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Anyone have any Cheap Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas?
Ok it's that time of year again and I want to make costumes from stuff I have laying around the house or I can pick up pretty cheap. Tip goes to the best idea out there!
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Yea, I can think of tons! I even found pictures to go with them! Plus descriptions on how to make them... (Yes, I wrote my own how to for each of these)
http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/images/coolest-cereal-killer-costume-2-38902.jpg
Cereal Killer
1. Pick out an old dress that you ever wear, preferably white.
2. Smear fake blood, or if cheap ketch-up all over the dress.
3. Small cereal boxes
4. Stab the White plastic knives into the cereal boxes
5. Glue the knives to the boxes so they wont move
6. Glue or staple the boxes to the dress
http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/images/coolest-homemade-laundry-basket-halloween-costume-21153646.jpg
Laundry Basket
1. Laundry basket with a linen cloth bottom.
2. Cut leg holes in the bottom of the linen
3. Safety pin or glue clothing all over the basket
4. climb into the basket and fill up the left over room with clothing.
http://www.asgcc.org/images/events/halloween/colin.jpg
Bubblegum Under a shoe
1. a pink Bandana or anything that you can put on your head that is pink... maybe a towel that you can safety pin on your heaed
2. a shoe that you will ducktape to your head. Or a cuter version that i have seen is a head band and you will super glue the shoe to the head band.
3. a pink outfit.
5. you can also paint your face pink or if you are a girl put pink eyeshadow on.
http://gallery.costumekingdom.com/images/medialibrary/resizemedium/gumball_machine_243w.jpg
Gumball machine
1. red pants or as seen in the picture, a plastic red table cover.
2. Plastic that will wrap around a few colored balloons around your chest
3. A red hat. You don't have to have the hat, but it will be cute.
(still adding more)
Cereal Killer
1. Pick out an old dress that you ever wear, preferably white.
2. Smear fake blood, or if cheap ketch-up all over the dress.
3. Small cereal boxes
4. Stab the White plastic knives into the cereal boxes
5. Glue the knives to the boxes so they wont move
6. Glue or staple the boxes to the dress
Laundry Basket
1. Laundry basket with a linen cloth bottom.
2. Cut leg holes in the bottom of the linen
3. Safety pin or glue clothing all over the basket
4. climb into the basket and fill up the left over room with clothing.
Bubblegum Under a shoe
1. a pink Bandana or anything that you can put on your head that is pink... maybe a towel that you can safety pin on your heaed
2. a shoe that you will ducktape to your head. Or a cuter version that i have seen is a head band and you will super glue the shoe to the head band.
3. a pink outfit.
5. you can also paint your face pink or if you are a girl put pink eyeshadow on.
Gumball machine
1. red pants or as seen in the picture, a plastic red table cover.
2. Plastic that will wrap around a few colored balloons around your chest
3. A red hat. You don't have to have the hat, but it will be cute.
(still adding more)
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I loved the gum under a shoe costume! Thanks!!
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Here are ten last minute costume ideas. Some are really cheap. http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2276559/ten_great_last_minute_costume_ideas.html?cat=74
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The best home-made costume is an old sheet, that you cut 2 holes for eyes, one small hole for mouth...use black magic marker to detail the features, and red ink to outline and enlighten...then take an old neck tie loosely fitted around the neck so that the KNOT CANNOT BE ADJUSTED!!!
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I have five...Check out this article http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2130973/cheap_halloween_costume_ideas_for_kids.html?cat=25
Choose from...
An American Flag
A Present
A Die
A Playing card
Gene Simmons from KISS
Choose from...
An American Flag
A Present
A Die
A Playing card
Gene Simmons from KISS
I won a costume contest once clad in two rolls of toilet paper. Yes, I was a mummy.
A mime - all black clothes and white face paint.
An egg - white sheet and a yellow circle cut out of felt or paper, glued or taped to your stomach.
Dress in your normal clothes and attaches socks, underwear or small towels to you to become static cling.
