It took us about 3 hours to get our costumes on the second time around. We painted ourselves with body paint, mixing teal and dark blue for the base and painting our stripes on with just dark blue. I made my loin cloth and top with a fake leather material and he bought khaki pants … Read more
I got the idea for this Homemade Stay Puft Marshamallow Man Costume from this site, but I am someone who needs perfection so I decided to elaborate on it. I bought 2 pairs of sweat suits (1 med., 1 XXL) and I sewed them inside of the other. Then stuffed each section with stuffing from … Read more
I made this Otis Costume from House of 1000 Corpses. I bought the red robe and white wig online, but all of the masks we found were lame and expensive. So, I bought face paint and did it myself. Most people really didn’t know who I was except the true horror buffs out there. Everyone … Read more
This Homemade Spaceballs Halloween Costume took a lot of time to make, especially Lord Dark Helmet’s. Lord Dark Helmet’s costume was made out of a witch’s coldren & black foam core that was scored and taped on the inside. The eyes were regular window screen to allow visibility. The clothes were pieced together from many … Read more
For our workplace’s costume contest this year, my co-worker (“Lucy”) and I (“Ethel”) decided to dress as our favorite episode of I Love Lucy: “Job Switching.” It’s little wonder why this episode was one of Lucille Ball’s favorites; I had so much fun researching ideas and watching the show to pull this Lucy and Ethel … Read more
We went to Lowes and got 2 4’x8′ foam core insulation boards. Also asked for a donation of a refrigerator box for the spine. Got some yellow spray paint ( I think we went through 4 cans) and red felt. I had a scrap of black fabric at the house for the eyes. Cut your … Read more
This was a fun project that my son and I worked on together. We saw the angry bird costumes for sale and he immediately goes, “Mom, you can make that better!” We used fleece and felt and sewed the Angry Birds Couple Costume together. Using a hula hoop at the bottom of each costume so … Read more
REAL WORKING Homemade iPhone and Headphone Couple Costume!! Complete with speaker that played music from the face mask. Made from 3 pieces of 4″ thick foam glued together and then sculpted with an electric turkey shaver. Foam was then covered with duct tape for strength and then painted white. Exactly a 1:30 ratio replica of … Read more
When my daughter was 3, she wanted to be a flower for Halloween. I tried to come up with something my then 6 month old son could be which would coordinate with her costume. Hence, the bumblebee costume. These Flower and Bee Costumes were pretty easy. They were basically made with felt and sweatsuits. I … Read more
My husband wore his typical hunting attire along with a mullet wig. My husband was especially excited about the wig because he is bald. We wired some antlers to a brown stocking cap for the deer costume. The antlers were a little heavy and I couldn’t turn my head too quickly! We used black felt … Read more
It was my sisters 13th birthday and she had a costume party. There was no theme really but my friend Laura and I wanted something completely different. We had loads of ideas of like Barbie and Ken Robbers fairies but they were rubbish ideas. So after looking on the internet for ideas we thought of … Read more
My fiance and I decided to go in a Homemade Drew Carey and Mimi Bobeck Couple Costume for our annual Halloween party. We ended being voted most original!