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?
Us girls were at our weekly happy hour, on my deck, brain-storming on what we wanted to be for Halloween. I had a half bag of potting soil sitting near my deck. My husband came out and told my son’s girlfriend she could wear that and be a dirt bag. Well, that was it! We … Read more
My boyfriend and I were trying to find something original for a party we were going to for weeks in advance. Finally it was the day before the party and we were all out of ideas: that is until I saw a guy at school walking through my campus parking lot in a striped green … Read more
I live in the UK and teach a nursery class in a primary school. When Comic Relief (a nationwide charity event organised by the BBC) was coming up a teacher at my school suggested we do a sponsored ‘Dress Up from the Neck Up’ to avoid any need for over-elaborate costumes; everyone would just have … Read more
Cut out the bottom of a round laundry basket, cut a piece of cardboard to use as a back board(connect the back board to the laundry basket with wire). Paint a line on the backboard. Then you cut a slice out of one of your brothers old basket balls and put it on your head!
I cut a hole in a box, put a belt through that hole and attached it to my pants. I also put candy inside the box for added effect. The suit part I already had. Its a pretty simple, easy and fun costume. Its important that, to make the box fit right, your pants might … Read more
My little boy absolutely loves Pixar’s movie Up! So, when Halloween rolled around I couldn’t think of a better costume for him. This was probably the easiest and cheapest costume I have ever made because we used mostly things that were lying around my house. When it came to his outfit we used a simple … Read more
Halloween is a time we can dress as anything, in any fashion we want. But on every Sunday in Japan around the Harajuku Station District young people dress however they want just because, they don’t need a holiday. The best part about the Harajuku style is that there is NO cookie cutter recipe, or certain … Read more
This crying girl face painted based on Roy Lictenstein’s lithograph was a last-minute costume that required very little effort. I wanted something quick but high-impact. I used tempera and acrylic paint I had around the house (not usually recommended but worked fine for me), and followed the painting as best as I could. I am an artists, … Read more
First off you need a handsome man to make the cut to be your Jack. What I did was went to a nearby thrift store and got an XL men’s plaid button up t-shirt. I then had my friend sew it up into a dress. I then used a white piece of fabric for the apron and … Read more
Here’s how our Voodoo Priestess and Witch Doctor costume came to life… For the past four years we have held an Adult Halloween Costume Party with a prize for best costume. The costumes we see are amazing! (Nothing like a gift card to a favorite restaurant to get people excited and motivated to bring there … Read more
I had the best Halloween night this year and was never so comfortable! No worrying about bits of your costume falling off or bumping into anyone…just getting the biggest laugh SCARING PEOPLE! This Zombie grannies group costume was really easy and cheap and guaranteed one of the best laughs you’ll have! Get your nastiest granny … Read more
My friend and I are living in a remote Australian community, so when deciding on a theme for our birthday party we figured Anything But Clothes (ABC) party was an easy one for people without malls to grab something from. Voila, I used up some Great Northern Beer Cartons (certainly no shortage of them around … Read more