Glow in the Dark Homemade Halloween Costumes
A great halloween costume idea is the Glow in the Dark Halloween costume! This is a really fun costume as most Halloween events happen in the dark so this is the perfect costume! Whether you're trick-or-treating or heading to a nightclub the Glow In The Dark costume will make you seen. Plus, everyone loves a good glow in the dark stick so why not take it a step further!
Homemade Glow In The Dark Costume
The homemade glow in the dark costume is actually rather simple to put together. You simply need to find yourself black pants, shirt, socks, shoes and hat (Balaclava or ski mask). You will also need fabric glue and between 16-40 glow sticks depending on the thickness and length of each glowstick. Of course, you can always glue more glow sticks on your costume to make an even brighter costume!
You then glue each glowstick to your clothing in whatever shape/style you want. We recommend choosing the most common "male" and "female" stick figures as the glowstick patterns. That way everyone knows if you're a guy or a girl and it's a fairly basic design. Right before going out trick-or-treating or heading to the club you will 'snap' all the glowsticks to activate the costume. Depending on the glowstick you will have approximately 4-12 hours of glow time.
Alternatively, you can purchase the Glow In The Dark costume which operates on batteries rather than glow sticks. This is good if you are planning to attend more than 1 nights worth of parties!
US $8.99
Funny and Original Celebrity Halloween Costumes for 2010
One of the fun ways to choose your costume for Halloween is to pick a trendy or viral subject and go from there. As we know, the world is enthralled with celebrities and how they live their lives. So to that extent choosing a Halloween costume that is based around a celebrity is fun, original and very relevant. Most people will appreciate the creativity and thought that you put into your costume. With that in mind here are a few celebrity costume ideas for 2010. These are based around things that happened in 2010.
Elin Nordegren / Tiger Woods - Possibly the most popular Celebrity couple (or un-couple) of 2010. The Tiger Woods costume is pretty easy with a beat-up face, you can even purchase a Tiger Woods mask. The Elin Nordegren costume is a bit harder but only really requires a bent golf club, blonde hair and a skimpy girl golfers outfit.
Mel Gibson / Oksana Grigorieva - Another very famous celebrity couple in 2010 is Mel Gibson and girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. The Mel Gibson costume requires short grey hair and to look very classy but act completely out-of-line at times. Oksana Grigorieva costume requires long black hair, to look classy and hang by Mel Gibson's side.
Lindsay Lohan - Lindsay Lohan has been in an out of jail for DUI in 2010. This makes her a great costume as either Lindsay Lohan or Lindsay Lohan in a jail costume. The Lindsay Lohan jail costume is fairly easy with a smoky brown/blond wig, orange jumpsuit and handcuffs.
Betty White - Betty White had a huge facebook following to get her on SNL. Now everyone is trying to get her on the show Glee. You can dress like Betty White by visiting a thrift store and picking up some old lady clothes and a curly haired grey wig. Just don't forget the Betty White sass.
Heidi Montag - Heidi Montag has been in the news lots in 2010 because of her rather large breast implants. To wear this costume you'll need blonde hair a skimpy outfit and to stuff your bra with LOTS of tissue paper to make the G-cup sized implants!
Jesse James / Sandra Bullock - Sandra and Jesse have been all over the news after Jesse cheated on Sandra Bullock (editors note: who would do that to her? seriously.). Anyway, the Sandra Bullock costume requires you to dress up in a very classy lady like dress and then be on the arm of Jesse James. You may want to add a name-tag to better represent the costume. The Jesse James costume requires lots of tattoos on your arm and to look rough and tough. To really complete this costume you can have another girl go as Jesse's girlfriend, Michelle "Bombshell" McGee. This costume would require a very tattooed girl costume and to be on the other arm of Jesse's.
Lady Gaga - Lady Gaga is always a lady in the news from stage diving in a see-through top to being sued over her name. One of the great things about Lady Gaga is her huge and varied wardrobe which means that the lady gaga costume is very versatile and wide. You can add whatever flair you want to look like her. This includes changing your hair, wacky outfits and crazy sunglasses, shoes, etc...
Did we miss anything? If we did leave a comment and let us know who else we missed!
How To Make A Lady Gaga Halloween Costumes
Lady Gaga is one of the most popular pop artists in the world. Her popularity is based on both her music AND her outfits. This makes Lady Gaga one of the best Halloween costumes. She has so many different outfits and looks so it makes it a fairly easy costume to put together with the right items.
