Best of AC Content: 10 Articles on DIY/Homemade Halloween Costumes

Homemade Halloween costumes have so much more going for them than those bought in stores. Usually, homemade costumes for Halloween are less expensive, utilize materials found at hand, and are more fun because you created the Halloween costume yourself.

With that end in mind, below is a list of ten articles on Associated Content that will inspire you to create your own homemade costumes for Halloween.

Make Your Own Funny Fruit Halloween Costumes
By Jaipi Sixbear
Here's a unique article for homemade Halloween costumes that you're sure to love. The author lists five types of funny fruit costumes that you can make at home: a fruit tree, grape vine, banana bunch, pumpkin butt, and a balancing fruit bowl.

Fun and Unique Homemade Halloween Costumes
By Amalynn
This list of six ideas not only emphasizes unique costumes, but a number of the suggestions are quick and easy, giving you the perfect combination for a homemade Halloween costume. Ideas include not-a-morning-person, grapes, a tree, and a pile of leaves.

Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes that Require No Sewing
By Tiffany B.
What a great article for moms who don't sew, dads who are the single parent in the family, or for last minute costume ideas for anybody who needs one. Instructions are included for the following homemade costumes: pirate, fairy, ladybug, bride, and black cat.

Top 5 Do it Yourself Cheap Halloween Costumes for Toddlers
By Jenn C.
Toddlers are so cute when dressed in a homemade Halloween costume, and this article gives five suggestions, for creating costumes that your toddler will look adorable wearing: Superman, Piglet, a baseball player, the littlest witch, or the littlest nerd.

Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes for Kids
By Stephanie Armstrong
According to the author, "Mass produced Halloween costumes are so passé," and she gives a list of five perfect solutions for kid's costumes that include a kitty, a mummy, Lego Blocks, a turtle and a ghost.

Easy Homemade Halloween Costumes for Adults
By R. Elizabeth C. Kitchen (Rose)
It isn't fair for kid's to have all the fun on Halloween, and this article gives five suggestions for homemade Halloween costumes for adults. Try out one of the ideas for a ghost, tourist, hippy, old person or a nerd.

Homemade Halloween Costumes for Couples
By Julie Johnson
When you're a couple, half the fun of Halloween is dressing in matching homemade costumes. This article is sure to help with directions for outfits as vampires, mummies, Peter Pan and Wendy, ghosts, and Adam and Eve.

Homemade Halloween Costumes for Wheelchair Users
By Emily Price
The author of this article deserves a pat on the back for suggesting four fun costumes for wheelchair users. Directions are given for a TV news host, king/queen, Santa, and truck costume for wheelchair users.

Homemade Halloween Costumes for Dogs
By Erica Williams
Dare I say that dog lovers think furry friends in a Halloween costume are almost as cute as toddlers in homemade Halloween costumes? LINK. The author gives suggestions that include, Superman, sports dog, Star Wars, Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.

Homemade Halloween Costumes for Cats
By Fooditalia
It's a little difficult to take a cat trick-or-treating, but you can still dress them up at home and carry them with you to answer the door. Some ideas include dressing your feline as Super Cat; Barney, the Purple Dinosaur; a dog; a mouse; and a ladybug.
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That wraps up this review of ten great Associated Content articles on homemade Halloween costumes. Regardless of what costume you decide upon, you can wear it trick-or-treating, trunk-or-treating, to campus parties or to answer the door at home and give the little hobgoblins a laugh.

Just be sure to have a camera on hand to take photos!

Sources: Associated Content authors as cited above.