Homemade costume ideas of various kinds can be utilized for making the perfect dress for both boys and girls, offering people the opportunity to save some money. Costumes give an individual identity and reflect the personality, mood and occasion. Various kinds of costumes are specially designed for various purposes. Parties, festivals, formal occasions or other events within the family have different kinds of dress codes. Homemade dresses can be easily designed within a little budget, depending on the budget and the occasion.


Bumble Bee Dress Adult Costume

A number of cheap and easy homemade costume ideas can be implemented for Halloween parties. An old white bed sheet can be taken to make the ghost. In order to bring about some variations in its look, eye shadows, lipsticks can be applied and some colors can be added to the cheeks. Two small holes can be made for the eyes and a slit can indicate the opening for the mouth. Once the face is made and the make-up added, beards or moustaches can also be added. It can either be funny or scary depending on the individual’s taste.

Making a scarecrow costume is also a good homemade costume idea. To make this, an over sized flannel shirt and faded blue jeans is required. The jeans can have some patches. Ropes can be used as belts for tying the jeans and cuffs. Plastic and paper can be stuffed into the shirt and jeans. Some straws can also be added to them. Application of make-up completes the costume.


Evil Scarecrow Adult Costume

Homemade costume ideas can be used for making different types of costumes. The tea bag costume can be prepared by sewing up two large square pieces of neutral colored fabrics. The pieces should be twice the size of the torso. Openings for the head, arms and legs must be left and the bottom of the tea bag must be snug. To do this, it can be stuffed with leaves, potpourri or other such items. The stuffed plastic bag can be placed as the inner lining of the costume. Attaching strings and a tea bag tag would make the perfect tea bag costume.

Other homemade costume ideas consist of using a cardboard box and lots of wrapping and crepe paper. It is the present or gift box costume idea. One can wear this over any ordinary T-Shirt and a pair of tights. For making the costume, the upper part of the cardboard box needs to be cut, allowing the head to come out of it. The sides are also cut, making space for the arms. The lower portion of the box is cut across its diameter for allowing the legs to come out. The wrapping paper and crepe paper can then be used for decorating the box and finally, the gift tag is prepared using felt tip pen and attached to the box with glue.

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