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Home » DIY Costumes » 44 Homemade Halloween Costumes for Adults

44 Homemade Halloween Costumes for Adults

July 15, 2018 By Jamie Dorobek

Oh how I heart Halloween! I mean free candy and handmade costumes? What more could a girl ask for? If you happen to have a baby bump that is probably the most exciting costume to craft up, and not to worry, I’ve got 29 genius DIY pregnant Halloween costumes for y’all! If you’re looking for kid costumes, here are 34 adorable DIY kid costumes. But, adults need costumes too, so I rounded up 44 homemade Halloween costumes for adults.

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44 DIY adult Halloween costumes

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44 Homemade Adult Halloween Costumes

 
1. Crown and Coke: This is a fun couples costume or a bottle of coke complete with coke tab headband makes for a great costume on it’s own! The tutorial is pretty simple assuming you have a red dress on hand. Turn this into a group costume idea with friends and all be different bottles of pop! If you don’t have time to DIY, I found a cute option on Amazon: Coca Cola Dress and Diet Coke Dress. Jack Daniels T-shirt and black pants would be a super easy non DIY version too: Jack Daniel’s T-Shirt.
DIY Crown and Coke Couples Costumes
2. French Press: All you need for this punny costume is a black and white striped t-shirt, black pants, a blonde wig, and red lipstick, and red bandana complete with French look. For the DIY, light up “PRESS” grab this round light from Amazon and use red spray paint and sticker letters.
DIY Halloween costumes
3. Clean and Dirty: The “Dirty” costume is as easy as it gets! For “Clean” hot glue this wide mesh ribbon to any strapless dress. And then add the white rope as a hanger. Voila!
DIY couple costume ideas
4. Doug and Patty Mayonnaise: If you grew up in the 90’s, you know Quail Man and Patty Mayonnaise! Here’s an inexpensive red cape to complete your Quail Man costume.
DIY Halloween costumes
 
5. Glow in the dark stick person: I actually bought a black unitard, which has proven to be very useful for loads of other DIY costumes! But, you could easily just wear a long sleeve black shirt and black pants or leggings. Clear packing tape is the real winner of this costume.
DIY Stick figure costume
 
6. DIY Fred and Wilma Flintstone couples costume: Wilma must spray her hair orange!
Homemade Halloween costumes for adults
 
7. Bob Ross and Happy Tree: The Bob Ross costume is one of the easiest DIY’s, the curly, brown fro wig is a must!
DIY adult Halloween costumes
 
8. Operation Costume: This costume is adorable and best of all, comfortable! All you need is a grey sweat suit and red and white felt. A pair of pliers is also an essential!
 
Operation Costume DIY
 
9. Tourist: Add a fanny pack for the ultimate tourist costume!
 
DIY Halloween costumes
 
10. Lady Bug Costume: I already had the red strapless dress, so I simply pinned black felt circles on the dress. I found the wings at Good Will for $1 and made a headband with pipe cleaners and black pom poms.
 
Last minute DIY Halloween costumes
 
11. Indian: I made this from an XL Hobby Lobby T-shirt
12. Mail Stripper: This punny costume is as easy as it gets! Get it? Male stripper, ha! Cut some junk mail into strips and tape it to your t-shirt, voila!
DIY Halloween costumes
 
 
13. Jack in the Box: This is not the easiest costume to make, but it is really awesome! For the step by step instructions check out Instrutctables.
 
Jack In The Box head
 
14. iPhone: All you need is a large cardboard box for this life size iPhone costume. The costume was originally found on Everything Cardboard.
Cardboard Iphone Halloween Costume
 
15. Cheeseburger: I love that this is a no sew costume, but if you have no time to DIY, consider buying this fun hamburger costume! Also, if you’re in the market for baby cheeseburger costume, my beefy Maxwell is pretty adorable. Check out this post for the DIY baby hamburger costume tutorial. If you have the time to make your own, all of the step by step burger costume is at Please Note.
 Homemade Halloween costumes for adults
 
 
16. Lego Costume: This incredible couples costume took about 30 hours to build and a heck of a lot of cardboard. But, if you’re looking to win Best Costume, here you go! To find a step by step tutorial check out Sew Woodsy.
 
