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!
My daughter Linda wants to be Hawk Girl this year so I started brainstorming as to how I was going to do this. I used pictures as reference and started immediately on the helmet. The helmet is finally done. Was a trick to put it together, looks good but it was a monstrosity to put … Read more
It’s time for the Halloween Golden Magic Show! Master Magician Phoenix the Phenomenal is showing off his latest trick. He sawed his little assistant, 8 week old Gryphon, right down the middle. Abracadabra, Gryphon is in two! But don’t worry, Phoenix will soon put Gryphon back together again! We wanted to pick something different and … Read more
Materials Needed tall large cylinder laundry basket/hamper camping foam mat purple felt material black materials old bowl to cut for eye goggle white craft foam 2 purple wigs hot glue gun/lots of glue sticks scissors, cutting tools silver paint material measuring tape Directions Measure where the arm holes should be on the laundry basket and … Read more
Our family loves to dress up in costumes and I am always up for a creative challenge. When my son asked to be Sauron, The Dark Lord, from The Lord of the Rings, I said “sure, no problem…what does he look like?” Then I saw the picture…oh, no. What had I agreed to?! I created … Read more
The Steampunk Bird Woman, Miss Ava Fortune, was crafted from re-purposed cast-off materials. Miss Ava Fortune was a former high wire artist who sought the help of a disreputable doctor to employ the use of genetics to imbue her with bird-like traits that would enhance her performances. Alas, the experimental treatments only left her disfigured … Read more
This is not an easy costume but is guaranteed to get the WOW factor from any Halloween party or costume contest. It is based on the 1985 sci-fi movie Legend. The character/villain is called Darkness. The costume consisted of a store bought latex mask glued to a latex bald cap for full head coverage. The bald cap had … Read more
The first and hardest part of this skunk costume is making the tail. It took weeks to perfect so I started early. I molded coat hangers and duck tape into the tail shape. Then I reinforced it with more coat hangers and duct tape. The picture I have posted is before it is reinforced, so … Read more
These are the costumes I made for Comic-Con San Diego 2013, I chose to do She-Ra Princess of Power and since my son refused to wear the wig for He-Man, I made him Skeletor. I started the costumes about 3 weeks before the event. I had my kids watch the cartoons for a few weeks … Read more
So my 3 year old daughter is obsessed with the Lalaloopsy dolls and she didn’t want to be just any ordinary Lalaloopsy doll, she wanted to be the doll that was dressed up as a bumble bee, like the one she saw in her Lalaloopsy Halloween book. So, I actually was really confident that I … Read more
My 8 years old daughter wearing a homemade Robot Halloween costume. I made this costume,when the time she liked to join in recycled materials costume in her school.It resulted in winning the competition. She won cosplay champion dress up. For the Robot costume, I used cardboard box for her body and feet. I covered with … Read more
Indiana Jones Hat, lasso, treat bag, explorer shirt – check (these are all items that can be purchased at any Halloween or Party store). But the jacket, THE JACKET. I just couldn’t bring myself to purchase the jacket that came with those items. It was made out of plastic. So, I set out online in … Read more
I work at Adobe Systems and they have an annual Halloween party that is out of this world! I am always trying to come up with a costume that rivals those that win the grand prize. I decided a few years ago to give it a try and didn’t win the grand prize until this … Read more