Halloween is fast approaching and you have no costume. Sound familiar? Some of the most creative people are major procrastinators. Okay, we may have made that up. But we can definitely relate. Maybe a little too well. Lucky for us, this section has over 700 pictures of homemade costumes and how-to’s to create your own fabulous DIY costume.
Best of all, last minute costumes usually mean using materials you have around. This translates into saving money! So you can have cool homemade costumes that are made super quickly and inexpensively.
Looking for something funny? Check out the lost dog and cat costumes here. Feeling nostalgic? Using just a bucket, a bandage and a friend, you can dress up as Jack and Jill. Handy with makeup? Try a Day Of The Dead or a pop art costume. Always aspired to be a Mr. October? Now you can be!
In addition, you will see classic costumes like nerds, vampires, skeletons and movie and television characters. With hundreds of images to inspire you, what are you waiting for?
I’ve learned from years prior that I have to “warm” the kids up to my ideas for their costumes. So for my Noah’s costume we watched the Wizard of Oz and got him excited to portray one of the characters. But rather than dressing as a Tin Man or a Lollipop Guild character, we went … Read more
Here is my 9 year old son dressed up as the spectacularly awesome Shadow of Peter Pan. Full disclosure- this costume is only semi-homemade since it does include a morph suit, but nonetheless it was still an original idea and if I may say so, totally kick-ass! He had been asking for a morph suit … Read more
I have always wanted my kids to do this Chia head costume for Halloween and they never would. My office had a Halloween party and I was going as a witch and at the last minute I said “I’m doing it!’” So I ran to Hobby Lobby and bought a shrub, a hot glue gun and a … Read more
This homemade Energizer Bunny costume was a last minute costume idea. I stressed out quite a bit about what I was going to be for Halloween, then the light clicked on! I figured, its easy, well known & not too crazy! I liked the costume because it was something everyone would know and recognize.. A majority … Read more
My daughter was obsessed with Monster High but we both knew there would be a million Monster High characters and we wanted something more creative. So one day, as we were cleaning out an old closet at my paren’ts house, we found my mom’s old First Communion Dress. It was yellowed and tattered. After all, … Read more
A group of us from work were running in the annual Big Dog Howl 5k in Columbus, GA and wanted to dress up as a group. We ended up winning the costume contest so that was exciting! I bought red shorts for each of us and covered them with white duct tape. One of the … Read more
I took on the challenge of making the best DIY Mummy costume for my seven-year-old Tyler who decided he wanted to be something creepy for Halloween. I made this mummy costume by cutting old white t-shirts into strips and then dying them with tea. They sat in the tea for 4 hours. Then, I rinsed them, dried … Read more
So I was shopping for costumes online and came across a “Sexy Pinocchio” costume that cost $90 for a costume that barely had any material to it. I liked it but not that much so I decided to recreate the costume myself and it really wasn’t that hard to do. I tried to find a … Read more
It was October 29th. Me and my daughter were trying to make a homemade costume for a costume party. A peacock costume? No feathers I said. A cowgirl? No hat. A witch? No broom. We just couldn’t find any homemade costume around the house. So then we gathered all the possible things around the house. … Read more
This Alien Baby Abductor costume is super easy to make and really has an awesome optical illusion effect. We used an alien mask (full head type), a black grim reaper gown, baby onsie pj’s, baby bonnet, backpack, foam ball, gloves and PVC pipe — that’s it. The costume actually took a few hours to put together. … Read more
I came up with this idea like a week before Halloween . My 1 year old already had a store bought costume but that’s not really my thing! Sooooo, I found a white long sleeve onsie she already had and grabbed some red white and blue felt from the craft store. I got the gold medals … Read more
I always made my kids halloween costumes! Halloween is my FAVORITE Holiday!!!! So my first granddaughter is born and my son says: Mom… What are you going to make for my baby??? Skylar was six months old in 2012. I wanted an easy costume that was comfortable to wear AND it would be wonderful if … Read more