Adult Lego Costume
 
 
17. Bat: Turn a broken umbrella into an amazing pair of bat wings! For the complete tutorial check out Evil Mad Scientist.

DIY Bat costume with umbrella wings
 
 
18. Candy Corn Dress: Oringially made by I’m Your Present on Etsy. She does not sell this dress anymore, but there are lots of other cute options, including this koala romper!
 
 
 
19. Piñata and a piñata hitter: This is a fun couples costume! Best part? This piñata costumes was made with Post It notes!
DIY Halloween costumes
 




20. Waldo & Wenda Costumes: This costume is super simple to throw together. All you need are red and white striped t-shirts and Waldo beanies! If you know how to sew, you easily make your own hats. Also, do you spy the baby Waldo in this picture?
DIY Halloween costumes
 
 
 
21. Game Boy Dress: If you’re a child of the 90’s this Game Boy dress is for you! It was originally made by Here and There Vintage shop on etsy. And just in case, here’s a DIY Game Boy baby costume.
 
22. Sriracha bottle and a rooster: This is as easy as a Siracha t-shirt, green beanie, rooster hat, and red dress!
DIY Halloween costumes
 
 
23. Light up cactus: The only thing better than a cactus costume is a light up cactus costume! The step by step cactus costume details can be found at Shrimp Salad Circus.
DIY adult Halloween costumes
24. Bunch of Grapes: Grab a bag or 2 of burgundy balloons and safety pin them to a t-shirt. Don’t forget your vine head piece! Image via Oregon Live.
how to make a bunch of grape costume
 
25. Pizza and Pizza delivery boy: Crepe paper and cardboard can turn anyone into a peice of pizza! If you’re looking for a couples costume, a simple t-shirt, jeans, and a of coruse a pizza box makes the perfect delivery boy! Find the tutorial at Studio DIY.
 
DIY adult Halloween costumes
 
26. Wayne and Garth: Wayne’s World was all the rage when it came out in 1992. Raid you closet to find all the pieces you need for Wayne and Garth.
 
DIY Halloween costumes
 
27. Mary Poppins and Bert: Keiko Lynn and her boyfriend threw this amazing costume together last minute! WOW! For more pictures check out Keiko Lynn.
 
28. Rosie the Riveter: All you really need is a red polka dotted bandana and a blue dress. A yellow “We can do it” backdrop really seals the deal! Image via jeana.d.
Rosie the riveter costume diy
29. Carmen Sandiego Costume: Any child of the 90’s knows that Where in the World is Carmen San Diego aired on PBS. All you need is a red trench coat, red hat, and a of course, a globe. This genius costume was styled by Jessica on What I Wore. Jessica’s new blog is called Stars + Field.
Carmen Sandiego costume
 
30. Jellyfish: This DIY jellyfish costume started as a wide brim hat, an old loofa, and 4 strands ofbattery operated led lights. For the complete tutorial, check out On The Kattwalk.
DIY Jellyfish costume
 
31. Saved by the Bell Costumes: What a fun group Halloween costume idea, right?! Image via College Humor.
Saved by the bell costumes
32. Jolly Green Giant: Green skin, green hair, and a green toga covered in fake vines makes the perfect Jolly Green Giant costume! Oh and don’t forget to carry around a can of corn! Image via blog stretch.
 

Jolly green giant costume

33. Grandpa: This grandpa costume is one the easiest thrift store costumes to throw together! Don’t forget to adda  pillow for the beer belly.

DIY adult Halloween costumes

34. Cyclists on a tandem bike

DIY adult Halloween costume

35. Indiana JonesDIY adult Halloween costume

36. M.I.A.

 

Pop culture Halloween costumes

37. The BirdsDIY adult costume

38. E.T. and ElliotDIY adult Halloween costume

39. American Idol contestant

Homemade Halloween costumes

40. Willie Nelson

homemade halloween costumes for adults

41. 80’s prom queens

DIY Halloween costumes for adults

42. Nemo in the reef

DIY adult Halloween costumes43. Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers

DIY Halloween couples costumes

44. Dorothy, Cowgirl and Nerd: Andy and I were Dorothy and the Tin Man back in 2009. I whipped up the nerd costume at Good Will for our friend, Marcus. Natalia pulled together the cowgirl costume from her closet!

