I have been The Bride of Frankenstein more than a dozen times over the years and this year I wanted to be more authentic. I used a piece of carpet that I hot glued together and place on top of my head and brought all my hair up around it and secured it with a … Read more
This is my Lego Superman costume which I made for our recent Royal Wedding street party. It took 4 weeks to make (much longer than I anticipated). The body started out as a large box which I adapted so that it was the correct shape for the Lego mini-figure. The head was simply a plastic … Read more
I put together this Batman costume for a relatively small investment of about a hundred bucks. The mask is a party store knock off which I slit up the back and put in laces to get a more snug fit. The belt is made of cigarette cases and wired together on a ladies belt all … Read more
This is my homemade 2009 Dark Knight movie Joker costume. This costume was created using clothing purchased from thrift stores. The long purple overcoat was once tan and was dyed purple. The green vest was once a green blazer. I simple cut the sleeves off and stitched around the opening that was left. The purple … Read more
I made this homemade Poison Ivy costume for my daughter. I bought the wig, but made the twisted hair headband from a cheaper wig I cut up, twisted and attached to a wire headband. I also attached silk plant leaves to the headband. The leaves over her eyebrows I sculpted from plaster of Paris. She … Read more
We decided on a Homemade Poison Ivy and Joker couple costume for Halloween, and of course I don’t buy costumes, the fun about costumes is making them! For the Joker, we got used clothes from thrift stores and cut and dyed them to be what we wanted! As for the makeup we did it ourselves … Read more
My son wanted to be a ‘Bad Guy’ and Two Face from Batman seemed like a fun one to create! We found a kid size blue suit jacket from a thrift store, along with some gray dress pants. I took fabric paint and painted half the jacket and half the pants. I went for the … Read more
Fabric/Notions used for this Classic 1966 Batman TV Series Catwoman Costume Julie Newmar Version”: 4yds of 36″ wide 2-Way Stretch Lame from Spandex House *This was the only supplier of this fabric which is exactly the same as what was used on the original costume. It was also the most expensive fabric I’ve bought at … Read more
This Homemade Hulk Unique Halloween Costume Idea I completed for 2010. It is made up of materials you can get at most stores. Such as Wal-mart, Home depot, Joanne Fabrics and so on. Some of the basic materials I used on this costume were, sheets of foam (for chair cushions), spray adhesive, spandex fabric, hot … Read more
My daughter loves the movie Kick A** she thinks Hit Girl is the best, so when its time to go Halloween shopping all she could think about is Hit Girl. I looked high and low for a Homemade Hit Girl Halloween Costume Idea, nobody had it, so I had to make it MYSELF. I download … Read more
Six Days, that was the total time available to put this Homemade Ironman Halloween Costume Idea together. Because of the short time, I had to find construction material that would aid in rapid assembly. For the arms and legs, I used cardboard carpet tubes I got (for free) from the local flooring company owner. Tube … Read more
I made these Homemade Ninja Turtles Halloween Costumes the day before Halloween, but they were easy to make, fun, and was under $10. First I made the shells: I went to a local grocery store (Safeway) and went dumpster diving for cardboard they were throwing out. You need to make sure that you have a … Read more