If you haven’t had a Halloween costume made out of a brown paper grocery bag, you haven’t lived. With some crayons and colored construction paper, you can be one cute lion!

Not everyone can afford elaborate, over-the-top costumes, and that’s when you get creative with homemade Halloween costumes. Halloween is two weeks away, it’s time to get crafty!

What was the best or worst homemade costume you had as a kid? Were you totally embarrassed, or did you own it?

Can you remember a trick-or-treater who had an amazing homemade Halloween costume?

In college, what creative things did you whip up for a Halloween party? The tried and true sexy cat? D**k in a box? 

Have you ever won a Halloween costume contest with your homemade creation?

What was your favorite Halloween homemade costume?