This Steampunk Group Costume came from hours of labor, ingenuity, and creativity. The make up alone on me (the monster) took about 4 hours. May I present, Dr. FrankenSTEAM, his Monster, and the Bride. My friends and I had this idea to use Steampunk & Frankenstein together. The great thing about Steampunk is that it … Read more
This is my Halloween Homemade Steampunk Costume from 2010. My mom made the skirt for me (It’s a semi-Victorian skirt with ruffles on the back and bottom) and pretty much everything else came from the mall. I’d had the sweatshirt and shoes for awhile and the blouse was used in another costume.
My 3year old originally wanted to be a dinosaur, he loves dinosaurs but since we did a dragon 2 years ago and the fact that we live in Florida and it is still hot here, I didn’t think it was a good idea. He loves to walk around and say “I am a robot.” Thus, … Read more
I was obsessed with Back to the Future when I was in 8th grade and really wanted a Homemade Marty McFly Costume for Halloween. Pretty much everything was either stuff I already owned or got from Goodwill. The vest was from a garage sale. The woman in one of the pictures with me is dressed … Read more
I’m a 20 year old college student who happened to have some free time on his hands and decided to do something fun. Here is my homemade Predator Halloween costume. Everything on it was completely homemade, including the latex mask, which took a bit of experimenting to get right. It has functional parts as well; … Read more
This is the homemade Predator costume I made for my 9 year old son. The helmet and hands were purchased, but reworked for a better look. The dreadlocks are window foam. The leotard was a nude color and then airbrushed to give it the ‘Predator’ look. Over the top of that I added fishnet stockings. … Read more
My boyfriend and I went as Elliot and E.T. the Extraterrestrial. The Homemade E.T. and Elliot Couple Costume is 100% handmade! The mask was molded from Crayola Model Magic and then painted with Acrylic paint. The body was contructed with layers of quilt batting and then sprayed with adhesive and covered in fabric. I then … Read more
Here is our Completely Homemade Ghostbuster and StayPuft. All but the Ghostbuster patches were homemade. We had a great time and the Stay Puft was the center of attention all night. He WAS hard to miss! Our Ghostbuster pack was packed with lights. We used battery operated LED Christmas lights and blinky star lights in … Read more
I made this homemade Doomsday Viper costume. As mentioned previously, I get a little obsessive about my costumes and usually start in the late summer on halloween costumes. I always find it’s hard to find good female characters with a unique costume or look. I loved the movie Doomsday and the character “Viper” says like … Read more
My son loves Star Wars. He thinks the coolest character is General Grievous. When Halloween rolled around, we tried to find a General Grievous costume for him, but all we saw were clones and Jedi. Nobody had an evil monster like this! I decided I had to make it myself. The mask and light sabers … Read more
Here is my Homemade Queen Amidala Costume. Made with love, passion and realism. Each item was reproduced with high quality items. The character has been studied in detail, on all sides for an exact reproduction. Movie, punctures and figurines were examined repeatedly. Hard work was done during several nights. Only rifles and belt have been … Read more
These Spaceballs Costumes were easy. Not to much work, just a bit of thrift store shopping, sewing, measuring and cutting and gluing. Dark Helmet started with the witches cauldron cut to fit around the face. A hockey helmet was glued to the top, which made it easier to wear. A Dracula cape, black sweats, black … Read more