Lady Gaga Wig
The first thing that you need for a Lady Gaga costume is the wig. One of her most noticeable attribute is her long white hair in her music Video Poker Face. Another option is to choose a blonde curly wig. For more Lady Gaga wig options check out this site.
Lady Gaga Make Up
The next thing you need is the Lady Gaga Make-up. You have a few options depending on what version of Lady Gaga you are representing. The options include a lady bolt, mickey mouse ears and more!
Lady Gaga Sunglasses
Sunglasses are the final thing on the list to finish the look from the head up. Lady Gaga is also known for almost ALWAYS wearing sunglasses of some sort so you can choose almost any sunglasses you want. Two good options are the Lady Gaga Retro sunglasses and Lady Gaga "Lady Gaga" Sunglasses. Here is another large selection of sunglasses that may work.
Lady Gaga Dresses
The final thing you'll need is the "dress". Lady Gaga's dress can be anything from the blue swimsuit to the poker face outfit and even her white VMA white outfit. If you are looking for something a little cheaper then you can take an old dress and modify it to be Lady Gaga approved. This could include cutting it, attaching more things to it or even doing something else to it!
Hopefully those tips help you to create the best Lady Gaga costume. Remember, as with all Halloween Costumes creativity is the key. This is definitely the best thing to keep in mind when creating your Lady Gaga costume!
Homemade Geek and Nerd Halloween Costumes
One of the easiest homemade costumes is the geek or geeky Halloween costume. It's a very simple costume because most people have all the supplies at home they just need to put it all together to make the costume!
The geek or nerd halloween costume requires the following
- Pants
- Suspenders (not necessary)
- Button up shirt
- Hair gel
- Glasses
- Pens, Pencils
- Geek teeth (not necessary)
- Textbooks
To assemble the geek costume you simply have to pull the pants up really high (better with suspenders) and tuck in the shirt. If you have black shoes be sure to wear white socks with the shoes. Then you want to use too much hair gel and slick your hair to either side. Next, place the pens and pencils in your pocket and have text books in either a backpack or in your hand.
Geek Girl Halloween Costume
The geek girl Halloween costume can be done in two ways. The first being almost a duplicate of the boys costume which includes pants, shirt, glasses, etc... An alternative Geek girl costume is a combination between geek and sexy girl. The idea behind this costume is you want to look like a geek but look sexy at the same time. This means a low-cut shirt and skirt, glasses, pocket protector, pony tail and text books.
Fast, Easy and Simple Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas
It's Halloween night. You have no costume and your friend just called telling you about a great costume party. Oh snap, what are you going to do? You need a costume fast!
If you have a tickle-trunk (bag of random clothes / costumes) grab that bag and start going through it to see what you can come up with. There are a few costumes that are a very simple to make and can usually be assembled from random items in your tickle trunk. Luckily these can also be assembled from random clothes throughout the house.
Lady / Man
One of the easiest costumes going is to dress like the opposite sex. If you live with someone from the opposite sex just borrow their clothing, make up, aftershave, etc... Do it up right and people will think you've been planning it for a while!
Crazed Sports Fan
The crazed sports fan is an easy costume as you simply gather up all your paraphernalia for the sports team and carry it around with you. This is NOT a good costume if the paraphernalia is worth money as it might be damaged or broken but it is an easy costume to create!
The Pimp
Another great unisex costume is the pimp or ho costume. If you're a mail collect your 'pimpest' looking clothes, put on a few pieces (the more the merrier) of bling and get a cane walking stick (or funky hat) and you've become a pimp.
Groovy 70's Costume
The groovy 70's costume is a super simple costume if you have a tickle trunk with multi-colored clothing. Simply put together the most-colorful outfit possible and you can become the 70's groovy chick/guy.
Ghost
This is possibly the easiest costume but also not the most creative. A white sheet, cut out a few eyes and you have a ghost.
Roman Toga Costume
Grab a sheet and wrap it around your body to look like a toga. This is much easier with a
Cereal Killer
On your way to the party stop at your local supermarket. Buy 8 boxes of mini-cereal, a pack of plastic knives and some super-adhesive glue. Stab the knife in the cereal box and glue to your clothes.
Other ideas
Witch - Dress all in black and get a black witch hat
Nurse - Scrubs or all solid colored clothing
Cat - All in black, draw wiskers on face
Mad Scientist - Lab coat and mess up your hair
Whatever you decided to do be sure to roll with the punches. One Halloween I was in this situation and all I could find was a black hat, jean shirt and jeans. I put it all on and said I was a "cowboy", however, on the way to the party everyone said I looked more like an Amish then a cowboy. Soooo, I quickly became the Amish Cowboy and everyone thought it was hilarious.
