34 Halloween Costumes Made From A Cardboard Box

1. Made from a water heater box. So clever.

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2. Easily made from a medium-sized cardboard box.

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3. Awesomely detailed instructions for this Box of Wine - just click!

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4. Box with round craft boxes glued on.

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5. Just dots on square boxes.

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6. Painted box with plastic platter glued to the front, blue plastic “water” and bottle cap knobs. The boxers on the head are the perfect finishing touch.

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7. Box, ribbons, paint, jester hat…you can make that, too, click for instructions.

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8. No instructions for this one, but click it to see the original and figure it out (and there’s cute John Deere and Noah’s Ark costumes, too).

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9. A box, a lampshade and two pair of tights. Adorable. Click for instructions.

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10. No instructions….just a box, butcher paper and some bubble-wrap.

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11. No instructions given, but easy to see what was done. Cute!

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12. Box, tape, glue, paint, some printed artwork (wheels, etc.). Great!

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13. No directions for this one, but easy to see what was done and do it yourself! Fun!

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14. Great directions to make Thomas - click to see.

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15. Box, plumbing tube, colored foam paper, aluminum foil…super cute!

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16. Pizza box…and a lot of balls ;)

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17. Unfortunately no instructions given, but looks like cardboard boxes and tubes. Easy enough!

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18. Cardboard, paint and “Great Stuff” for the popcorn.

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19. No instructions, but you can figure it out, right?

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20. Cardboard, paint, aluminum foil, plastic wrap and away you go!

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21. Cardboard box, duct tape, bullnosed drywall cornerbead and some stickers.

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22. This is one you can buy, but I think you can make it easily with a box and some mylar or aluminum foil…

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23. This is another you can buy, but so easy to make! A box, some paint…

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24. Good instructions for this box o’ pups…just click.

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25. This one is more for the photo op, but how funny! Click for instructions.

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26. A box and paint - you can accessorize with a purchased Wall-e arm…

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27. Instructions not clear for this one, but you can probably figure it out…

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28. No instructions given, and obviously quite a bit of work to do, but I think this one is hilarious! They even did the clear “plastic” thing that holds the doll in the box! (created by Sarah Pasley)

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29. A box, balloons, and quite a few other things…click for good instructions.

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30. Is this not the saddest child in a Halloween costume ever? Anyone know who he is? I wanna hug him! (No instructions given, but easy to figure out.)

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31. Box, duct tape…kind of a ‘retro’ cell phone really…

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32. First I saw a Rubik’s Cube costume made just from a box and paint (Google it), but then I saw this and it is SO much cooler. Great instructions, too.

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33. No instructions, but easy - a box, paint, cute socks.

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34. Another with no instructions, but just a box, paint and some tissue paper. Easy!

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