This Corpse in a Coffin Costume was my Halloween costume last year. I didn’t want to go to the party in a costume hundreds of other people would be wearing so I came up with idea off being a dead man in a coffin. I built the coffin out of cardboard and then added a … Read more
My son wanted to be headless this year and I actually got the idea for a Homemade Headless Boy Costume from this site. I used lots of bubble wrap to keep it lightweight. I took a longish rectangular box and put it in my son’s spare backpack. I then wrapped the box in bubble wrap. … Read more
my son is 2 in this picture. I didnt want to dress him up in a plastic superhero costume, so I made this Homemade Baby Mummy Costume out of spooky fabric at the Halloween store. I started at his feet and wrapped him like a mummy. He loved it and got tons of compliments. Super … Read more
This homemade Voodoo Doll costume is one of my Halloween costumes for last year. I found this great material on sale at Wal-mart that looks like burlap and red felt for the heart. It’s all one piece except for the mittens, shoe coverings, and the mask. I’ve oversized the mask and tucked it into the … Read more
My 6 year old daughter wanted to be a zombie this year. I wasn’t really excited about it until I started searching ideas online. I found out a few ways of making her look like an actual zombie. First off I started with Elmer’s school glue and toilet paper. I put glue on the areas … Read more
My 10 year old daughter loves Halloween more than any other holiday on the calendar. When she decided she wanted to be “headless” this year for Halloween, we started doing some research. We came across “Coolest-homemade-costumes.com” online and found several ideas that got the ball rolling. From Hockey players to doctors, there were “headless” examples … Read more
Being on a limited budget, KMart provided the answers for this costume. We used their Halloween makeup for the face and bloodstains. He had very little hair, after getting a crew cut, so that worked well. It didn’t take long to put on the white makeup, kind of nasty doing it and it did rub … Read more
This kids Halloween costume project began with my son wanting to be a monster. My first thought was how boring is that going to be for a four year old. So with some creativity we came up with a swamp monster. I began this project by dying the clothing (turtle neck sweat pants and gauze) … Read more
My son is in a wheelchair and very hard to come up with ideas to incorporated the chair, so I decided to make him into a haunter house table costume. I took a side of a cardboard box, put a hole towards the back to fit over his head then I braced it with wood … Read more
Using some of the ideas from this website, The Encyclopedia of Immaturity, and my own innovation, we created this “Headless Prom Queen.” The false shoulders are a piece of Styrofoam packing material I swiped from work, supported by a sturdy piece of cardboard (almost like a stick) that we secured to the kid’s back with … Read more
First, I bought an old white shirt, tie, suit coat and pants from the local thrift store. I tore holes in the pants and shredded the coat and tie to make it look old. Then I hot glued fake spiders and fishing worms to the suit coat. I also hot glued moss and leaves to … Read more
