This costume was made from a black turtle neck, black jeans and a beanie style hat I picked up at a thrift store. I bought the take board at the local party shop. It was stored under decorations. All I had to buy was the board and a mega phone. He won first prize out … Read more
My eight year old son wanted to go as the Master Chief character from Halo for Halloween this year. He actually wanted it last year but after I started on the helmet I realized it would take much longer than I originally thought! I purchased one of the Halo action figures to have something to … Read more
My daughter’s favorite hobby is to paint. This was the easiest costume I have ever made and meant the most to her than any of our Halloween costume ideas so far. I already had everything on hand. I used a long sleeve white dress shirt from her big brother’s closet and let her go to … Read more
I made a tomato costume for my baby Lucia. I used a red fabric for the hat and green fabric for the leaves. I put fabric leaves on top of the hat and around the neck. I used my baby’s red cotton babygrow for the actual tomato. The trick is to look among your child’s … Read more
My eight-year old nephew is really interested in space and originally wanted to be the planet Mercury for Halloween. My sister tried to talk him into a different child Haloween costumes knowing that it would be all but impossible to find a Mercury costume. I told her that I had found a sewing pattern to … Read more
I am always looking for new and unique ideas for unusual Halloween costumes. I LOVE Halloween!!! Last year I came across the Holy Cow costume idea whilst Googling. Now, being a person of ample size and girth I thought “how challenging could this be?” So I went out and bought a black long-sleeved tee, sewed … Read more
I decided on this funny homemade costume idea. I thought right about Will Ferrell and his characters. I had never seen a Mugatu costume before and I went for it. Total Spent: $35
This was a big hit for a last minute costume ideal. I used a thick project poster board and cut out the center to slide around the waste. I took a cheap piece of plaid material and cut out a hole to slide over the poster board and thus created a table. Next I added … Read more
2 1/2 year-old Caroline is infatuated with Little Orphan Annie!! Instead of the usual “trick or treat”, she crooned her off-key rendition of “The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow” at each doorstep! Obviously, she’s our extrovert… Her older siblings NEVER would have been so bold! This was one of my easiest home made costumes yet! … Read more
My mother made this costume for my daughter’s first Halloween. I always make homemade Halloween costumes for the kids’ and I like their costumes to be relevant to them. Since she was too young to have a favorite character we made her into her doll. We used pink fleece to make a jumper then added … Read more
Start your homemade adult costume by shaving your legs. Get tanning bronzer, blonde wig, shirt and bandanna on Amazon. Boxing or wrestling boots spray painted. Buy boa at any fabric store and belt at Toys R Us. Glasses at motorcycle shop. This is the best one yet. Total Spent: $100
Hi! Well here’s to another successful Halloween! This whole homemade costume idea started at work when my friend/co-worker and I were talking about whether or not we’d dress up for Halloween and jokingly came to a decision to dress up as Scorpion and Sub-Zero from Mortal Combat. Well… before the week was over the joke … Read more