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…
It all started 5 years ago when I heard on the radio there was free dance instruction for the Michael Jackson “Thriller” and they were participating in the Guinness Book of World Record for the most dancers doing the thriller dance simultaneously at the same time around the world. I wanted in and that is … Read more
It became clear to me that after having our 3rd child, we had the right family configuration to replicate The Simpson’s! From there, a Halloween idea was born. The icing was finding a wig for Marge that I could stuff to stand out. Spray painted red beads, strung some white beads for Lisa out of … Read more
I made my son’s costume last year out a white table cloth and brown hair color to make the bloody look on the table cloth….I wrapped the table cloth around the bed foam which I glued onto the crutches for the front legs and stilts for the back and black panty hose for ripped skin. … Read more
This is our baby, Graham’s, first Halloween. He is 8 months old now. I used to love holidays and Halloween growing up. But for years now with a job that demands especially long hours October through December, I hardly find time to put out a pumpkin or a Christmas tree anymore. We contemplated buying a … Read more
For my sons first Halloween we made his costume Chucky. Some say that dressing him up as Chucky was a little twisted but everyone has their opinions. But I’ve never seen such a big reaction when people saw him We bought him some over hauls and and striped shirt like Chucky wore then we had … Read more
When I first saw the Geico commercial with the money man, I looked at my husband who resembled this person in the commercial. We bought fake play money and stiched them individually onto a pair of jeans and a long sleeve button down shirt. We ride motorcycles so we had a skull helmet. We taped … Read more
My friend and I decided on Eustace and Muriel costumes this year because Courage the Cowardly Dog happens to be one of our favorite series. We made the costumes with the help of our seamstress. For Muriel it was easy. We just got two yellow cloth sheets and sewed them into the proper shape. For Eustace … Read more
My 15 year old daughter created this mason jar optical illusion costume. We saw different variations last year on the internet and we thought “We can do this”, so she created this costume for her 7 year old brother Mason. We used an old lab coat, cereal boxes, plastic bags and a backpack to raise … Read more
My sister loves to sew. She makes homemade quilts, clothes, bags, jewelry, bows, etc. She made my niece a clown costume with leftover material she had from making other things. Homemade bows were made out of used ribbon. Her hair was dyed with Kool-aid packets. Homemade suspenders and a design sewed on a t-shirt were … Read more
The idea to create a Lord Business costume as my son’s official Halloween 2014 costume was not an easy task. In fact, once I realized exactly the type of character I was dealing with, I was worried. I kept eyeballing those cheap $5 dollar store costumes every time I ventured out for supplies. This all … Read more
I wanted to do something that was recognizable, but different. I was thinking I would be a bunny of some-sort, yet that seemed too ordinary. The Energizer Bunny, now that was going to be something different. I bought the standard ear and puffy tail. For my body part I bought a pink too-too with … Read more
This costume was put together in 48 hours and didn’t cost much at all! When I was told we had a last minute Halloween party 2 days before I decided to look in our closet for inspiration. I had the teal Mexican style dress already and some red ankle cowboy boots. My husband owned cowboy … Read more