Creative Homemade Prom Dresses

Updated June 23, 2023 6.3M views 24 items

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What's the best way to make sure no one else is wearing the same dress as you on prom night? Create your own! Need some inspiration? Just check out this list of creative homemade prom dresses.

Anyone can wear silk, taffeta, or lace, but these DIY prom dresses take the creative dress materials to a whole other level. From soda pop tabs to old coffee filters, bubble wrap to duct tape, you're sure to find some inspiration from the homemade prom dress pictures on the list. All you have to do is bring all your creative cards (or actual playing cards) to the sewing table.

Making cool homemade prom dresses is as easy as picking a material and finding a dress pattern online. From there, you just need a little patience and a little know-how. Oh, and enough time to get the dress done before the big night. Because it's one thing to wear a sophisticated gown made out of up-cycled plastic, and another to look like garbage because you ran out of time and threw on a trash bag.

Take a look at these creative prom dresses and vote up the one you'd want to wear to your prom!

Most divisive: A Dress That Would Make the Newspaper

Over 15.1K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of Creative Homemade Prom Dresses

1. Light Up the Night Fairy Garden
Photo: Pinterest
5,896 votes
2. Amazing Afro-Centric Dress
Photo: Pinterest
4,452 votes
3. A Silver and Gold Approach to Duct Tape
Photo: Pinterest
4,559 votes
4. What to Do with All Those Books from English Class
Photo: Pinterest
4,742 votes
5. A Flowery Promenade
Photo: Pinterest
4,019 votes
6. Prom Queen of Hearts
Photo: Pinterest
4,694 votes
7. The Most Pop-ular Soda Pop Tab Dress
Photo: Pinterest
3,964 votes
8. A Starry Night to Remember
Photo: Pinterest
3,697 votes
9. A Dress That Would Make the Newspaper
Photo: Pinterest
3,544 votes
10. Great Gatsby: Duct Tape Edition
Photo: Pinterest
3,452 votes

11. Throw Caution to the Wind
Photo: Pinterest
3,465 votes
12. This Gum Wrapper Prom Wear Is Breath of Fresh Air
Photo: Pinterest
3,618 votes
13. Look Hot in a Starbucks Sleeve Dress
Photo: Pinterest
3,229 votes
14. A Mad Hatter Dress Made Out of Tea Bags
Photo: Pinterest
3,148 votes
15. 'Tis the Season for a Dress Made of Tax Forms
Photo: Pinterest
2,939 votes
16. This Coffee Filter Dress Is Your Excuse to Drink a Lot of Coffee
Photo: Pinterest
3,018 votes
17. Perfectly Constructed Cardboard Dress
Photo: Pinterest
2,721 votes
18. Garbage Bags and Duct Tape
Photo: Pinterest
2,820 votes
19. The Star(burst) of the Prom
Photo: Pinterest
2,612 votes
20. Fun in the Capri Sun
Photo: Pinterest
2,617 votes

21. A Poppin' Good Prom Dress
Photo: Pinterest
2,593 votes
22. Paper Bag Prom Queen
Photo: Pinterest
2,470 votes
23. For the Snack Food Lover
Photo: Pinterest
2,468 votes
24. A Trash Bag Affair
Photo: Pinterest
2,548 votes