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 purchased spandex material, one muscle suit (for female), two mustache’s, tall boots, one bald/nude wig, two wooden dowels and four foam balls to make the matching Strong Men costumes for my husband and I. I started by fitting the spandex into personal one shoulder singlets, then we spray painted “weights” using the dowels and foam balls. My husband shaved … Read more
Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip….(haha!). We took a trip to an island and sadly didn’t get deserted !! These were the easiest costumes made from pieces we already had and mixing some thrift store items with a couple wigs and ta-da! We put fake money … Read more
My friend and I decided we wanted to be Batman villains for Halloween a couple years ago. My Riddler costume was pretty easy to make. I bought a long sleeve cotton green dress on clearance from Old Navy and turned it into a tank top dress. I made stencils of all sizes for the “?” … Read more
This awesome Bender and the Head of Lucy Liu Halloween couple costume was made by me, but let’s face it – Bender and Lucy were made for each other. Bender was made first and is constructed of cardboard, clothes hangers, LOTS of duct tape, aluminum foil, and old radio aerial, Styrofoam for the eyes and … Read more
This Sassy Crayons group costume was my friends and my costume 4 years ago. (I’m Razzmatazz) We started by finding a simple jumper dress pattern. My friend Ashley’s mom was the seamstress. We selected 4 different colors that related closest to the big box of crayons. I then took a crayon, and free handed a Crayon … Read more
All I did for this homemade Mermaid costume was glued big seashells onto an old blue bra then filled the empty spaces with small broken shells. Looking back I would’ve done a nude colored bra instead. Then sewed a Goodwill-find green sequin tank top to a green stretch skirt I got from Forever 21. I … Read more
My sisters, Shiloh and Fontanna, made this beautiful Halloween original baby Peacock costume for my daughter, Bella, a couple of Halloweens ago. Everyone loved it! She practically floated from house to house in this dress. It is like a little princess gown. It is a very simple tutu dress that looks amazing and the headband … Read more
Buying a cow print vest and chaps was absolutely out of the question for this Woody and Jessie Couple Costume WITH Bullseye. Not only were they over priced, they also looked cheezy and fake. I went to my local fabric store and bought cow print velvety fabric, as well as black silk for the inside … Read more
I am a rocker at heart, so when I was trying to decide what to dress as for Halloween, which is undeniably my favorite holiday of the year, I let myself get a little bit inspired by a story from my dad’s childhood. When he was in middle school, he and some of his friends … Read more
I decided that I was so tired of all these costumes nowadays that have no originality that I deceived to make my boys last year. My husband had the idea for my younger son to be the KFC Man which was super easy since we had an all-white suite that was used just months prior … Read more
Meet the Smurfs, from left to right, Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Sassette Smurfling, Brainy Smurf. We love to make our own costumes, so we were able to make these costumes for under $25 a piece. It was very simple actually. After we chose which Smurf we wanted to be from the list of 100+ Smurf names, … Read more
I made the face out of hard felt, sunglasses, hot glued behind it lenses covered with white paper and just small hole to see through as the eyes. The body is inside out sweat pants with felt tail sewed on and turtle neck I dyed to match pants with sewed yellow felt belly. The boots … Read more