First off, this homemade crew of the Galileo shuttlecraft group costume is a combination of homemade elements and store-bought elements. The two gold Starfleet shirts and the gold toddler uniform are simply off the shelves. However, Spock-boy (far right) has on a simple outfit of a Columbia blue long-sleeved t-shirt to which I ironed a … Read more
Last year I decided that I wanted to make my son an Alien for Halloween, but I wanted to do the one from the movie Alien. But knowing that my husband and I would be going to a Halloween party where a lot of people really put some effort into their costumes, I decided that … Read more
This R2D2 costume was so much fun to make. My oldest son was Darth Vader and my youngest son was Yoda, so keeping with the Star Wars theme I had to come up with a character for my middle son. I kept searching for something to catch my eye, but none of the store costumes … Read more
For the Avatar at heart with a budget who prefers not to be entirely nude! The biggest investment and only unaltered item were the yellow contacts, which were $20 a pair online. The hair was a long synthetic Elvira wig ($15). We made a long braid down the back and weaved a fluffy pink feather … Read more
Last Halloween I decided to make my own Homemade Avatar Costume because I thought the ones online were too obvious and cheesy, and making you’re own is cooler because no one else is going to have it. This is everything I bought to make it: 1. 16 oz of turquoise body paint (I can’t remember … Read more
This is a Homemade Ghostbusters Costume. Complete with proton pack, ecto, googles, PKE meter (not shown) and trap. My brother and I built the proton pack, and the lights work on it also. We put a custom tag of the front of my flight suit that says “Akin” and also had a no ghost logo … Read more
My costume for 2010 aas a Homemade Berserker Predator Costume from the “Predators” movie. It took me about 2 months to make. I bought the mask and made alterations like the lazers and glass for the eyes and also repainted it. The rest of the costume I made myself like the shoulder pads, gauntlets and … Read more
This homemade Predator costume is my favorite homemade costume I made and assembled together. I was inspired by the first Predator movie and the first AVP film. I love Sci-Fi movies so I thought this whole project was going to be fun. I’m (Rolando) the one wearing the suit in the pictures. My father took … Read more
This is my daughter Olivia who is obsessed with Star Wars. She wanted a Homemade Ahsoka Tano Costume for Halloween. Of course she couldn’t pick the easy Princess Leia. So the costume is basically a white leotard dyed using brown orange and red Rit Dye to make the Terra Cotta skin tone. Then I sewed … Read more
Our Homemade Quorra and Rinzler Tron Legacy Couple Costume stemmed from a deep admiration my brother and I have for the old video game and movie to the new series. We made our costumes from scratch, to mold and fit perfectly to our bodies. Quorra and Rinzler are heroes in the new movie, and we … Read more
Our son is pretty much obsessed with R2D2. So he had to be R2D2 for Halloween. We set about creating a Homemade R2D2 Astromech Droid Costume. The base was a laundry tube with the bottom cut out of it, with a sheet, sewed into a tube, and then sewed on to the laundry tube to … Read more
This is my home made storm trooper from Star Wars. He’s constructed from billion boxes and egg boxes, duct tape, loo rolls, a cider bottle and loads of newspaper. It took me a few weeks to complete but I think the result was all worth it. And yes I do have far too much time … Read more