I am a cat lover so I had to have a Catwoman Costume for Halloween at least once in my life. There are many variations of Catwoman’s costume. Michelle Pfeiffer’s makeup and Halle Berry’s costume inspired me the most to create my own version. I already had black liquid leggings, black boots, a black bra, … Read more
This Poison Ivy costume was actually a last minute idea. I thought of characters I could dress up as that also had intense red hair , so I thought Poison Ivy from Batman would be perfect. I had to purchase a few things to begin with, such as: – Green metallic leggings – Green body … Read more
Halloween has always been my Christmas so I decided that last year I would go as one of my favorite villains. I based the look of the Joker costume on the comic book Joker instead of any of the films designs. I picked up the purple suit in the ladies section of a charity shop … Read more
Made this Iron Man Halloween costume (by myself) out of 5/8″ and 1/2 inch thick(polyethylene) foam yoga mats, hot glue and other items found at thrift stores. Used scissors and X-Acto knives to cut the mats. Took about a month and devoted at least a couple of hours a day working on it. Made patterns … Read more
This Incredible Hulk Costume was a hilarious costume to wear because everyone thought I was a boy…I originally got the Hulk idea because I wanted the Hulk smash hands… so this is how it all started. I bought the Hulk t-shirt from a website, got green tights, purple sweat pants (cut the bottoms to look … Read more
I made these Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costumes from green body paint for the top of the body and face. The vest top was green (we had white and green tops because ours were for a pub crawl and we had to wear the tops as our ticket), you could also buy green material to … Read more
Clark Kent is the lazy man’s go to costume? Suit, t-shirt, glasses and you are there. To do it one better, I decided to base the Homemade Clark Kent Costume on a particular comic book frame of Clark Kent running through an office storage room with the tie flapping behind him. The tie is held … Read more
This is a picture of my college roommates and I each dressed up in a homemade Teenage Mutant Ninjas Turtles costume, with Master Splinter, April O’Neil, Casey Jones, and the Professor from TMNT Secret of the Ooze. We made our entire costumes. The undershell is made out of dyed tanks tops and underwear. We wore … Read more
I created this Rogue from the Xmen Costume almost entirely from scratch. I purchased a sewing machine just for the occasion and the 2 colors of spandex at a local fabric store in Boston. I made the body suit, added a zipper at the back so that I could get in and out of the … Read more
After a search for an awesome female villain, I decided on Mystique from X men because of her unique appearance. There aren’t many all blue characters out there! I love x men, and how mystique fights for the future of mutants. I started this Homemade Mystique Costume with a gold body suit that I bought … Read more
For a production I do, in order to get everyone excited some of us were asked to come dressed as superheroes. After looking on this very website for inspiration I decided on a Handmade Wonder Woman Costume. To make it I simply went out and bought a target red corset and high waisted blue underwear … Read more
I made this Homemade Wonder Woman Costume for my 21st birthday party (some years ago now, but anyway). I put it together from 1) a red leotard that I already had (and still have) 2) aqua nylon lycra shorts that were my sister’s – she wore them under her gymnastics leotard, I think; I used … Read more