Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
My husband and I decided to have our baby be a Cabbage Patch Kid for her first Halloween because everybody says she looks like one. We built it out of wood and painted it by hand, it is 1.75 scale of an original Cabbage Patch Kid box. We have included an official Babyland General Hospital … Read more
This is my daughter Zoë on her first Halloween. She was about seven months old at the time. During my pregnancy, eggs, and fried chicken were my favorite. It was especially funny as before I was pregnant chicken on the bone in any fashion was something I just wouldn’t eat. The chicken costume was adorable … Read more
I got an idea for turning our six month old into the Pillsbury Doughboy for Halloween. We already had a long sleeve white onsie and white cotton pants so I bought a small piece of white material to make his neck handkerchief. I went to a restaurant supply store for the chef’s hat and had … Read more
This is Kai in a Homemade Baby Cow Costume. Kai is a very fun and energetic 5 month old baby. Kai decided to become a cow this year because he is always getting called chubby. His utters light up as he Mooooves through the night. This is Kai’s first Halloween this year and instead of … Read more
I was having a hard time coming up with a costume for my 10 week old daughter, Calista, and wanted something different than the typical jalapenos, ladybugs and tootsie rolls that were on the store shelves and would also incorporate her stroller in some way. I actually got the idea while browsing some of the … Read more
I came up with this concept of a Homemade Coppertone Girl Costume because I was thinking of a brand icon to dress up as. I bought a fake butt and spray painted it to look pale. I put together a bathing suit with a bigger bottom to cover the fake butt. I then bought a … Read more
You could hear laughter from blocks away “Wow! Look at the stick person!” Every person at every home we visited for treats had to see what the glowing costume was made of. And when we’d turn to leave and the host or hostess would catch a glimpse of the costume’s backside they would laugh hysterically. … Read more
I decided to be an orange crush pop can. The orange fabric is stretchy, it was originally white, me and my mom dyed the color with a fabric dye (used red) as it faded, we then stitched the fabric as a tube top dress. The ‘Crush’ logo, was sketched out using a pillow case, the … Read more
I wanted my son to stand out for Halloween and the store costumes were just not doing it for me. Then one day while I was putting away the toys I came across a Jack-In-The-Box. What a perfect costume for my son Jack!. I got out a box from moving recently and just started coloring … Read more
I thought up and created my 20 month old son’s Homemade Garden Gnome Boy Costume this year. I wanted to be creative, but keep it simple and didn’t have money to be spending on an extravagant costume anyway. It is very basic, but with the help of my mom and a friend, we made this … Read more
This car costume is constructed using recycled cardboard, spray paint, a pair of suspenders, and duck tape. Total Spent: $20
It all started about a week ago. Me, and my friend were sitting around the table, doing the norm. Suddenly we decided a costume was needed. We were going to be hitting up all the major clubs in AC, getting crazy in NYC, and a standard costume was not gonna cut it. Of course, being … Read more