by Kim
(Green Sea, SC, USA)

 
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Homemade Slinky Dog Costume 
I have been an artist for years and I love to create and push myself beyond my limits! I have made original costumes in the past, but this year I really

Toddler Bowser Costume 
My 3 year old is currently infatuated with Bowser from watching Mariokart. He wanted to so badly to be Bowser for Halloween, but since I couldn't buy

Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem Muppets Group Costume 
It all started with a desire to make my son a homemade Muppets Animal costume. After I looked at a photo of the band, I realized I had to make the entire

Johnny Depp Mad Hatter Costume 
I am portraying the character The Mad Hatter played by Johnny Depp in the new movie Alice in Wonderland. I really wanted a challenge this year for a

Gumball Machine Costume 
My daughter, Megan, decided that she wanted to be something amazing this year for Halloween. She came up with the idea of a Gumball Machine all on her

Best White Queen (from Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland) Costume 
So after seeing Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland this year, I was determined to make a costume to be the White Queen, played by Anne Hathaway. I always

Jack Skellington Costume 
I have always been in love with The Nightmare Before Christmas. Jack was created for my boyfriend. I started with the head. I had handy a plastic helmet

Betelgeuse from Beetlejuice Costume 
This costume is something I have always wanted to make. Beetlejuice is my favorite movie, and I finally had the time to make this for Halloween. I

Homemade Gene Simmons KISS Demon Costume 
Last year I wanted to be Gene Simmons, but my parents said that we needed way more time to work on this costume so all year we worked on this and this

Fortune Teller Booth Costume 
So every year I think of a costume that will top last year's. So what better than to have one that glows in the dark! I used a wardrobe box and put in

The Jackal from 13 Ghosts Costume 
We created everything from scratch to create the Jackal from the movie 13 Ghosts. Everything was hand sewed and the cage was made from a box and then

Lady Beetlejuice Costume 
I live in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada and I am a Lakehead University student. I have had the dress for three years with the intention of going as Lady

Petter Rotten Tail Costume 
Well it is a full body suit from its 6-inch toenails to the extended hands!!! I bought it from e bay last year!! I love to scare every one and watch them

Bioshock Big Daddy and Little Sister Couple Costume 
Pretty easy to tell who is who. My wife Amber is the little sister and I (Dan) am in the big daddy suit. We took about 2 months to tackle this project

Elliot and E.T. Costume 
The beauty of this costume is that it was pretty much made from items lying around the house. If you don't have a red hooded sweatshirt, just pick one

Avatar Costume 
This costume is homemade and here's how. I purchased blue liquid latex online as well as uv yellow contact lenses. My stripes were done with paint from

Luke Skywalker X-Wing Pilot Costume 
This costume and accessories were all homemade (except light saber). The helmet was a race car helmet that we painted and decorated to reflect the X-Wing

Otto (The Simpsons' School Bus Driver) Costume 
The headphones were homemade out of cardboard, wrapped wire and used children's kitchen pans for the earpieces (wrapped in red felt). The shorts, shirt,

Wicked Witch of the West Costume 
Wicked Witch of the West! This classic Wizard of Oz costume was homemade. I followed a pattern for the dress but improvised for the cape and hat trim.

Little Bo Peep Costume 
Little Bo Peep…but this one didn’t lose her sheep! This classic costume was homemade. I choose the ivory fabric with pink floral print to reflect more

Homemade Angry Birds Costumes!! 
This year, we decided to dress up as characters from our favorite iPhone/iPad game: ANGRY BIRDS! I've never sewn anything before, but I thought I'd give

Capt'n Crunch Costume 
At first I didn't realize how challenging it would be to make a Capt'n Crunch costume. The hat was actually the easiest part. I made it out of 2 thick

Cougar Barbie Costume 
This costume signifies what every women would want to be for a day, to look like a Barbie! I am almost 40 years and was still able to pull it off, it

Bret Michaels and Groupie Daisy of Love Costume 
My husband Jay & I decided to be Bret Michaels from the band poison & Daisy of Love, to be different from everyone else. We also thought it would be

Jawa from Star Wars Costume 
This is a homemade Star Wars Jawa costume created for my 7-year-old son. It was made using burlap, a sheer black material, 2 battery operated tea light

The Predator 
This was a homemade costume I made and put together after watching the first AVP film. I'm a big sci-fi fan so I thought it'd be fun. The wearer in the

Serial Killer Zombie 
This year I am a Serial Killer Zombie. Everything was hand-made. Serial Killer Zombie has a ripped off/messed up jaw, glass all over her face, and carries

Snap into a Slim Jim Costume! 
I got the idea for my costume after watching WWF Classics. As a kid we grew up with WWF Superstars, had pay per view parties, even wet to a few live shows...I

Velociraptor Dinosaur Costume from Pizza Boxes  Not rated yet
I began making the costume around October 1st, I had a lot of extra pizza boxes lying around the garage and my mother was bugging me to do something with

The Naked Truth Costume  Not rated yet
This is a completely original costume - I checked. Not a single person on the internet has anything quite like it. I wanted to do something funny but different,

Absinthe Burlesque Costume  Not rated yet
Being completely obsessed with absinthe, naturally it seemed like a logical idea for a costume! I am also a huge admirer of Burlesque and pin-up style

E.T. Costume  Not rated yet
My Brandon (11) loves both Halloween & 80's movies so he came up with this idea. We worked together to create this home made version of Elliot and E.T.!

Mommy's Little Monster Costume  Not rated yet
My name is Francisco, I am 6 years old, and I live in San Jose CA. I won my school contest last year dressing up and dancing like Michael Jackson. This

UP House Couple Costume  Not rated yet
This year for Halloween my boyfriend and I wanted to create something BIG, FUN and EXCITING that would stand out amongst a large crowd. We decided to be

KISS - Gene Simmons Costume  Not rated yet
This year we decided to go all out and dress up as KISS! I was Gene Simmons so I put in some time and built this costume. I made my armor out of my

Tim Burton's Mad Hatter Costume  Not rated yet
My costume is inspired my Tim Burton's version of the Mad Hatter. I did not have time to take pictures in the process of my making the costume due to time