There’s a more than a week to go until Halloween and you need costume ideas! Rest assured, you have come to the right place. The costumes in this section will amaze you. Even more so when you realize they are all homemade and constructed in less than a month.
Perhaps you are looking for a family group costume. Check out the Beetlejuice family or the Flinstones family (you won’t believe the car they created).
Maybe you’re going for a stand-alone homemade costume? Check out the peacocks, LEGO people and superheros. In addition you will find Cleopatra, Jack Skellington and ET. The best part is, there are instructions on how to design and put together these incredibly realistic costumes.
If you are really stuck for DIY costume ideas, you should probably turn to your favorite food! Learn how to make slurpees, burgers, funnel cakes and churros.
Have fun browsing through this section. Let your creativity wander over the pages and please share your homemade creation with us here!
Are you going to a 70’s or disco themed Halloween party? Well here is a perfect costume. Everyone will want to dance and party with you and you’ll be the center of the party all night. The costume was easy but time consuming because you have to let each layer dry thoroughly. Once I got through the … Read more
I started this Snooki Halloween costume by buying a poof wing 10$. A friend of mine had the sneaker shoe slippers so didn’t have to spend any money on those, went and got a spray tan a the salon for 35$ , made myself an appt for fake nails, 45$, bought some hop earrings 5$ at the … Read more
These X- Men Costumes: Wolverine and Mystique took months to plan. My husband and I used these costumes for two Halloweens, because of the time we had put into them. We started by making the full spandex body suit for Mystique costume, I then used fabric paints to add all of the scales to the … Read more
It took me 3 long weeks to construct this massive 6 ft+ Twinkie man costume! All components were purchased at home depot and Michael’s. Best thing about this was the laughs I got from my co workers as I strolled through my office passing out Twinkies to everyone!! I won first place in our contest!
The Zombie costume, first I had to get some old clothes, from the Good will. I only spent 13 dollars and I got a long sleeve shirt (pale green), and old tie, any color depending what you where buried in lol, old black shoes (worn), some grey slacks that fit, and a old coat, (dark, … Read more
The idea for this detailed Janice the Muppet costume (Guitarist for Electric Mayhem) started when SNL aired an episode hosted by Seth Rogen in 2007 with a Muppets skit. In the skit, Seth played Rowlf, and Maya Rudolph played Janice, among others… I immediately thought how much I love Janice’s personality, and how cool it … Read more
So to start the Mr. and Mrs Potato Head Couple Costume I went to the store and got 2 of the gym work out balls. I then taped the smaller ball on top of the larger ball and covered both with garbage bags. I then made a paper mache mix and got some newspapers. I then … Read more
We decided to do Toy Story Alien, Zurg and Jessie Costumes for Halloween. My youngest dressed up as the alien. His costume was made from a blue sleeper in which I sewed felt onto for the belt and planet logo. The hat was made completely from felt as well – pretty simple – but turned out … Read more
I made these Dragon Ball Z costumes for my boys. I used a pattern for boys scrubs that I altered. I also used felt for the decal and just hand sewed it together. It was a real hit with our friends and family, I even had adults asking me to make them one.
This picture is from Halloween 2011. The picture was taken about an hour before we were snowed in and lost power for a week. We spent our Halloween snowed in playing cards with candles just laughing about how we spent weeks on our costumes and never got to show them off. So now I am showing them in … Read more
Legion of Doom, John Cena, Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, Sting, Macho Man are all pictured. However, we also had Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, and Stone Cold Steve Austin that are not in the picture. We decided as a group to select who we best would fit as a role, and we won 1st place at a … Read more
When thinking of a costume for my boyfriend and I, we went back a forth between a couple different ideas. But boy were we happy we went with this choice! We decided to be a McDonald’s Monopoly Fries and Milkshake! It was so fun making the costumes! I went to the fabric store and bought … Read more