Few movies inspire as many character costumes such as Beetlejuice. With an amazing cast of eighties celebrities, this movie definitely stands the test of time. These Beetlejuice costumes will make any fan of the movie laugh with appreciation. In addition, some of these costumes look as incredible as the original ones!
Dress up as Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis’s characters after they were resurrected. Another super popular costume is the man with the shrunken head. This one always gets an amazing reaction. Of course, the main man, himself, Beetlejuice is found on people young and old. There are so versions of Michael Keaton’s iconic role.
Also, there is a woman dressed up as Winona Ryder’s character. If you are lucky enough to look like her, dressing up will be a snap! You will even see the woman on the couch separated from her legs. She is here in a cool optical illusion costume!
Looking through these costumes will inspire you to create your own Beetlejuice costumes and may even get you to re-watch the movie. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
To make Beetlejuice’s costume, we bought a dark over sized suit from a thrift store and put pinstripes on it using white tape. We stuffed a white t-shirt to make the belly. We used a photo from the movie to pattern the make-up, and reworked a grey wig to make the hair. For Lydia’s costume, … Read more
We decided to go as a Homemade Beetlejuice and Lydia Couple Costume one year- which I was very excited about. At that time, there were no Beetlejuice pre-packaged outfits or wigs which is fine with me because I love to make my own! For Beetlejuice, we bought a black suite from Goodwill, taped off lines … Read more
I love Beetlejuice and have always wanted to do a costume, but I never felt like I related to Lydia… I relate more so to the mom, however – nobody would know who she is without having a Beetlejuice character. And I’ve always loved Miss Argentina and her attitude so I decided to create a … Read more
Our homemade Beetlejuice Halloween costumes were made from old clothes in our closet. Beetlejuice wig was found from a garage sale in my neighborhood and I had to paint it with some dark color to get the right Beetlejuice hair color. My wife had this shirt from a party in her job. Our faces were … Read more
I didn’t want to do your ordinary Beetlejuice so I chose the scene in the movie where he spikes Gena Davis. I bought moss from an art store along with spirit gum and skin latex to apply my prosthetic. The clothes all came from shopping at numerous thrift stores, I couldn’t seem to find the … Read more
I decided to create a homemade Beetlejuice costume for Halloween (I couldn’t bring myself to buying the costume for $60). I took a black suit and used white duct tape to make the stripes. I got a pink shirt since I liked it in the animated series. For the makeup I paled my face added … Read more
The hardest part of this Homemade Miss Argentina Adult Halloween Costume? The collar cape! This thing was a pain, I finally came up with something that worked out wonderfully, taps plastics in San Mateo, CA. I bought a poster board of thin plastic, and sewed material to it, it was perfect after numerous tries and … Read more
I made the entire Homemade Beetlejuice Halloween Costume. I bought a suit jacket, a tie and some khaki pants at the thrift store. I taped stripes on the jacket and pants to paint my stripes. I had to section it off so that the paint wouldn’t smear. I painted my tie black, and already had … Read more
We looked high and low for a Beetlejuice costume that wasn’t the usual Black and white striped suite, to no avail, so my boyfriend and I set about making our own Homemade Beetlejuice Costume. We decided to create the first Beetlejuice when he first appears to the dead couple. Firstly the wig. The usual Beetlejuice … Read more
I decided to be Beetlejuice as that is my Nickname from my brother since I was about 15 yrs old. And the reason for that is as you will see in my photo of my Beetlejuice Costume, this is all my natural hair!! Everything is homemade. I bought the pants and jacket and hand painted … Read more
This is me as Miss Argentina and Beatlejuice (my husband). My husband’s homemade Beatlejuice costume was all pieced together. Used an old suede suit found at a thrift store, found a wig at a costume store that was cut to this style. Used costume paint and moss for his face. Green teeth and paint to … Read more
We had just got back from Universal Studios, and had seen the Beetlejuice show -when my son was asked to be in homecoming for his Peewee football team. So we had to buy a suit for that knowing he would probably never wear the suit again before he grew out of it. I was going … Read more