Halloween and Halloween Costumes are meant to be fun so have fun with it!
Flight Of The Conchords – Homemade Robot Costumes
Flight Of The Conchords the TV show about the New Zealand band makes a great Halloween costume. You can dress up as Brett, Jemaine, Murray and Mel and it makes a great Group Halloween Costume. A fun play on the Flight of the Concords normal costume is to dress up as one of their many music song characters, in this case the Robots!
To make the robots just like the Flight Of The Conchords is actually rather simple. You will need the following supplies:
- Cardboard box (must be large enough to fit your shoulders)
- Cardboard box (must be able to fit your head)
- Two empty plastic water bottles
- Silver paint
- Flexible Ducting Pipe
- Colored paint for buttons
To create the Flight Of The Conchords Robots costume
- Assemble the costume so that it fits over your shoulders
- Cut arm holes in cardboard box
- Cut stove pipe to length of arms so that it in holes on side of box
- Glue pieces of paper to create buttons (or nipples as Jemaine calls them) to the front
- Paint the entire thing silver
- Paint the buttons different colors
- Cut box to fit the size of your head
- Cut hole in front to see out of
- Cut the tops of off the water bottes and glue to the side of the head piece
- Paint the entire thing silver
Robot Body
Robot Head
The end goal is to look like Brett and Jemaine in a robot costume so if you really wish you can get the square glasses, curly haired wig, etc..
Homemade Zombie Halloween Costumes Tips and Tricks
One of the most diverse and wide costumes out there is actually the Zombie costume. You have the freedom to create whatever you like for your Zombie as they are just people risen from the dead. There are a few things that must be kept in tack to create a good Zombie costume though. The clothing should be ripped, burned and very tattered it should also look like it's been rotting in a grave for many years. A few good examples are the 3-d Zombie, Punk Zombie and Zombie Doctor costumes.
Homemade Zombie Costume
A Homemade Zombie costume is actually rather simple and do-able. Unfortunately though, unless you have crazy good face-paint skills you won't have ribs or bones showing like the zombie picture to the right. This is OK as you're probably saving money and people will still know what your costume is. To create your own Homemade Zombie costume you will need the following items
- Old oversized clothing
- Other colored clothing
- Fabric Glue
- Face Paint / Zombie Mask
To create the zombie costume you simply have to take the oversized clothing and starting cutting it up into shred. Then cut the other old clothing into strips, patches or whatever other shape and glue it to the oversized cut clothing. Your goal is to make the oversized clothing look tattered, beaten, scratched up and very very used. You may have to grab some charcoal and make the clothing look worn. Another way (not kid safe) is to use a lighter and burn holes or dark patches into the clothing.
For the Zombie face you have two options. First is using face paint to come up with something scary using your imagination or this guide. You will then want to add a long-haired messy wig to complete the Zombie costume. Another option is to get a Zombie Halloween Mask which can really put the whole costume together and save you money as you're only buying the mask and not whole outfit.
Social Networking Halloween Costumes
Social networking is hugely popular world wide with many people spending just as much time on their favorite socail networking site as they do watching TV. So why not take that popularity and turn it around into a super fun and up-to-date costume. Here are a few ideas for social networking halloween costumes. We are providing a few ideas for each costume so you can create the costume but using your creativity will really make the costume great!
Facebook Costume
The facebook costume can be done in a variety of ways. A good way to is to try and replicate your Facebook page on your body. Simply get a white and pants. Then blue a blue-strip to the top of the shirt (like the facebook strip) and then continue to add things such as your picture, number of friends, "in a relationship", etc... on the back you can even create a 'wall' for people to write on. A good example of a facebook costume is here.
Google Costume
Get together 6 friends who all dress up in the Google colors. Then when you get together you can assume your alphabet shape to become the Google symbol. You will need 2-people all in blue, 2 all-in red, one in orange and one in green. Be sure to select the right color of blue and red to really make it work.
Twitter Costume
The twitter bird can be done in a few different ways. We recommend that you get a cardboard box and attach it to your body then write a bunch of tweets on the front of it. You can also have a section to add more tweets throughout the night which is always a fun idea for a Halloween costume.
YouTube Costume
The YouTube costume is a classic social networking costume (if that's even possible). Simply get a large cardboard box. Cutout the top so your head is sticking through the opening. On the front of the box you can place all the youtube marking such as number of views, stars, reviews, etc... You can even label the top of the box with a funny caption. Be creative and make this a really cool and fun YouTube costume.
