If you have a few days, you can make a killer homemade costume! Spare a few moments and browse through this section of over 1000 DIY costume ideas. None of these took longer than a few days, which means your costume is well on it’s way!
Send someone out to buy the candy so you can focus on a homemade costume idea. Will you go with movie characters like Forrest Gump and the Queen of Zamunda? Or will you transform yourself into a popcorn or crayon box? Your options are not limited, even if you only have a few days to prepare.
You can create a killer whale with a trainer costume, use a pregnant belly as a crystal ball for a fortune teller costume or build some really awesome optical illusion costumes. All this in just a few days!
In conclusion, don’t discount your dreams of becoming a windy weatherman or a pumpkin spice latte. Your homemade costume idea is waiting for you on these pages below…
I made this awesome pregnant woman’s costume – Bun in the Oven for Halloween 2011! I was 7 months pregnant. I wasn’t gonna dress up cause I was so huge but the idea came from my husband when he was looking online! so I thought it would be awesome! It took me like 3 days … Read more
I’m obsessed with Twitter and was in a national contest on the social media network the year I did this. It was only right I do a little more shameless self promotion and dress the part. What you’ll need: XL light blue t-shirt Feathers (If you can find light blue- perfect! If not, get white) … Read more
I was a pink flamingo and my boyfriend was a garden gnome- the Travelocity gnome to be exact. My costume was pink boas sewed to cover a shirt skirt. I didn’t want to wear a mask because I wear glasses, so I took a cheap eye mask and covered the eye holes to make them … Read more
I wanted to be a mummy, fresh from the sarcophagus, so I went to the local thrift store and I got some old white sheets, khaki pants, and cream colored turtle neck shirts. I tied some knots in the sheets and soaked them in the tub with a huge box of black tea for a … Read more
My nephew was looking for a really cool costume for his school’s Halloween parade and party. I’m the crafty one in the family so I was called on to make his idea come to life. He decided on Brainy Smurf after seeing the movie, but he didn’t want to paint his face blue. So … Read more
My name is Yvonne and I’m from San Pedro, California. Halloween has ALWAYS been one of my favorite holidays of the year. Since I can remember throughout my childhood (grammar school) my mother always handmade me original costumes to wear. Every year school staff looked forward to seeing what new creation my mother came up … Read more
I’ve seen plenty of kids costumes for Spaghetti and Meatballs, but not many for adults, so I accepted the challenge! For the record I’m not a fan of sewing, I prefer hot glue. BASE: I scoured thrift and resale stores for a red-and-white-checkered dress or tablecloth (Goodwill, Salvation Army). Although any red or Italian looking … Read more
This is a costume I made for my 5 year old as the character “Russell” from the Disney Movie Up. I really didn’t invest much money on this costume since I used many things that we already had at home to create it. Outfit: he wore a yellow polo and cargo shorts. He also wore … Read more
Last Halloween my then four year old daughter wanted to go trick or treating dressed as the family pet, our Bernese Mountain Dog, Berkley. I thought it was so sweet that she liked him so much she wanted to be him for Halloween. So I got to work planing in my head how I could … Read more
Our house had recently burned and we were in the process of redoing everything so we didn’t have any extra money. This was a box from our remodeling and a few building materials. My big idea was to make our son an outhouse for Halloween so I gave my idea to my husband and we … Read more
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? That question may be impossible but these Chicken and Egg costumes are pretty simple to construct. The chicken is just a shirt or leotard with two white boas attached every few inches. Then I had to die some tights yellow. To make the hat I found a white … Read more
I made this clubby Cheshire Cat costume head-to-toe! I handmade the corset using a simple pattern from Joann Fabrics – it laces in the back with alternating pink and purple ribbon long enough to drape down to my knees. I then made a patch worked round skirt that tied with ribbon, and laid it over … Read more