All I got for this costume was a blue onesie (I already owned one), red socks (already had these too), red felt, yellow felt (which costs like 20 cents at WalMart), some glue and satiny fabric for the cape (Velcro if you want the cape to be detachable). I just cut out the superman emblem … Read more
My 2 year old son has become obsessed with Monster Jam trucks in the last few months and so I decided that for Halloween this year he should be his favorite Monster truck which is Batman. To make the Homemade Batman Monster Truck Costume the following materials are needed: 1 — Hot wheel monster truck … Read more
My son’s school only allows “career-themed dress-up” for Halloween at school. So, instead of having to do 2 costumes, we went with one idea and spruced it up for Trick-or-Treating! For Career Day, he was an attorney. We had a nice suit on hand with a white button-down shirt, tie, & dress shoes. I also … Read more
The idea to create a Homemade Wonder Woman Halloween Costume came about because I really wanted to dress up but did not want to buy a costume. I looked in this web page “Coolest Homemade Costumes” for ideas and found some pretty good insight. I looked at home and found a red dress, which I … Read more
This is my entirely homemade 2009 Dark Knight Batman costume. The main materials used in the making of this costume are paper, fiberglass and aluminum. The cowl is a paper base that is siliconed together with several layers of fiberglass resin to make the cowl hard. It is finished with bondo and a latex flat … Read more
My brother, who is the one dressed as Batman, is a huge Batman and Robin fan. He had read in wizard magazine about a contest for homemade costumes and he wanted to enter it. First it started as him and my son Blake, as Robin, then be talked me into being Wonder Woman. We thought … 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
Every year my son (who is now seven) has requested costumes for our entire family and I have made them. This year he wanted to be Robin the boy wonder. He assigned his father the role of Batman, his uncle the role of The Penguin, his baby brother was cast as the penguin’s animal sidekick … Read more
I was initially inspired by costumes on this website. I have always wanted a Wonder Woman Halloween costume, but never found the right commercially available costume. As others have commented, this one took a long time! But it was worth it. I made the bustier and bottoms from a spandex blend, hand beaded gold PVC … Read more
This Homemade Green Lantern Costume is 100% hand made! My boyfriend and I worked on it for about 2 and a half weeks. First we went to Wal-mart and bought black spandex pants and a top. Then we went to Joann’s fabrics, and bought green spandex material and gray material. We also bought craft molding … Read more
I made this Homemade Batman Dark Knight Costume for an office Halloween costume competition. I did it in about 4-5 days, out of things that were already lying around the house. It’s basically made out of colored rubber puzzle mats, a yoga mat, biking elbow and knee paddings, biking gloves, cardboard, 2 rolls of black … Read more
This is what you will need to make a Homemade Aquaman Costume: 1) Orange Under Armour jersey from Academy (only available in kids, so had to get kids XL). 2) Aqua colored tights from American Apparel (way over priced). 3) Black speedo. 4) Beaded, green, net tank top from mom’s closet (no mom was not … Read more