went with the Exorcist this year. I’m a blonde so no one knew it was me. I took a cheap polyester night gown and dumped chunky split pea soup down the … Read more
I wanted to do something dramatic and kinda scary this year – so I came across those latex witch nose and chin pieces at a Halloween store and a lot of spirit gum! I played around with some liquid latex as well to make the whole face come together making it a fully movable face … Read more
This Homemade Art Student Zombie Costume is what happens when a Fine Arts student falls in an inspiration crisis. I’m a Fine Arts student at university. I had a party with friends and since I had already bought white contact lenses for another costume, I decided to use them again and to be myself, gone … Read more
I’ve been wanting to create a homemade Werewolf Halloween costume for awhile, and after 6 years in the Army, I finally completed my term of service and had some down time to make it happen. I’m the same guy that made the “Gargoyle” and “Reptile-man” costumes, previously featured on this site. I learned a lot … Read more
I wanted to make all of the original “scary” monsters since last year. I was able to get done with two of them. Here is The Wolfman! I found some stamps at a garage sale that were the heads of these monsters! So I carried The Wolfman around in my pocket for a week before … Read more
Creating my costumes all started two years ago in eighth grade when I thought “Why purchase your costume when you could be creative and make your own!” Then it started. This Homemade She Werewolf Costume is my third homemade costume and by far the most complex. I’ve put more hours into creating this than any … Read more