Funny Homemade Halloween Outfits

Household Items

Create a costume that resembles a variety of familiar household items. For instance, dress as a garbage can for Halloween. Buy a plastic trash can and cut leg holes in the bottom and arm holes on the side. Fill the trash can with crumbled newspaper and wear the lid as a hat. Other funny household-inspired costumes include a refrigerator, made from a refrigerator box painted to look like the appliance. Add a few magnets to the refrigerator doors. Another costume idea is a computer with another person dressed as a keyboard or monitor.

Use well-known sayings as inspiration for funny Halloween costumes. Some phrase-inspired costumes include being "green with envy." Wear green clothing from head to toe and write the word "Envy" on the front of a green T-shirt. Other idioms that can translate into Halloween costumes include "tickling a funny bone" or "feeling blue." Or dress as a "babe magnet" and sew a bunch of fashion dolls to regular street clothes.

Create a Halloween costume that resembles a food item. Some examples include dressing as a bunch of grapes. Wear a brown body suit and tape green or purple balloons onto the suit. Dress as cotton candy by filling a clear garbage bag with cotton batting that has been dyed pink. Tape a piece of paper that says "Cotton Candy" on the front of the bag and put some cotton batting on a baseball cap to complete the costume.

Consider creating a traditional funny costume such as a clown. Wear colorful clothing items that don't match each other. Oversize clothing works well. Use clown makeup to create a funny face and act silly and have fun. Another funny costume idea is to dress like a fictitious super hero such as "Super Mechanic" or "Super Mom."