Muppet Selves Halloween Costume
After years of talking about it, Rob Wall and his girlfriend Gem made Muppet versions of themselves (with working mouths) for Halloween! They used pipe cleaners, felt and other common items to make...
View ArticleCarnival Prize Bag of Goldfish Halloween Costume
For Halloween 2013, Paul Zak decided to be a bag of goldfish like one you might win at a carnival. He made his costume using a used vinyl tablecloth cover shaped into a plastic bag by folding it in...
View ArticleStinkbug Halloween Costume
What is grosser and more horrible than a big old prehistoric-looking smelly stinkbug? When Lauren Thomson asked her 5-yr-old son what scary thing he wanted to be for Halloween, he said, “Stinkbug!” He...
View ArticleChristmas Tree Halloween Costume
This cool Christmas Tree costume by Tiffany Gee comes complete with working Christmas lights!
View ArticleTetris Halloween Costume
Carina Mead and her fiance decided to show off their love for Halloween this year by being interlocking Tetris pieces. To make their couples costume, the pair used some old cardboard boxes and some...
View ArticleDoggie Bag Halloween Costume
Why waste it, bring it home in a doggie bag?! This is Bindie. Yes, she’s always hungry. Her costume made from recycled foam padding covered in new fabric.
View ArticleThe Simpsons… er… The Jensens
Aubrey Jensen has 5 children, and every year she does a family themed costume. This year, however, their ensembles were entirely homemade. Initially she wasn’t sure her 10 year old was going to be on...
View ArticleLabyrinth Family Halloween Costume
This year, Steph Peterson’s family went for a themed group costume and they dressed up as the Labyrinth family. Little Goblin King, Sarah, Ludo and Ambrosius make up this cute and creative ensemble!
View ArticleIncredibles Halloween Costumes Made on an Incredibly Tight Budget
Leyna Williams and her husband have loved the movie ‘The Incredibles’ since before their kids were born. With 3 kids in tow this year, the duo finally lucked out on the perfect configuration! For...
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Homemade DIY Miley Cyrus wrecking ball video costume
My costume this year is the Miley Cyrus video “Wrecking Ball”. I used my pregnant belly as the wrecking ball, and added a “hot mess” barbie I created as Miley Cyrus.
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Swamp Thing made from recycled wine boxes
Almost all of the costume has been created using recycled wine shipping boxes and related packing materials (thanks Total Wine!). The moss is actual moss and the rest is paper mache and paint. The...
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Beetlejuice Halloween Costume
Homemade Beetlejuice costume complete with fun props to pull gags on people and little rubber beetles that I handed out all night long typically with a joke or two. I had a blast playing as the...
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Interactive Pong
Made from plastic piping, some cardboard and imagination, this costume entertains all party goers with an interactive pong experience. Two opponents would stand on either end to control the paddles,...
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Grim Gate Keeper
Rising from the fiery depths comes a creature feared by all. No longer a human and forever doomed to eternal hell, the gate keeper has come to steal your soul! Wandering the streets with his head held...
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Frank-Ein-Stein Mask
It’s a mashup of Frankenstein and Einstein. The green face, stitching, electrodes and transplanted brain are from Frankenstein, and the wild hair, mustache, facial features, equations and quotes are...
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Flying Monkey
The flying monkeys were in the popular movie The Wizard of Oz. They were feared by many children, including myself at that age. While at a thrift store recently, I happened to see various articles of...
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Where the Wild Things Are
Sarah Adams-Kollitz and her friends used cardboard and paper to create these Where the Wild Things are masks to mount on their bike helmets. Then they rode around town with their creative costumes in...
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Wall-E
Our three year old son’s favorite character is Wall-E so we decided to make him a homemade costume from recycled items. It took about 35 hours to create using cardboard, hot glue, plastic bottles and...
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