HOMEMADE HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FOR ADULTS

What’s the best costume you’ve ever seen? What are you planning on being this year? What is your favorite one on my list?

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Comments

  1. enuff says

    October 22, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    one of the easiest costumes of YEARS of loving Halloween and dressing up, is the BLACK EYED PEA … it is simple, green clothes, sweats … green all over and a black eye with the letter p ON THE FRONT AND BACK OF SHIRT~!!! ONE YEAR a cereal killer ,…. yep … white t shirt, with small cereal boxes attached, with a plastic knife stuck into the boxes and paint or blood dripping from ea box down the t shirt …. no one will ever guess this one !!! one year I dressed up like a hunter, wanting to look more like a man I needed a beard, so I spread a thin layer of corn syrup on face and took coffee grounds and patted on syrup for a scruffy beard, the smell of the coffee all day at work gave me indigestion, but no one knew it was me, because of the real looking beard, just washed off with warm water …

  2. Marjie says

    October 4, 2012 at 7:31 pm

    Hi, my daughter linked me here, love all the ideas for costumes. Our enlarged family has been doing Halloween for many, many years, and all the costumes have been handmade! My husband and I went as Sonny & Cher, he was Cher & I was Sonny, everyone loved it. Also, Hunchback & Gypsy girl, salt & pepper shakers, referee & football player, so many I can’t remember them all. Now once a month my sisters, our older girls, & our mom meet for a card night but we theme dress up: Harry Potter Night, Jersey Shore, Roman Toga, Nerd, and so on, we have so much fun doing it, take pictures, then we relax for the night. My neice made my mom a scrapbook of all our nights we’ve done, it’s great! Enjoy all.

    • Jamie D. says

      October 5, 2012 at 11:51 am

      Love those ideas! Thank you for sharing 🙂

  3. Carrie says

    September 29, 2012 at 2:05 am

    My husband is a big Halloween lover so we’re always trying to do something unique. Before we met, he did that “God’s gift to Women one”. Last year, he was a giant mudflap and held me up through armholes… I was the chrome girl (body paint). It was amazing with great reactions. Still trying to figure out how to top it this year. 🙂

  4. Christina says

    September 26, 2012 at 4:30 pm

    I met my fiancee on Halloween, and he had to hand make his costume. He got a big box, wrapped it in Pink Wrapping paper, Put a Bow and A Tag that said “To: Women From: God” =] He was God’s Gift to women… Guess it worked.

  5. Michelle says

    September 20, 2012 at 1:13 am

    My husband and I went last year as Publishers Clearing House! I wore a robe and sweatpants with my hair all messy and makeup smudged, and he wore a suit. I made a giant check, and we bought balloons and red carnations. It was really fun, and I was psyched to be able to wear sweatpants in public because I was pregnant and uncomfortable at the time!

    • Jamie D. says

      September 20, 2012 at 8:24 am

      That is AWESOME!

  6. Summer says

    September 15, 2012 at 8:52 am

    Me and my two friends are going as the powerpuff girls this year. I will be bubbles. We are going to sew the costumes. So excited

  7. Taylor Wagner says

    September 4, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    Without a doubt being Rosie The Riveter!

  8. Erin says

    August 28, 2012 at 10:14 am

    Last year, my son wanted to be Woody from Toy Story. And then he wanted friends. So I was Jessie, my husband was Buzz and my sister was Rex the dinosaur. All homemade. I loved that group. And I love the Carmen Sandiego costume from this list!

    My personal favorites from the last few years: Proper Young Lady, complete with leather bound “books” balanced my head and penny loafers; Mother Nature with butterflies, birds, leaves, and glitter all over and in my hair (inspired from Martha Stewart’s “Grey Lady” costume); and Medusa, a sheer black toga over leggings and a men’s long-sleeve black tee where i split the sleeves on the outside and cut the neckline to match the toga and decorated everything with gold and bronze paints, rope belts, decorated gladiator sandals, and snakes glued to hair clips that slithered through and stood up in my hair.

    My dream costumes are the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland, Rosie the Riveter, and a Domestic Goddess (which is already made, just haven’t worn it.)

  9. C says

    August 25, 2012 at 9:08 am

    I love how people have an issue with the “bun in the oven” costume but not with the “Indian” costume. How about I dress up as a Caucasian or an African American this year. Now that’s tacky, dressing up as an ethnicity haha.

