Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
Katy Perry’s California girls music video was the inspiration for this Homemade Katy Perry (California Girls) Halloween Costume Idea. The costume was relatively simple to make. I took a pair of denim shorts and spray glued sparkles on them. For the cupcakes, they are made with spray foam, and construction paper and sparkles as the … Read more
We love the E*Trade baby commercials and we decided to dress our 11 month old son in a Homemade Etrade Baby Costume. At first when we thought of the idea I was a little worried not enough people would understand. But I was definitely wrong, it was a big hit and everyone thought our son … Read more
Write-up: Since moving 550 miles away from our home last year, we’ve decided to start to learn more about new cultures. Recently, I learned about the Mexican culture and especially the holiday celebrated, Dia De Los Muertos, Day of the Dead. I found pictures of the “sugar skull” online and was intrigued by how elaborate … Read more
Me and my four friends all decided to be Taco Bell’s “fire” hot sauce packets for Halloween this year. We bought the fabric at Joann fabrics and it is pleather fabric which looks a lot like the hot sauce packets themselves. One of the girls moms sewed the dresses for us in a form fitting … Read more
As I was trying to come up with costume ideas, I thought about how everyone wants to see the Mona Lisa in far away France. Why not give everyone here an opportunity?! My friend works at a museum and so she got me a box that they use to ship large paintings. I cut the … Read more
This is my homemade Ke$ha costume. I based the costume off of her music video “Tik Tok” especially the lyrics, “Wake up in the morning feelin like P-Diddy, grab my glasses I’m out the door I’m gonna hit the city before I leave, brush my teeth with a bottle of Jack, cause when I leave … Read more
I pretty much got an old pair of shorts and a swim suit top, and hot glued a bunch of leaves from a vine I had around the house for my Homemade Sexy Eve Halloween Costume. I even had some old brown heels I hot glued leaves on. Everyone loved it. The best costume I’ve … Read more
I made this homemade flower bud costume for my second daughter when she was 3 months old. It is an accompaniment to the hydrangea costume that I made for my other daughter. It was pretty simple. I started with a crocheted green hat. I cut flower shapes out of felt and layered them for contrast. … Read more
The Homemade Bobbits Couple Costume (John & Lorena). We have a costume Halloween party every year and we wanted something nobody else would think of. One day the vision of this costume came to me so I put it into reality. It was so easy to throw together too. For John’s costume: hubby just wore … Read more
I wanted to do something a little different than the usual Eve in a bikini and underwear look, but I still wanted the costume to be sexy. The materials I started with were a green bra, and old skirt and I also took an old shirt and cut two long strips of fabric from it … Read more
My sister and I were going for a rock and roll theme when trying to decide what it was we wanted to dress up as for Halloween. We were thinking Metallica, Kiss, Ozzy, you name we thought about it! Finally we came up with songs instead of groups and this Highway to Hell and Stairway … Read more
This “BABErham” costume was to poke fun at the idea that costume companies have a “sexy” version of every type of costume. There’s never been a Sexy Abraham Lincoln, for good reason, so I decided to create a Homemade Sexy Abraham Lincoln Costume myself. I used materials I already had, high heel shoes, nude fishnet … Read more