13 Brilliant DIY Costume Ideas For Halloween

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Stuck for a costume to wear this Halloween? Want to be more environmentally friendly? Keen to save a bit of cash? Check out this list of DIY Halloween costumes!

There’s never been a better time to make your own Halloween costume. Thanks to the internet, you can find boards on Pinterest, incredibly artistic makeup tutorials on YouTube, and inspiration on Instagram.

You can make costumes with bin liners, bed sheets and monochromatic clothes with wardrobe staples, like a black dress. Other items you can use are toilet rolls, boxes, googly eyes, cardboard, pipe cleaners, clingfilm and much more. Making a costume can be a lot of fun, cheap, and more environmentally friendly alternative than shopping for a costume!

Here are some of my favourite DIY costume ideas I have found on the internet:

Bat Wings

These batwings are made from an umbrella.

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Image source: Evil Mad Scientist

Mermaid scales

This mermaid scale makeup was created using fishnet tights.

Image Source: HGTV
Image Source: HGTV

Spiderweb Cape

Make your own spiderweb cape.

Image Source: Delia Creates
Image Source: Delia Creates

Medusa headband

A medusa headband was made using gold spray paint, snake toys and a headband.

Image source: Halloween Forum
Image Source: Halloween Forum

Banksy art

Banksy’s art was made using black clothes, white paint and a bouquet of flowers.

Witches skirt

A more fashionable take on using bin liners for witches’ costumes. It’s usually used for capes, but why not use it for a skirt instead?

Image Source: Gemskee Blogspot
Image Source: Gemskee Blogspot

Ghost in summer

Find that great bikini or swim shorts you wore at the pool last summer, and combine it with a bed sheet. You’ll be the chicest ghost out there.

Image Source: Costume Models
Image Source: Costume Models

Umbrella jellyfish

Another umbrella used to make a very cool Jellyfish.

Image Source: Angiwen Instagram
Image Source: Angiwen

Scarecrow

A flannel shirt and a straw hat can help make a scarecrow.

Psychology banter

Write some psych terminology on strips of paper, stick them to some black clothing, and grab your cigar to make a great Freudian Slip costume.

Image Source: Instagram Rachel Jaffe
Image Source: Rachel Jaffe

Serial Killer

Stick some cereal boxes to yourself and get any fake weapon to make a great pun.

MI5 Vibes

Go fight some aliens with a suit and shades.

Image Source: Yachtclubp
Image Source: Yachtclubp

Killer housewife

A plaid dress, an apron and some fake blood make a killer housewife costume.

Image Source: Madiann44
Image Source: Madiann44

Related Information

This article was originally posted in 2016 by ZippedLips.

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