If you have a hawaiian shirt, shorts, a visor or sunglasses, sandals and a camera - you can be a tourist. You can even make some fake brochures and carry them around as an extra prop.
Take some old clothes, splatter paint on them and attach a frame to you or put it around your neck to become a work of art.
An egg - white sheet and a yellow circle cut out of felt or paper, glued or taped to your stomach.
Dress in your normal clothes and attaches socks, underwear or small towels to you to become static cling.
If you have a hawaiian shirt, shorts, a visor or sunglasses, sandals and a camera - you can be a tourist. You can even make some fake brochures and carry them around as an extra prop.
Take some old clothes, splatter paint on them and attach a frame to you or put it around your neck to become a work of art.
The today show had some great balloon costumes - I am going for the grapes! Purple balloons safety-pinned on a purple dress in a grape pattern. I am also a big fan of Oz's (from Buffy) costume - regular clothes with a "My name is" sticker - filled in as God. Super quick and cheap plus you get to take credit for random things throughout the evening.
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Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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This morning on the Rachael Ray Show she had a segment called "Dollar Store Costumes". I watched and with great interest and was impressed at the ideas and the overall quality of the suggestions presented and the methods they used. Click here for a short clip of the show.
All of these costumes were created and made from dollar store items!
She had this great Dorothy costume ~~>Complete Directions
Also suggested was a Bee costume ~~>Complete Directions
Then there was the terrific Witch costume ~~>Complete Directions
And last but not least was the Wedding Dress costume ~~>Complete Directions
All of these costumes were completed with items purchased at a local dollar store and all the directions above are in pdf format for easy downloading.
So hurry there is plenty of time to get to the dollar store and put together one of these great yet Cheap Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas for next to nothing!
Happy Halloween!!
All of these costumes were created and made from dollar store items!
She had this great Dorothy costume ~~>Complete Directions
Also suggested was a Bee costume ~~>Complete Directions
Then there was the terrific Witch costume ~~>Complete Directions
And last but not least was the Wedding Dress costume ~~>Complete Directions
All of these costumes were completed with items purchased at a local dollar store and all the directions above are in pdf format for easy downloading.
So hurry there is plenty of time to get to the dollar store and put together one of these great yet Cheap Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas for next to nothing!
Happy Halloween!!
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Well... I did this once.
I pulled out a cheap suit, put a brown paper medium-sized grocery bag over my head with holes cut out for eyes, grabbed an old microphone from a tape dec, and went out as "The Unnamed Comic" from The Gong Show.
Another time I shaved real close, gelled my hair, put on a peacock blue short-sleave plaid shirt, used a pair of puffy jeans with puffy hips and stuffed the hips with paper towel, improved a bra, put on some Timberland boots, and went as a lesbian (and no it was *not* politically incorrect... the dykes at the party were the ones who thought it was the most hilarious).
Another time, I put on an old black suit inherited from an uncle who used it for funerals and church, put on a felt stetson, grabbed a copy of the book of Mormon off the shelf, and went out as a 19th century Mormon missionary.
All three were fast, basic, easy, and cheap.
I pulled out a cheap suit, put a brown paper medium-sized grocery bag over my head with holes cut out for eyes, grabbed an old microphone from a tape dec, and went out as "The Unnamed Comic" from The Gong Show.
Another time I shaved real close, gelled my hair, put on a peacock blue short-sleave plaid shirt, used a pair of puffy jeans with puffy hips and stuffed the hips with paper towel, improved a bra, put on some Timberland boots, and went as a lesbian (and no it was *not* politically incorrect... the dykes at the party were the ones who thought it was the most hilarious).
Another time, I put on an old black suit inherited from an uncle who used it for funerals and church, put on a felt stetson, grabbed a copy of the book of Mormon off the shelf, and went out as a 19th century Mormon missionary.
All three were fast, basic, easy, and cheap.
