Making Your Own Halloween Costume
If you're like me, you're not fond of pre-made Halloween costumes and like making Halloween costumes. You don't even need to have a lot of skills like sewing for some handmade Halloween costumes.
I'll show you some options that range from very simple to elaborate get-ups that Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn would either find fabulous or well, not so much.
Making your own Halloween costume can be as simple as using makeup and putting wire in your hair while wearing some colorful clothes.
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I'll show you some options that range from very simple to elaborate get-ups that Heidi Klum and Tim Gunn would either find fabulous or well, not so much.
Making your own Halloween costume can be as simple as using makeup and putting wire in your hair while wearing some colorful clothes.
Photo Source: hu einstein
Contents at a Glance
Use Makeup to Make a Great Halloween Costume
Five Looks for Under $10 Each
- Houston Consumer Blog: Halloween costumes made easy
- Video with five looks for under $10 each: Lady Gaga, Edward Cullen, Snooki, Gunshot Wound, and Grandma. Most of the make up materials used can be purchased at a local Halloween store for a low price (i.e. cream make up, face paint, gel blood, liquid latex) - All other materials can be found at a drug store (liquid foundations, eye shadow, bronzer, false eye lashes)
Halloween Makeup
Zombie Makeup, Flesh and Blood, Scary Makeup
Scaredy Cat
Do you know where your costume is?
Countdown to Halloween
Halloween: October 31, 2012
Blogs with Handmade Halloween Costumes
- The Doing Stuff Blog: How To Make A Halloween Costume With Minimal Disaster
- Hollywood Sucker made a great frog costume and posted photos too! Look below for the frog costume modeled by Hollywood Sucker.
- Last Minute Make-Your-Own Halloween Costumes -- MindWare Blog – Brainy Toys for Kids of All Ages
- Last Minute Make-Your-Own Halloween Costumes
- Carolyn Works - Blog Archive -- 14+ nerdy Halloween costumes
- Carolyn Works - A computer science graduate in a liberal arts major's world. -- 14+ nerdy Halloween costumes -- October 22nd, 2009 I love excuses to dress up, and every year on Halloween I come up with more ideas for costumes than I have time...
- Homemade Halloween Costumes
- Homemade Halloween Costume ideas by JDS.
- 10 Cute Halloween Costume Ideas for Any Budget – College Fashion
- Unique Halloween costume ideas for college girls, from celebrity Halloween costumes to movies, TV and sexy costumes. Halloween costumes like Sarah Palin, Gossip Girl, Mia Wallace, and more!
- Dollar Store Crafts -- Tutorial: Ghost Pillowcase Dress Costume
- Cool Craft Ideas from Dollar Store Finds -- Make a cute ghost costume for kids with a pillowcase!
- Dollar Store Crafts -- Make a Steampunk Goggles Masquerade Mask
- I love checking out the holiday deals at all of my favorite stores. This year in the Halloween aisle at Walgreens I found a box of plain, masquerade-style masks made out of craft foam priced at 2/$1.00. Score! Since I've always had a fascination with masquerade masks, I picked up a handful of them. I've also been wanting to make a pair of steampunk goggles, so I thought, why not combine the two into a single project?
Photos of Halloween Costumes from Blogs
Frog costume designed and made by Hollywood Sucker. See the link above to her instructions for making this costume.
Recycled Halloween Costumes
Try your hand at making a great costume and recycle while you're at it!
These Halloween costumes use everything from things you'd typically throw away or recycle like soda cans and cardboard and wagon wheels.
- Recycled Halloween Costumes -- the daily green
- Great homemade costumes made from recycled materials. These homemade Halloween costumes are cheap, fun and creative! From recycled witch costumes to ironic robots, superheroes and more.
Costume Design
To help you make your own Halloween costumes
What kind of Halloween partier are you?
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More Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas
Use recycled what not for your next costume
- Homemade Halloween Costumes Ideas -- the daily green
- The Daily Green celebrates homemade costumes made with recycled materials. Submit your best photos, vote for your favorite costume and get ideas for the cheapest Halloween costumes.
- Costume Contest Winners! | The Etsy Blog
- The official blog for the world's handmade marketplace. Discover how-to's, interviews with makers, and curated collections.
- Gallery | Your 2010 Halloween Costumes | accessatlanta.com
- Your 2010 Halloween Costumes -- Happy Halloween! Shawn Bissell
More: See All Costume Photos, Atlanta Bargain - Handmade Halloween Flickr Group Feature %uFFFD Sew,Mama,Sew! Blog
- Have you checked out all of the fun, innovative costumes in our Handmade Halloween Flickr group and in the Sew, Mama, Sew! general photo group? Wow! Here are just a handful of costumes to bring a smile to your face...
- Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes | The Budget Diet
- Easy homemade Halloween costumes, no sewing required! Easy Halloween costumes: Identity Thief, Pippi Longstocking, Bubble Bath and more!
- Simple Halloween Costumes | Real Simple
- Even if you've waited until the last minute, there's still plenty of time to make simple Halloween costumes out of items you already have in your home.
Halloween Costumes for Pregnant Gals
Use your assets while you have them
Check out a few photos from Pregnant Chicken below. Who knew that belly would come in so handy?
- 25 Pregnancy Halloween Costume - Ideas - BLOG - Pregnant Chicken
- 25 Pregnancy Costumes -- Okay, I love Hallowe'en. So much so that I sometimes use the little apostrophe between the 'e's.
