With Halloween being less than 2 months away, I have been thinking of costume ideas for my girls. On this day, it’s a great idea to dress up as one of your favorite superheroes. It will certainly boost your status among your friends and make the day more fun.
Superhero jackets and their whole costumes will make you stand out at the party. Although superpowers are fictitious, we can make ourselves appear like superheroes by donning the appropriate outfit to make way for the best Halloween appearance.
Though there are an endless number of options in all the categories, for my girls, I like making costumes, myself. I’ve made a few costumes in the past, and I always like those better than the ones they sell in stores. Well, for myself, I can choose anything from the variety of gothic clothing line available across the stores.
If not, I can always consider taking up the task of measuring, cutting, and sewing my own ensemble. Since I am in the habit of making clothes from the scratch, I can pretty much get the work done in the blink of an eye. For instance, if I get the basic idea of how to make a mothman costume by learning about the fabrics of the bodysuit and the accessories needed, I would pretty much be able to create something wearable and appealing, without spending a lot of time on the project. But that is not the same for my kids’ outfits; I want to dedicate a little more time and effort to their costumes.
This is because in no time they will be grown up and choosing their own outfits. But now, when they are little, I want them to look their cutest. And the outfits I create for them are certainly cuter and more unique, at least that’s what I think! If you also prefer making outfits on your own, these ideas will certainly be of help to you. I’ve been doing some browsing and have compiled a list of 25 DIY Halloween Costume Ideas. Most seem pretty simple.
Here are some of the costumes I’ve made.
1. Tinkerbell
2. Angel
3. Witch
4. Bumble Bee
5. Mermaid (i did NOT make this, It was custom made for my daughter)
6. Kitty
More DIY Costume Ideas I found Online:
7. Scuba Diver – Photo
8. Paper Doll– Tutorial
9. No Sew Cupcake – Tutorial
10. Candy Corn– Tutorial
11. Coppertone Girl– Photos
12. Girly Ghost– Photos
13. Gumball Machine– Tutorial
14. Pizza– Tutorial
15. Lumberjack– Tutorial
16. Crayon– Tutorial
17. Little Lambs– Tutorial
18. Peacock– Tutorial
19. Jelly Beans– Photos
20. Oreo Cookie– Tutorial
21. No-Sew Popcorn– Tutorial
22. Spider– Tutorial
23. Owl – Tutorial
24. Horton– Tutorial
25. Bat– Tutorial
Take a look at Last Year’s Halloween HERE
What precious children and costumes! There are so many easy and awesome ideas for costumes! Thanks you!!
I love the costumes! Great pictures too!
what cute ideas! When my youngest was in the snuggly still, I dressed him in all black, wrappped the snuggly in a yellow towel and then put tape around teh yellow towel.. He was an adorable bumblebee and I was able to carry him while I held the other toddlers hands. What fun memory!
These are adorable.
Adorable!!! The cat is my favorite!!
I love tinkerbell, my niece would flip
Those are some very cute costume!
Fun, fast and easy! I love it!
What adorable ideas, thank you for sharing
Those are cute costumes!! Thanks for the other ideas as well!
Awesome list of DIY costumes! Thanks for sharing.
excellent list of ideas!
Super cute ideas! I totally learned how to make a tutu this past May! If I had a girl I’d totally tutu her up! LOL
omg these are great ideas! so creative I love tinkerbell.
wow,it’s so cute.I like the costume~~
The costumes are so cute!
These costumes are adorable i need to get started. I like the witch costume.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Angel costume!! Gorgeous 🙂
Such a cool idea
Oh my goodness, so cute! I am sharing on Pinterest! Thanks for the ideas, I need to get started NOW!
Those are the cutest costumes, I wish my kids were still that young.
Great costumes!! My mom used make mine and my sister’s costumes! I went as a pig one year (my favorite animal)
I wish I had seen your article 4 days ago. I found some costumes on Childrens Place and left it open and my daughter saw it. I caved since the oldest had gotten a fancy costume at that age (but I made it). Now I wish I had stuck to my guns about making something.