I love this question. When we were kids, my mother did not buy costumes. It was considered a cardinal sin. She made our costumes every year, not by sewing them or any tremendously time-consuming methods, but by using things around the house and stuff she found at thrift stores. We kept a tub full of Halloween items that we routinely used year after year: make-up, wigs, hair color, fake skin, and clothing items that could easily be incorporated into any Halloween costume. My mom was considered a creative guru for Homemade Halloween Costumes. Nearly every year, my brother, sister, and I took home trophies in the local costume contests!!
My favorite from when I was a kid was a Pippi Longstocking costume. My mom took squares of fabric and pinned them on an old denim dress that she found at the thrift store and gave me some old boots and knee high socks. She used orange spray hair coloring and bent a wire hanger, then braided my hair around it to make my hair stick out to the sides.
The best costume my brother ever had was Eddie Munster. (Whoa! '80s Flashback.) My mom sprayed his hair with black hair coloring and combed it back, then painted a widow's peak on his forehead with eye liner. She found some pin stripe pants and a jacket at a thrift store, and cut the pants off and hemmed them. She used fake skin to make the pointed ears. It was so cool.
The trick to homemade costumes is just get creative. I remember my mom used a cardboard box once, and attended a party as a brick. My step-dad used some painter's overalls and cap and was a brick-layer. LOL
Larry the Cable Guy is the simplest homemade costume that I can think of. Cut off the sleeves of a flannel shirt. Get a camouflage cap and put a fish hook in it, and voila!
For another cardboard box idea, try a lego.
Or, for family or group ideas, try Blue Man Group. All you need to do is get some bald caps and cover yourself with blue face paint.
For homemade blue face paint, mix 4 T. Crisco with 8 T. corn starch and add food coloring.
My favorite from when I was a kid was a Pippi Longstocking costume. My mom took squares of fabric and pinned them on an old denim dress that she found at the thrift store and gave me some old boots and knee high socks. She used orange spray hair coloring and bent a wire hanger, then braided my hair around it to make my hair stick out to the sides.
The best costume my brother ever had was Eddie Munster. (Whoa! '80s Flashback.) My mom sprayed his hair with black hair coloring and combed it back, then painted a widow's peak on his forehead with eye liner. She found some pin stripe pants and a jacket at a thrift store, and cut the pants off and hemmed them. She used fake skin to make the pointed ears. It was so cool.
The trick to homemade costumes is just get creative. I remember my mom used a cardboard box once, and attended a party as a brick. My step-dad used some painter's overalls and cap and was a brick-layer. LOL
Larry the Cable Guy is the simplest homemade costume that I can think of. Cut off the sleeves of a flannel shirt. Get a camouflage cap and put a fish hook in it, and voila!
For another cardboard box idea, try a lego.
Or, for family or group ideas, try Blue Man Group. All you need to do is get some bald caps and cover yourself with blue face paint.
For homemade blue face paint, mix 4 T. Crisco with 8 T. corn starch and add food coloring.
Here are a bunch of my ideas!
Kids Halloween Costumes: Cheap, Easy, and Fun!
These are my original ideas on how you can make cheap, easy, and fun Halloween costumes for your kids. You have most of these materials already!
By Cherise Kelley | Published 10/1/2008
Kids Halloween Costumes: Cheap, Easy, and Fun!
These are my original ideas on how you can make cheap, easy, and fun Halloween costumes for your kids. You have most of these materials already!
By Cherise Kelley | Published 10/1/2008
You don't have to go far for this costume! Here's my favorite made with something everyone has in their home - Toilet Paper!
Toilet Paper Mummy - Wrap yourself in white toilet paper in mummy fashion. Yes, that also means around your face too, making sure to leave slits for your eyes and nose. Smear some dark barbecue sauce here and there to make it look like you're rotting from the inside out, and the mumification process didn't quite "take". Walk around with stiff legs and arms straight out in front of you. Groan a lot.
