Free Homemade Halloween Costume Ideas

Halloween is a fun festive holiday for families to celebrate together. This year, it will be celebrated on a weekend, which makes for an easier time of celebrating outdoors together and possibly for a longer period of time. I remember my childhood and wearing a variety of homemade costumes, my mother was very creative. I loved having something different from everyone else and I was proud to wear my costumes since my mother made them for me. With the economy as it is buying costumes for a few children or a larger family can really hit your budget hard. The following list offers websites that have free Halloween patterns so that you can make your own costumes and save some money while still being able to celebrate. Starting early can spread the enticement and anticipation out for almost the entire month. So get your little goblins together and decide on their howling costumes for this years Halloween without breaking the bank.

Knowledge Hound

http://www.knowledgehound.com/topics/costumes.htm

A variety of links to Halloween costume ideas. These include costumes for children and adults as well as people with wheelchairs, crutches, walkers and canes.

Make Baby Stuff.com

http://www.make-baby-stuff.com/halloween-costume-patterns.html

Nothing is cuter than a baby or toddler dressed up for Halloween. Here are a few ideas and patterns for those little trick or treating critters.

About.com - Characters

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/charactercostumes/Popular_Characters_Costume_Ideas.htm

Ideas offered for famous people and popular character costumes. There is a list of links provided.

About.com - Boxes

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/cardboardboxcostumes/Cardboard_Box_Costumes.htm

Another About.com link but this one is all about costumes made from cardboard boxes. A time-honored tradition!

About.com - Sweats

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/sweatsuitcostumes/Sweat_Suit_Costumes.htm

Do you have a sweat suit? Why not use it to create a costume. Here's a list of ideas to make a variety of costumes from simple sweat suits.

Coolest Homemade Costumes

http://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/

The title says it all. And the site suggests the hardest part is coming up with an idea for a costume and they have that taken care of for you with their list of suggestions!

Homemade Halloween Costumes

http://www.robinsfyi.com/holidays/halloween/costumes.htm

This list of ideas claims to be easy and cheap! Now you can't beat that! It's worth at least a peek.

About.com - sewing

http://sewing.about.com/od/hallowee1/Halloween_Costumes_and_More.htm

Lots of costume ideas if you are handy with a sewing machine.

Disney's Family Fun

http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/specialfeature/halloween_ms_costumes/

More than 100 easy to make costume ideas listed at this site. They also offer some last minute ideas for quick costumes for the holiday procrastinators.