Here’s the story behind our homemade Darth Vader costume. Every Halloween my son dresses up like the character from his birthday party theme. This year he had a Star Wars party and it was centered on Darth Vader. I made a life size costume of Darth Vader and stuffed it with plastic bags and stood … Read more
When our 5-year-old son saw a trailer for the movie 9 he insisted on being the 9 character for Halloween even though he couldn’t actually see the PG-13 rated movie. It was so visually interesting that we agreed it would be a fun costume idea. However, there was nothing out there that we could buy … Read more
In their own Halloween interpretation of the classic 80’s movie-Back to the Future, Colin Murad sports his Hover Board and Life Vest as Marty McFly. Ben McMurray dons his radiation suit and tool belt as Doc Brown. Armed with a flux capacitor diagram, three watches, goggles, DeLorean remote control, and radiation gloves the pair completed … Read more
I started working on this Ghostbusters Homemade Halloween Costume about 3 months ago. It started with just making a Ghostbuster jump suit to why not the Proton Pack! The pack has sound and lights authentic to the movie. The lights and sound also are all controlled on the gun through a series of switches. Inside … Read more
My five year old is a huge fan of the new Star Wars movies. We bought him the movies, and he loves to watch it over and over. To our surprise his favorite character is the short lived Com. Gree. So he has to be Gree. So we went out to the local Target to … Read more
I made this homemade Dark Helmet Halloween costume over the course of a couple of weeks and wound up investing a lot more hours into making it than I ever imagined I would when I began. I started by shaping the helmet over a pumpkin using oaktag and wire mesh. I then applied around 4 … Read more
The robe for my son’s Homemade Star Wars Jawa Costume started out being made with monk’s cloth and dyed brown with rit dye (which took forever). We had issues with the monk’s cloth so decided to go instead with a cotton wool mix that I did not have to dye. The belts are from K-mart; … Read more
My little guy loved R2D2 but there were no costumes to buy and we really love to make our own. He and I used tape, a garbage can and a cat pan (he’s going to get me back for that when he is a teen) and created a costume on a car dolly! He can … Read more
The Star Wars Tie Fighter with Tie Fighter Jet was a little intense but ultimately the end result was better than expected. I re-used an old Boppy pillow and covered it with black material and used it for the body of the ship. To this I glued the two side panels of the ship. The … Read more
Since I saw the movie Tron, I have been amazed with the lights and the visual effects. I thought the main characters were fresh and inspiring. The story wasn’t bad too! I wanted to try and be Quorra, a brave and sexy woman! This Quorra costume cost me only 9$ to accomplish and everyone was … Read more
These alien costumes were made from a Simplicity pattern. Both costumes were made from liquid lame fabric which is stretchy and comfortable. The helmets are made from acrylic globes which have the face portion cut out. The globes are actually exterior light fixture covers which I found on the internet. The boy’s boots are rain … Read more
When my son told me he wanted to be a robot for Halloween, I knew only a homemade costume would do. It was so much fun to make and most of the supplies I already had at home. This Homemade Robot Boy Costume was the hit of his school and all over town! I used … Read more