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?
A group of me and five other friends decided to do Flintstones last Halloween and all of our costumes turned out terrific! They were all mostly made in a similar fashion; buying the correct color fabric from a craft store (such as Joanne’s Fabric) and stitching or trying the fabric up the sides. All three … Read more
We started off our Party Animal Costumes by going to our local thrift store and getting an over-sized men’s sweater that was comfortable. We then went to a Halloween store/party city and got a package of each animals ears, nose, tail, etc.. and got an easy to glue on party hat. We glued the hat to … Read more
I am a huge Abe Lincoln fan, but I wanted a different spin on dressing up as him (especially because I don’t particularly like girls dressed as guys). I decided to go as a penny. Not Inspector Gadgets niece Penny, no no, head to toe copper penny! I went to the thrift store to find … Read more
I decided that I was so tired of all these costumes now days that have no originality that I deceived to make my boys. My husband had the idea for my younger son to be the KFC man which was super easy since we had an all-white suite that was used just months prior for his baptism, worked out … Read more
Here’s an EASYYYY last minute wrapping paper, box, bubble wrap, Duct tape and stamp group costume. The 1 st person can wrap themselves in brown wrapping paper to be the “box”. The 2nd person dresses like “bubble wrap” who would be the wrapping inside the box. The 3rd person is the “present” that your mailing … Read more
I coundn’t figure out what I wanted my kids to be for Halloween 2011 because I had a 3 year old and a 1 month old. I was laying in bed one night and racking my brain about what they were going to be and it just hit me (my daughter had asked earlier in … Read more
I bought the green polyester suit at the Salvation Army Store. I found it one day and wasn’t sure so I went back the next day and “low and behold” it was 1/2 price day so it only cost me 8 bucks! I got the crows at Michael’s, once again I waited to the last … Read more
My fiance and I were in college (thus on a tight budget) but this Tron Legacy couple costume was awesome, and anyone who has seen the movie was really impressed! It was also comfortable for us both, which is always a plus. Supplies: Men’s costume-Long sleeve t-shirt, black sweatpants, black boots, blue painter’s tape, black paper … Read more
Who doesn’t like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?! Choosing Raphael & Donatello was our first step. Next, using scrap fabric to make our spiffy belts, we drew on the letters with metallic sharpies. To make our headbands, we cut scrap ribbon and tied them in a simple knot at the back of our heads. The … Read more
I had a fake gold medal from my Michael Phelps costume the year before. I got the all American flag wrestling singlet online. Bought WWF belt from Walmart and knee pads and wrestling shoes from a sporting goods store. It’s true!! It’s true!!
I bought 8 fake gold medals at a party store near me to complete my Michael Phelps Costume. I got my Speedo “Mankini” at a sporting goods store in a nearby mall. Goggles and swim cap online on eBay.
This Max from Where The Wild Things Are costume was complete no-sew. All hot glue. 1) I wanted white footey pjs but had the hardest time finding them. So I picked up a white hoodie and white opaque (knitted) tights. You can see they were slipped over her shoes to be as accurate as possible, this … Read more