Stand out in a crowd with a truly original costume. Forget the store bought costumes or the traditional Halloween costume ideas. Access the most creative part of your brain to come up with fabulously unique costumes, like the ones below.
Searching for costume ideas and looking for motivation? Or feeling like the most uninspired person on the planet? Don’t fret. Take a look at the one-of-a-kind costumes here and they will get your imagination flowing. For instance, check out the violin spider fairy costume and the toddler Liberace behind his candelabra. Also, the slow cooking turtle burger. Another super cool idea is a connect the dots costume.
When it comes to original homemade costumes ideas, the stranger the better. So, open your mind to the weird and wonderful DIY costumes here. Get inspired to make your own and share it with us here!
Costume was pretty easy to make. We just used cardboard, string and paint. It was however quite hard to maneuver in the outfit. We played on the fact that we are an interracial couple. Since I’m white and he is black, I decided to be the black part of the yin yang and he was the white … Read more
My best friend and I decided to be the Judd’s for our annual Bunko Halloween party. We went to a second hand store. For Wynonna, we found a black sweatshirt jacket and black rocky mountain jeans. For Naomi, we found an old fancy dress. We made a black petticoat for Naomi out of black tulle. On … Read more
My son wanted to dress up as the “Human Being” mascot for Greendale Community College from the show Community. I think this was just his way of finally getting me to purchase him the morphsuit he has been wanting. Anyways, I purchased a white morphsuit, a piece of sticky foam, and a roll of white … Read more
I was about 8 months pregnant and the theme of our party was famous couple throughout history. So I knew exactly who we needed to be, Mary and Joseph! I got fabric for really cheap at Walmart. They had bolts of fabric on sale so I bought two different colors of fabric. I had my … Read more
Pony was our influence. Moles buckrim and tons or tulle. So many photos I started to fell sorry for stars that go through this all the time. First I bought a corset then proceeded to convert it in velvet, jewels and trim to make it my own. 50 yards of tulle cut and sewn … Read more
This Grammer Girl group costume actually was a very easy costume! We are first grade teachers and every Feb. we serve pancakes at McDonald’s to raise money for our classrooms. It gets pretty hard to come up with something new, because we dress up for Halloween also! This was our idea this year. We let the … Read more
We live in a neighborhood that doesn’t have too many kids, but every year, my husband and I try to do something for the kids that do come. Word is starting to get out that we do the heck out of Halloween, so more kids are starting to come and more neighbors are starting to … Read more
Kind of easy to make. This Meat Toppings costume requires some drawing skills or/and Photoshop skills. Just cut out a square from thick paperboard, spray paint with yellow or what ever the color of your meat pack is. Print out the background or as I did draw a mountain with a good marker, make the sticker with the weight and price etc … Read more
For my squeaky clean bubble bath costume, I started by making a tutu out of blue and silver sparkly tulle. After the tutu was made I cut out individual bubbles from the BIG bubble wrap and super glued them on. I also found iridescent jewels that looked like bubbles that I glued to it as well. I … Read more
I am all about couple or family group costumes. This year dad wasn’t able to join us but me and my little boy went together anyways. I did some treasure hunting at local thrift and second hand stores and truly came up with some jems! I already had the basics, jackets, boots etc. what I needed was … Read more
I love doing timely costumes that reflect something currently going on in pop culture. Because this year was 2012, I decided to make a costume for the end of the world, and what’s a better way to dress for the end of the world than dressing as one of the people that predicted the whole … Read more
As a member of the Grand Rapids Original Swing Society that meets every Tuesday night and is open to the public, we created a costume pairing for an evening’s dance that was dubbed as Prom Night. My friend and I love to have a good time, and don’t have normal or reserved senses of humor … Read more