Four Square Costume
Four square is the a popular networking tool to tell people where you currently are. To create this costume you can setup a costume similar to the twitter costume. However, have a bunch of locations written up and glued to velcro which you can then attach depending on your location at the party. Your locations could be at the keg, at the bar, in the washroom, in the kitchen, on the dancefloor, etc... Then don't forget to have a few 'mayor' hats so you can become 'mayor' of the kitchen.
iPhone 4 Costume
Although, technically not a social networking site we thought the iPhone 4 deserved it's own section. To create this costume you should take into account the fact that the iPhone 4 has poor reception on the bottom touch position. Here's a really well done iPhone costume for your reference.
Flickr Costume
The flickr costume should incorporate photos and sharing all in one. For this you can dress up in a white shirt and pants. If you can manage it's best to have a small photo printer as part of your costume. This allows people to insert their flash cards and print a photo. Then you can have them stick it on your white shirt or pants. A fun costume that has interactivity!
Homemade Baby Costumes – Flower, Chili or Pea
A great way to save some money around Halloween is to create your own Halloween costumes. Originally everyone was making their own costumes and in past years people have turned to shops and online looking for their costume. This year you can create your own infant halloween costume that will not only look good but also be remembered for years to come.
How do you create a baby Halloween costume?
The first thing you'll need is an idea of what you're going to make. If you don't know what you want to make then we highly recommend starting with a costume pattern. The pattern will make your life much easier as you simply follow the directions to make your cute costume! We will look at the flower, hot chili and pea as possible baby costumes because these patterns are stocked at 
Fabric.com and they are actually rather simple to make!
The hot chili costume is created from red/orange fabric and has a stem on the hood, and leaves around the neckline. The flower has a green body with a headpiece which represents the flower and can be in whatever color flower you choose. Finally, the pea consists of two different colors of green and has a stem on the hood. All patterns and costumes include raglan sleeves with a mitt, a hood with elastic in a casing, and a center front zipper. These are very cute, accessible and easy to make costumes.
All of these costumes are fairly easy to create yourself with the proper supplies and time. If you don't have the proper time then it's best not to try and rush and create something yourself. Remember, this is the only Halloween that they'll be a baby so be sure to have a costume that is as adorable as they are! If you're resorting to buying a costume online we recommend BuyCostumes.com as have the largest select, a price guarantee and fast shipping!
5 Simple Costumes Ideas For Homemade Halloween Costumes
Halloween costumes are a great deal of fun, however, they can also be rather expensive. That's why lots of people choose to create their own Halloween costumes for Halloween. This is a great alternative and way to save money, however, you must be prepared to put in the work. If you are serious about having a good costume we definitely recommend purchasing your costume as you'll be much more pleased with the finished product.
That being said there are some VERY simple costumes that you can create which turn out pretty good. We've listed 5 simple costumes ideas for anyone who wants to create their own Homemade costume. Most people will have a good amount of these materials so the cost of these costumes should also be fairly low. If you do need fabric then check your local store or visit Fabric.com who have the best selection on the internet!
5 Simple Homemade Costume Ideas
- Toga Costume / Roman - Simply grab a white sheet and wrap it around yourself like a toga. You will want to have a few safety pins to ensure that everything stays together. You may also grab some sort of green leafy crown to wear like Caesar.
- Serial Killer - Buy a pack of fake blood and a pack of small cereal boxes. You than take a knife and stab through the cereal boxes and even have a knife sticking out of the box. You then attach (glue, tape, safety pin) the boxes to yourself and you're now the Serial Killer.
- Surfer Dude / Dudette - Grab you best pair of board shorts, surfing shirt and sandals. As an added touch you can make or get a surf board or long board. Don't forget your sunglasses to complete the outfit.
- Sporty Guy / Girl - Simply get your best sporting gear together. Put on your short shorts, basketball jersey and some sweat bands. You can also carry around a duffel bag full of sporting goods to really complete the costume.
- Geek Girl / Guy - Get a slacks, white collard shirt, tie (tie it too short) and thick rimmed glasses. You can than pull the slacks up past your waist and have them attached with suspenders. To really complete the costume don't forget your pocket protector, pens and text books.
Remember, that when making your homemade costume that it will take time. If you allocate the correct amount of time you will get a good finished product. If you are rushing through it and just coming up with something than you probably won't have a great costume. If this is the case you might just want to purchase your costume from a place like BuyCostumes.com.