    • annelizly says

      September 10, 2012 at 9:55 pm

      i’m a real native american…honestly we don’t mind if people dress up like indians…actually i do it myself. really, most of us just don’t want people to get all racially guilty about such a little thing. it insults our intelligence.

      • Mary says

        September 14, 2012 at 12:57 am

        I’m from a Native American family too. Never mind things like that either. We even have a football team 🙂 Just wish the skins would play a little better. People get to uptight about stuff in general.

    • Kay says

      October 11, 2012 at 2:37 am

      I think it’s okay too. A Geisha girl is popular. Caucasian stereotypes include little Dutch girls and drunken Irish men. Also hearkening from my background, I wouldn’t be offended if someone dressed as a Scot in full kilt etc. (especially if he has nice legs! lol), or the French stereotype: a beret, a baguette and a bottle of wine. I appreciate though that you don’t want to needlessly offend anyone.

  10. Erica says

    August 23, 2012 at 10:57 am

    I really like the Bert and Mary Poppins and the “bun in the oven” 🙂 Last year my boyfriend and I dressed as Fry and Leela from Futurama and it was epic! This year I think we are going to be Dia De Los Muertos figures…

  11. meredith says

    August 7, 2012 at 9:50 am

    I like the mary poppins and bert and the Jolly Green Giant! I had some friends and they dressed up as “Moonshiners” with overalls that had the “seat” area cut out like a flap, so when ever the occasion presented itself they could “moon ” you! It was funny, mason jars with their drinks and a blacked out tooth here and there.

  12. Suzanne says

    July 23, 2012 at 10:47 pm

    My husband and I were the couple from the American Gothic picture. It’s super easy. Get a pitch fork and dress like an old farmer couple.

  13. Jessica says

    July 23, 2012 at 7:52 pm

    zomg. I know people from these photos! Did you live in the honors quad?

    • Jamie D. says

      July 23, 2012 at 8:35 pm

      nope, I never lived in the honors quad. who do you know?! the first 3 pictures are of my friends!

  14. Kelli says

    July 20, 2012 at 9:16 pm

    I was a One Night Stand once. I wore a box that I turned it into a nightstand by drawing on drawers and gluing on drawer knobs. I glued an ashtray with a cigarette in it, condoms, and an old cell phone on the nightstand and wore a lamp shade on my head.

    • Harlow says

      August 29, 2012 at 2:00 am

      Classy.

    • jennifer kelsey says

      October 8, 2012 at 5:13 pm

      Last year I was the school girl Brittany Spears with two baby dolls on a leash dressed as thing one and thing two, I would drop them and sing “Opps I did it again, I had everyone rolling,

  15. Chelsea says

    July 14, 2012 at 8:10 pm

    As an etsy seller, I personally don’t think it’s unethical to list an item in any blog post (even a DIY one,) as long as the link takes you back to the item listing, and/or the creator is given credit. This one just happens to have been deactivated, maybe because the seller did it, or it’s possible etsy did. Either way, even if the item was copyrighted, someone crafty could make something similar for personal use (but, from what I’ve seen, not of the same quality unless they’re experienced with printing on fabrics!) Most sellers are up on their SEO and google stats, and it appears this one’s sales haven’t been hurt by their item being posted all over the web. 😉

    Anywho, I have loved that jellyfish costume idea for a while now! I have to give it to Martha, she and her team get pretty freaky for Halloween.

    I’m a sucker for Halloween and costumes in general. My hubby and I have been participating in our church’s “trunk or treat” for the past couple of years, and it’s been a blast. The first year we went as Dorothy and the scarecrow, and our trunk was Oz: http://buymelovestore.wordpress.com/2010/11/03/tuesdays-treasure-3/

    I made the hub’s costume from sweats, raffia and elastic, sewed the hat with fleece scraps, and painted his face.
    I bought my dress and added a layer of lace to the hem and a slip for length. My mom mercifully glitter-ified my shoes, and I made the backdrop from a mishmash of different papers, glitter glues, fake poppies, paint, and a plastic tablecloth.

