DIY Halloween Costumes

Homemade costumes start with one question: what will people recognize from across the room? The guides in this section answer it with the silhouette and two or three signature details, then build the rest from thrifted clothes, cardboard, felt and a hot glue gun. Builds are grouped by difficulty, from one evening to a weekend. Keep glue guns and craft knives on a clear table, and test-wear the costume for an hour before you go.