Coolest Homemade Costumes that Cost Less than $20 to Make
Okay, so we (oh, by ‘we’ i mean 3 best friends from the North East of England) we found out about a really cool Halloween party which would be held in one of Newcastle’s art galleries. After not a lot of persuasion at all we bought tickets and began to get our brains ticking to … Read more
My Son Matthew isn’t like the other kids. His classmates were all going as “store bought zombie _____ (fill in the blank, ex: zombie babseball, zombie army man, etc)” for Halloween, but not my boy. He enjoys Halloween and enjoys creating costumes that no one else has seen. This season- ‘Aircraft Carrier’. We have made … Read more
We came across an airplane as we were thinking and browsing for Halloween Costumes. Of course the 5 year old thought it was ‘cool’ and I thought, ‘I can make that’… famous last words. It actually was not nearly as difficult as I thought it might be. I found one big box for the body … Read more
My daughter is 8 years old and she thinks about halloween all year round. She knew last year that she wanted to be a headless person. Now how we were going to do it was the trick. We bought a couple long trench coats from a local thrift store. For only $2.00 each we didn’t … Read more
I needed a costume: I’m thrifty and creative. Hmmm, I always thought a mermaid would be cool to be. This was my first attempt at making/sewing something without a pattern…where and HOW do I start?! I already had some ideas & materials for props and embellishments-pearls & necklaces from a friend’s Gramma, ribbon/pearl sewing items, shells … Read more
We made the coolest scuba diver costume for Halloween this year. It even glowed!!! Our son was the happiest kid in town. It started back in the summer. We bought him a youth scuba diver kit for when we go to the local swimming pool. Our son is fascinated with the ocean, ponds, swimming pools, etc. If … Read more
This Halloween I wanted to stray from the typical sexy/cutsie costumes that are generally advertised for women. I wanted something a little more edgy and outgoing. I opted for the jigsaw character from The Saw movies. The idea to transform myself into this character was a pretty easy task. I needed something that would be … Read more
I was really happy with the way this costume turned out — and it was actually pretty easy to make. I made the tutu skirt out of tulle tied around an elastic waistband. The top is a white t-shirt with felt buttons tacked onto it. (I glued on some black jewels to make the buttons … Read more
Whilst browsing the pre-made, packages of Halloween costumes this year with my boyfriend, Shaun, I noticed a lot of the womens’ options were very risque. This was our first costume party together and I enjoy dresssing up and turning heads, but I want them to notice my costume- not my lack of coverage. We gave … Read more
My daughter always insists on being a food item for Halloween! Here is is sushi costume: Make an interior tube, using thin flexible cardboard, be sure that the this tube fits over your child. Cover with biodegradable packing peanuts that look like rice. using a hot glue gun. Add green felt for wasabi, and sprinkle … Read more
The best thing about this costume was that all I had to buy was the Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil, Flexible Dryer Vent Hose, Silver Duct Tape and Led lights! Everything else in the costume were found items at home, like the empty tuna can “ears”, the empty egg carton for the front panel and empty … Read more
My family participates in All Hallows Fantasy Faire every year as the court of the Dark Fairy Queen (who I portray). This year my daughter wanted a Cheshire Cat costume, as we had planned on a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party for the children at the event. So, I began to search for striped fabric to … Read more