Here are 15 more ideas for cheap or free costumes found in your closets and under your bed!
http://www.huliq.com/8326/88239/free-last-minute-halloween-costumes-and-ideas
Have a Great Halloween!
Toilet Paper Mummy - Wrap yourself in white toilet paper in mummy fashion. Yes, that also means around your face too, making sure to leave slits for your eyes and nose. Smear some dark barbecue sauce here and there to make it look like you're rotting from the inside out, and the mumification process didn't quite "take". Walk around with stiff legs and arms straight out in front of you. Groan a lot.
Here are 15 more ideas for cheap or free costumes found in your closets and under your bed!
http://www.huliq.com/8326/88239/free-last-minute-halloween-costumes-and-ideas
Have a Great Halloween!
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My favorite quick, easy and cheap ideas are garbage man/woman/kid (trash bag and stuff that looks like trash), cowboy/western (I live in the south, so we all at least have jeans and boots), and mime (dress in black, paint face white with red makeup for features, wear white gloves and a mime hat).
Try these websites also....
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/halloween/l/blhalcgroups.htm
http://www.grandparents.com/gp/content/activitiesandevents/everyday-activities/article/halloween-family-costume-ideas.html?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=199&utm_campaign=EMAIL
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/halloween-costumes-cheap-easy-last-minute-creative-costume-ideas-for-the-whole-family-527891/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/986064/cheap_easy_doityourself_halloween_costumes.html
http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-kids-costumes/
Have fun and be safe.
Try these websites also....
http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/halloween/l/blhalcgroups.htm
http://www.grandparents.com/gp/content/activitiesandevents/everyday-activities/article/halloween-family-costume-ideas.html?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=Email&utm_content=199&utm_campaign=EMAIL
http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/life/halloween-costumes-cheap-easy-last-minute-creative-costume-ideas-for-the-whole-family-527891/
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/986064/cheap_easy_doityourself_halloween_costumes.html
http://familyfun.go.com/halloween/halloween-kids-costumes/
Have fun and be safe.
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One year I dressed up as Monica Lewinsky. All it took was a dark beret, red lipstick, and kneepads. :) I also put the presidential seal on the kneepads, so people knew who I was :P
A little late now, I know :P
A little late now, I know :P
Take a large box.
Cut arm holes.
Cut a hole for the head.
Wrap in paper.
Put box on.
You are now a present. Can be Christmas or birthday, or whatever.
Cut arm holes.
Cut a hole for the head.
Wrap in paper.
Put box on.
You are now a present. Can be Christmas or birthday, or whatever.
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Pumpkin
1. Large/Over sized Orange Sweat s--t
2. Black sharpie, draw a pumpkin face on the sweat shirt
3. Green Beanie, or a green hat as an alternative
4. Brown or orange pants
5. Girls can wear green eyeshadow, to add a cute look to go with the top of the pumpkin. Also pinkish orangeish blush to go with the orange pumpkin
Iphone
1. Buy a 1 black and 1 gray foam board, or two white and you can spray paint
2. Print out the Iphone Symbols
3. Superglue the symbols onto the foam board
4. Silver duck tape to boarder the black board. (look at picture)
5. Either Duck tape or rope to keep the two pieces on the shoulders. Duck tape might work better, since cutting holes might be a little hard.
Jelly Belly/Bean Bag
1. Clear plastic trash bag.
2. Cut two hole legs in the trash bag.
3. Blow up tons of small colorful balloons
4. Print a Jelly Belly or Jelly Bean Logo tape or glue to the bag.
5. get in the bag and stuff the balloons in.
6. Tie off the top with pretty string, carefully so it is not too tight. Keep checking the string as you go through the day to make sure it is not choking you.
(Warning. Be careful with the string around your neck. to be a little safer you may use a neck tie.)
My favorite costume I saw this year like these was a girl who wore a plain white t-shirt (with jeans) and attached a couple rolls of toilet paper to her shirt. She carried a magic marker and told everyone she was a bathroom wall, and asked people to write all over her.