What kind of costume did you get? Children’s Place has some really cute ones! But, I do enjoy making them 🙂
Those are all really great! I especially love the little one with the wings!
Great list. I’m thinking about doing a robot or tin man this year. Undecided though.
fun! i’m dressing my daughter up as princess leia for halloween this year…i have a star wars diaper and a princess leia knit hat…i’m going to repurpose a sheet to make a dress for her (well or try to make a dress…i really can’t sew, so this will be interesting 😀
Oh, how cute! I Heart the Tinkerbell costume! 🙂
aawwww what a cute little fairy tinkerbell 🙂
My daughter was Tink last year- I made the tube top with the signature triangled hem, and covered her in glitter. She never noticed the lack of wings. No one did. lol
Great ideas and they look even better
Love all the ideas!!
Great ideas! A great way to save money on Halloween costumes 🙂
You are full of creative and bright idea and very resourceful too. Imagine how much you save with that DIY costume. I like the mermaid you have have a very cute and charming model.
Great ideas and so timely that I’ve seen this as Halloween is just around the corner.
I absolutely LOVE the Mermaid costume!! I’ve been looking at a lot of costumes on Etsy this year for our 3 year old daughter and I’ve been debating between a pirate and a Mermaid:) Last year I bought her costume at a craft fair.. I would definitely rather go the homemade route but I am not crafty with a sewing machine so I look to other people to help me out! Your kids are adorable!
Thank You! I love the Mermaid one too. I’m debating if I should have my younger daughter use it this year. Unfortunately the shoes don’t fit her, but the costume does!
what adorable outfits and so easy to make.
Those costumes are so cute!
those are done good thanks for the help
toptally bookmarked this page!! thanks for shariong
LOVE the scuba diver!! Think we found a winner for my 20 month son! Sooo adorable!
What a great list of diy halloween costumes. Costumes can get so expensive but these are great.!
I don’t know what is the cutest the kids of the costumes. You are so good at this and I love them all.
How stinkin’ cute! I added it to my Tutu Cute Board on Pinterest- tutus costumes are irresistable..lol! I especially love the Tinkerbell & Angel. Thanks for sharing our Horton Craft 🙂
I just posted the Homemade Black Cat Tutu Costume I made my daughter last year http://craftsandartforchildren.blogspot.com/2012/10/homemade-black-cat-tutu-costume.html
Did you make the angel wings? I want to make Bee Wings but have no idea how…lol!
I made the wings for the Tinkerbell Costume out of white metal hangers!
If you ever post a tutorial, please LMK! It would definitely be a fun thing to make even for pretend play outfits 🙂
Very cute… I made my daughters last year and she loved it. This year we are going to try again.
These are all really lovely, but my personal favourite image is the cheeky kitty cat. It must be wonderful to be so creative.
I like that these ideas are easy because I am def not a sewer!
I definitely need to do something like this this year! The costumes are getting so boring at the store.. I’d like to spice my kids’ costumes up for this year!
soo cute can’t believe Halloween is right around the corrner!
Such cute ideas
Those are so cute, I need to find some for little boys. Will share this with my neighbor.
These are so adorable!!
I found this just in time for Halloween! I love the Kitty outfit. So adorable!
Great costumes! Thanks for the round-up! : )
Awesome ideas, thanks!!!!
I love all the costumes… I’m going to try to make my kids costumes this year
Super cute! I will have to look at this when my daughter decides what to be!
the angel is so sweet.
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I love these ideas they look better then if they got bought
I really like your ideas. I am going to try a make the Tinkerbell costume. Tinkerbell is HUGE in my house!
Those costumes and your baby girl are adorable! Thanks for the great ideas!
wonderful ideas thank you for sharing!
Halloween is almost here and these are sooo cute
I’m making a bat and a spider this year!
I was caught short on time this year, so filing these cute ideas away for next. Maybe I should get started now, lol.
We love making our own dress up outfits here! These are going to help with our inspiration for Halloween as well as everyday dress up! 🙂 Thank you!
Oh my gosh, these are genius! The Horton costume was just too stinking cute.
very nice.beautiful