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?
My 5 year old decided last year (when he was 4) that he wanted to be Edward Scissorhands for Halloween. I consider myself pretty crafty and thought “Awesome, I have a whole year to get this ready”….or NOT! This year brought on many stresses and at the end of August, when I would have been … Read more
Everyone always tells me how much my son reminds them of baby Pubert from the Addams Family, so we went with that! I just grabbed one of his grey onesies, cut a spider and bow tie out of felt, and glued them on with felt glue. Paired the onesie with black pants and his grey … Read more
“This is my costume. I’m a homicidal maniac– they look just like everyone else.” For as long as I can remember people have told me I looked like Wednesday Addams from The Addams Family. All the people I work with begged me to just try it out this year so I thought I’d give it a … Read more
So my work has an annual costume contest. This year the theme was witches and wizards. So I decided to do Harry Potter. With all the details I was able to win amongst my pears this year. This costume is relatively simple and has a huge impact. Everyone at work loved the details and how … Read more
My son is a huge Houston Texan’s fan and a fan of a “super” fan, General Texan. He is a great role model for kids who gives back to our community. This year he wanted to be the General because he looks up to him. General Texan was super excited and posted about it on … Read more
Emma just started walking so we thought this grandma baby costume would be funny. We took a wig from a George Washington costume and clipped some of the hair back. Also, took a walker and cut the legs down for her height and put tennis balls on the bottom. She was a hit. We went … Read more
So I’ve been struggling to figure out what costume I wanted to be for Halloween this year. I refused to pay 50 dollars or more for an outfit I’d only keep on maybe two hrs, and then it hit me it would be cheaper to jus make my own. The easiest thing to me a … Read more
This last-minute Homemade Nerd costume was very last minute it was made the day before Halloween. It took about 30 minutes to make. It was very fun to make this costume although at times a little frustrating. We used an old plaid shirt, 3D glasses with the lenses popped out, masking tape pencils, pens, pencils, 2 … Read more
At first, I thought I was going to be dressing up this year and this idea of dressing up as Flo from Progressive popped into my mind. I love Flo and her commercials and she reminded me of my personality. This a last minute costume to create so I didn’t have anytime to order the … Read more
I needed a very last minute costume for work, and with a little inspiration came up with this Elliott costume. I already had the plain red zip up hoodie (you can find one anywhere, mine is American Apparel, but Target or any retail will have them). Before I tell you what I did, I will … Read more
This Blooming idiot costume was a last minute idea. I got out my green skirt and blouse and pinned artificial flowers on the outfit. I put a green vine around my neck – I was entertaining the idea of being Mother Nature. I quickly realized that I had more flowers than vines; so a change … Read more
I bought my daughter’s costume for this year last year as a way to save money but once I took it out the closet it just looked like a regular old costume for a one year old. Every other kids was going to be a little elephant. As I was talking to my coworkers yesterday … Read more