Pregnant? No Problem! Make a Halloween Costume
To fit the shape you're in
A pregnant farmer wife with pumpkin. Source: http://www.pregnantchicken.com/
Make Kids Halloween Costumes
Keep It Simple
- Easy to Make Halloween Costumes
- These super easy to make Halloween costumes require no shopping. You just need some things you already have around your house. Easy Halloween costumes for the 11th hour Halloween party, or if you've just procrastinated right up to Oct 31st.
Martha Stewart Halloween Costume Ideas
Leave it to Martha
Madame Butterfly. To see the instructions, check the corresponding link below. Source: MarthaStewart.com
Martha Stewart Halloween Costume Links
These go with the photos above.
- Madame Butterfly Costume - Martha Stewart Holiday & Seasonal Crafts
- Read Martha Stewart's Madame Butterfly Costume article. Also, browse thousands of other holiday clip-art, decorating, crafts, hand-made gifts and project ideas.
- Beekeeper Costume - Martha Stewart Crafts
- Read Martha Stewart's Beekeeper Costume article. Also, browse thousands of other holiday clip-art, decorating, crafts, hand-made gifts and project ideas.
- Mustache on a Stick - Martha Stewart Crafts
- Read Martha Stewart's Mustache on a Stick article. Get do-it-yourself closet, kitchen, cabinet organization ideas, plus home decorating and gardening tips.
- Spider Web Costume - Martha Stewart Crafts
- Make this simple web of a costume. Whether you're looking for sweet or scary disguises, you'll find dozens of Martha Stewart's most creative Halloween costumes for kids and adults.
- Bat Headband - Martha Stewart Holidays
- Read Martha Stewart's Bat Headband article. Also, browse thousands of other holiday clip-art, decorating, crafts, hand-made gifts and project ideas.
- Kids' Easy Superhero Halloween Costumes by Martha
- Whether you're looking for sweet or scary disguises, you'll find dozens of Martha Stewart's most creative Halloween costumes for kids and adults.
Butterflies for Madame Butterfly Costume
For a more subtle costume
Easy "Skeleton Love" Costume
Halloween Costume Photos
Use Makeup and Costumes for the Right Touch
Make up for a small pirate. Source: sxu.hu/mrsmas
Halloween Costumes that Require No Skill
Just unpack 'em and wear 'em
Strapped for time? No imagination? Here are a few suggestions for Halloween costumes that are ready to go.
Bats Don't Scare Me!
Batman -- Jack-O-Bat
Halloween Recipes to Serve to Your Costumed Guests
These are all easy and fun!
- How to Make Kitty Litter Cake - Associated Content from Yahoo!
- Make kitty litter cake for an April Fool's Day party, a Halloween Party, or any day when you need to lighten the mood. Kitty litter cake is served in a kitty litter pan, served with a kitty litter scoop, and eaten by the very brave.
- How to Make Scary Brains for Your Halloween Party - Associated Content from Yahoo!
- Make scary brains to serve at a Halloween party to scare and delight your guests. This is an old haunted house trick where people touched the cold slimey brains and got creeped out, but these brains can actually be eaten
- How to Make Bloody Eyeballs for Your Halloween Party - Associated Content from Yahoo!
- Make Halloween snacks that everyone will love, or at least love to hate! Bloody eyeballs is one of those snacks that will scare the little ones, but they might come around eat a bloody eyeball by the end of the evening.
- How to Make Witch's Brew - Associated Content from Yahoo!
- Make witch's brew and you'll be serving a tasty punch that's spooky and delicious. Witch's brew is usually made from horned toads and eye of newt and the like, but this recipe is actually quite tasty!
Halloween Coloring Pages and Crafts
- Halloween
- Coloring Pages for Halloween from Barbsgalaxy.
More Halloween Fun
Share your Halloween costumes you've made or plan to make!
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Squidoolinepro
Oct 31, 2011 @ 3:07 pm | delete
- Blessed by a squid angel ;)
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JoyfulReviewer
Oct 17, 2011 @ 1:43 pm | delete
- Lots of neat ideas. Thanks for the fun costume lens!
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veryirie
Oct 16, 2011 @ 11:37 pm | delete
- I have a giant 6 ft foam toothbrush. I've always thought about just wearing whatever I wanted and then carrying the toothbrush around at a Halloween party. I'd be a TOOTHBRUSH HOLDER. haha :)
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scarlettohairy Oct 17, 2011 @ 12:03 am | delete
- That is perfect, Pam!
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travelbroad
Oct 15, 2011 @ 9:10 pm | delete
- Easy Skeleton Love with the bony fingers on the boobs are excellent!
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gottaloveit
Oct 14, 2011 @ 7:30 am | delete
- Boy, that Madame Butterfly sure looks like Martha. My best homemade costume was a trash can. I just wore a black trashbag and pasted "trash" on it. I received the award for most inventive costume but, then again, I was judge and jury.
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Tipi
Oct 5, 2011 @ 12:17 am | delete
- How very delightful! You will have brains working for the best ever homemade Halloween costumes this year! I especially like your idea for pregnant women to work around the theme for the shape they're in and a pumpkin will hide a baby bump nicely, fun!
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Laniann
Oct 2, 2011 @ 3:54 pm | delete
- This is really a great costume idea - Pregnant? No Problem! Make a Halloween Costume.
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MysticTurtle
Sep 26, 2011 @ 6:15 am | delete
- Love the pregnant costumes.
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- Those are a hoot!
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