This is a Homemade Doctor Octopus Costume. Trench coat is from an old Halloween cowboy costume. Mechanical arms are made from smaller dryer vent tubing. An “H” was made from PVC pipe and then small sections of pool noodle were put on each of the four ends. The dryer vent hose fits perfect over the … Read more
Several years ago I became very lazy and decided not to shave for a couple of months. In passing someone mentioned I vaguely resembled Hugh Jackman’s portrayal of Wolverine and a Homemade Wolverine Costume idea was born! My first preparation again was to not shave for several months. While fake mutton chops are workable, they … Read more
Well I love Wolverine (who doesn’t), I don’t really have the body to be him so I thought to my self if he was old and retired I could play him. Well this homemade retired Wolverine costume is what I came up with. I grew my hair and beard out so I wouldn’t have to … Read more
I created a Bride of Frankenstein DIY Halloween costume. It took a long time finding just the right vintage nightgown at my local thrift store. For a more intense effect, I used my chapel length train from my first marriage wedding dress (great way to reuse a wedding dress after the divorce ladies) as a … Read more
I’ve been working on this Homemade Ironman Halloween Costume Idea for about a month. It is made entirely out of cardboard and poster board. I rewired a few LED Lights and was able to activated them at will. I took the costume around Chicago and got a lot of positive feedback from it, even won … Read more
My youngest guy wanted to be Spiderman so his brother asked me to make him Homemade Doc Ock Costume for Halloween. I found an old trench coat at Salvation Army and put slits in the back to accommodate the arms. The arms are dryer tubes that I attached to an old backpack, one of the … Read more
My son wanted to wear a Wolverine costume for Halloween this year. However, he specified that he wanted to be dressed in a muscle shirt and leather jacket like the Wolverine in the movie. So this is what he wore for his homemade Wolverine costume: a pair of jeans, cowboy boots, a brown leather jacket, … Read more
There was this costume competition at a night club and the theme was “comic book vs video game.” I had this idea to go as mystique from Marvel because I really like the homemade Mystique Halloween costume idea and that I didn’t think that anyone would think of it because of it being so hard … Read more
This Frankenstein DIY Costume was fairly easy. First, I went to the thrift store and purchased the suit jacket and suit pants and his shoes. I cut the bottom of the pant legs and cut the cuffs of the cost and a few snips around the collar. Next I took a milk jug and cut … Read more
This is my homemade Captain America costume which took many hours to complete. I made it from scratch except the gloves and boot tops. Everything else was cut, sewn, and painted to complete. Every piece of this costume was made with Under Armour Cold Gear material. The shield is made from a red steel saucer … Read more
For this homemade hit girl costume I simply used my imagination! I know this is not exactly like hit girl but its simply my version of it because I couldn’t find purple plaid fabric around here.
For the comic convention our daughter wanted to dress in a Kitty Pride (Sprite) Costume. It is the one she wore when she first became a member of the X-Men and “designed” her own costume. I bought the sparkly gold unitard, stripped leg warmers and the bright green shorts on E-Bay. The red shirt is … Read more