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 actually got the idea for this Homemade Erratic Bat Costume off this website, but appropriated it a little bit. Firstly I purchased about 2m of ‘batlike’ lycra material from a fabric shop. Then, as I have little to no seamstress skills, I somehow successfully managed to construct a jumpsuit simply by lying the fabric … Read more
Meet the Flintstones and the Rubbles! We made our Flinstones and Rubbles Halloween costumes out of felt and dress from Goodwill. While making them, we really had no clue what we were doing. We just looked costumes up on line and started cutting away. My friend and I had never used a sewing machine prior … Read more
This is the coolest Homemade Female Indian Costume ever. I made EVERTHING from including my headdress. I love to make my costume and costumes for my friends and this one came out perfect. So perfect I wore it to two different parties and everyone was amazed. I have never seen a costume like this and … Read more
BLACK BIRD: Materials for body: *Long black blazer style jacket (Thrift store $5) *Big fake ficus tree (Thrift store $10) *3 cans black spray paint *2-5 black feather boas (depending on thickness) *Lots of hot glue/glue gun 1. Paint the leaves of the ficus tree with black spray paint (clean dust off leaves first so … Read more
We decided this year to have a group Halloween theme. My friend, Christina, and I have toddlers 6 weeks apart and we thought it would be perfect to dress them up as Pebbles and Bam-Bam. Then we figured, the kids can’t do it alone! So, I designed, re-created and sewed seven costumes for the group. … Read more
This year I decided that I wanted a Homemade Sexy Peacock Showgirl Costume. I bought the 35”-40” peacock feathers from save-on-crafts.com (I found that this website was the most reasonably priced). I purchased 300 feathers, but I probably used half of those to make the tail. I got a thicker black poster board and hot … Read more
This car costume is constructed using recycled cardboard, spray paint, a pair of suspenders, and duck tape. Total Spent: $20
This homemade Peanut Butter and Jelly family costume first started when I purchased this store-bought Wonder Bread costume for my youngest son (in the center). I wanted his two older brothers to have something that “complimented” the theme. The inside frames of the costumes are both pop-up hampers (the Jelly one was hemmed up for … Read more
My 8 month old daughter was our inspiration for our costumes this year! Ever since she was born we have been told how she looks like Pebbles! So I decided to make a Homemade Flintstone Family Costume for Halloween. I went to Hobby Lobby for the following: – about 2 yards of white fabric – … Read more
We had great fun dreaming up this group Homemade Arby’s Family Halloween Costume Idea. I was trying to think of something minimal for my husband as he doesn’t like to dress up. The guy “thinking” Arby’s seemed like the perfect minimal costume. Then the wheels started turning in my head. Every husband should be thinking … Read more
My son is a villain fan and he wanted to have a Maleficent costume from Sleeping Beauty. We used a cape my sister had made for a Harry Potter costume. We used purple felt and made a dress. Then we took a black snow face mask and sewed horns onto it for her horns and … Read more
I decided to make my own peacock costume after searching through all the ones for women on the internet that look identical. I ordered tons of genuine peacock feathers online, and started my costume. I sewed a bodice to which I hot glued the feathers to. Then I utilized the long feathers for the back … Read more