Three Homemade but Clever Halloween Costume Ideas

There are a lot of individuals each year that go on Halloween with handmade costumes and, with ready made costumes being pricier with each passing year, it is quite obvious that the need for clever costumes made at home is there.

In the past, people who wanted to make their own costume would simply use a white sheet, cut two holes in it and then went out as a ghost. It is a still great idea for people that love ghosts to wear such a costume but there are so many other things that could also be done.

An example of an excellent handmade Halloween costume is that of a vampire. All you need is a piece of black fabric to convert to a cape (or a cape if you have one handy for other purposes) and then a tin of make-up in order to make the face pale enough, that the person can indeed come across as a vampire. Another thing that you could possibly do in order to enhance the effect is to get red lipstick or red crayon and smear some of it across the mouth and teeth of the person dressing up as a vampire. This will add the illusion of the person having just drank blood and even without the tooth extensions there it is still a special costume to wear.

Mad scientist is another good example of a costume that can be entirely hand made. Many people have chemistry goggles in their homes now because of university children or their own work and therefore a combination of these safety goggles, dark circles under the eyes created with the help of make-up and a white coat it is quite possible to make someone look like a mad scientist. If you get them to permanently open their eyes as wide as possible when they go out and then mess up their hair, so that it looks as shaggy as possible, then it will add an effect to the impression given by the costume.

Ghosts, vampires and mad scientists are three good examples of costumes that people used to buy at the store all the time when they went on Halloween journeys. Nonetheless, there are dozen of other famous costumes that can be made at home (ghouls, goblins, witches and faeries) with a little creativity and effort; and at the same time end up saving lots of money.

Ingenuity is the watchword for clever homemade Halloween costumes.