    Last year, we were a mermaid and a pirate, and our trunk was my giant shell: http://buymelovestore.wordpress.com/2011/12/26/make-it-monday-a-very-belated-reveal/

    I made my ear “fins” from floral wire and tulle, and meticulously hand sewed sequins. I wore a nude tank top and pinned my hand sewn shells on. Then I sewed a fin, using a skirt as a pattern, and added tulle fins (again, meticulously hand sequined.) I was covered in glitter and blue and green makeup, and found that delightfully tacky wig at Goodwill. Don’t worry – it was new and unused!
    My husband’s costume was a combo of thrift finds, torn, tattered and stained. We added some eyeliner and a scar, a tattoo sleeve found at the dollar store, some fake jewelry, and, believe it or not, that scarf on his head and wooden sword at his waist are both his.
    I made the shell from 6 pieces of foam board, acrylic paint, glitter, and fishing line. (I cut a stool-sized hole in the bottom half so I could sit in my shell.) The “water” is an iridescent door curtain.

    Even though these aren’t from Halloween, I thought I’d share our last Comic Con costumes. We went as Tank Girl and Clark Kent: http://chelsealikeengland.wordpress.com/2012/05/26/dallas-comic-con-2012/

    The only thing I made for Kent was the tie, and that was just wire sewn into the tie and formed, bent, and sneakily safety-pinned around his collar. The rest came from my hubby’s closet.
    Tank Girl breakdown: shirt – mine, target painted on w/acrylics; shorts – mine, vintage; vest – thrifted, and I added patches and doodads; socks – hub’s and thrifted rainbow toe socks (one cut off as an arm warmer); goggles – dollar store; belt & holsters – my husband’s; weapons – dollar stores (I painted the bright orange gun); boots – mine; bat – thrifted kid’s plastic bat that I covered in contact paper and athletic tape. Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to add wounds and bruises, but I did add some bandages. 🙂

    Anyway, now that it’s completely clear I’m a nut, I hope someone out there enjoys and can even use some of the ideas!

  16. Carol says

    July 14, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    My 86 yr old Dad’s KISS COSTUME last year – he won the contest! All homemade, including the cardboard guitar. His walker was decorated with KISS CDs and posters.

  17. coley says

    July 10, 2012 at 6:45 pm

    Cute, but I’m not sure it’s ethical to include costumes from Etsy shops in a DIY blog post.

  18. Amber says

    July 8, 2012 at 8:25 pm

    The picture for the Waldo costume won’t load on my pc. Oh, the irony.

  19. Sarah says

    July 7, 2012 at 10:41 am

    I loved the Where’s Waldo costume! The bun in the oven was a little tacky though… especially the “bun baker”, oh brother!

  20. Sara says

    July 3, 2012 at 1:38 am

    How was the sock monkey costume made???

    • Jamie D. says

      July 3, 2012 at 8:26 am

      I didn’t make it… click on the link for more deets 🙂

    • Rose says

      July 18, 2012 at 11:32 pm

      how did you make the sock monkey head

  21. Taylor says

    July 3, 2012 at 12:29 am

    I was a paper doll last year. It was pretty awesome, although some people didn’t get it.

    • Jamie D. says

      July 3, 2012 at 8:26 am

      That is awesome!!!

  22. Amber says

    June 30, 2012 at 7:57 pm

    I will being the most epic rainbow dash ever.

    • Alice says

      July 10, 2012 at 8:41 pm

      No way!! that’s who i was this year!

  23. Cynthia says

    November 3, 2011 at 5:16 pm

    Very cute!

  24. Pheon says

    November 11, 2010 at 5:27 pm

    I made fake blood for Halloween through this game http://www.pheon.org. Its a Facebook app game where you climb levels as you do crafts! All of you would be great at it!

  25. Miss Adri says

    October 23, 2010 at 1:30 am

    Hi! I'm a new follower! This is my very first blog hop. I just recently got back into blogging :o)

    Loving Waldo by the way 🙂

    Feel free to visit my blog at http://www.macheriecreations.com

    See you around!
    -Adri

  26. Lei says

    October 22, 2010 at 4:13 pm

    Only handmaking 2 costumes this year, and I can't wait to get them on my blog. My little Sasha is going to be a peacock and her next oldest brtoher is going to be a lego man. My husband and I are going as an angel and a devil. Which one do you think I will be??? 😉

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