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!
The makeup on this Spooky Haunted Mansion butler costume is just white, black and grey pancake makeup, mix it up apply and then use a ton of baby powder to help it set and give some cracks. Use some black around the eyes and then hairspray it to keep it all in place. Jacket is an … Read more
Our work goes all out for holidays and decorates the entire company with contests between departments and all kinds of fun. One year when funds were tight, they challenged us to create a “recycled” Halloween. Our department took this literally, so we decided to do a “Recycle” theme. I made costumes for most of our … Read more
Mr. Environment 2012 I’m Kyle, 10 yrs. old. I studied at Sta. Cristina Elementary School. Dasmarinas City, Cavite, Philippines. I’m in grade IV – section one. I joined the contest for Mr. Kalisan (environment) 2012. This picture was taken last September 28, 1012. My father helped me. He designed the costume, my mother and I gathered … Read more
My friend and I decided in high school we wanted a Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Couple Costume, since we had grown up with their movies. We decided to wear the same clothes except in different colors much like the girls were doing throughout some of their “hits.” The hats were actually Mary-Kate and Ashley brand … Read more
Halloween 2008 was coming up and I had no clue what I wanted to be! My friends and I were wondering around in Walmart trying to come up with ideas. We were in the bra section when I saw this pink and black lacy bra and the thought came to me! I could be a … Read more
This Sarea Moko, The Wind Exorcist, is an original character I came up with and decided to bring to life. Sarea Moko is the last of her clan on a mission to bring vengeance on those who wronged her. She is a fun design bringing elements of post apocalyptic and of the orient. She took me four … Read more
I created this Georgian style fantasy Pirate Ball Gown costume for Halloween 2011. That year our decoration theme was a wrecked, deserted pirate ship so I needed a coordinating costume. However, I knew I didn’t want to dress up as a plan ol’ pirate! When it comes to Halloween the fancier the better. I decided … Read more
My name is Yvonne and I’m from San Pedro, California. Halloween has ALWAYS been one of my favorite holidays of the year. Since I can remember throughout my childhood (grammar school) my mother always handmade me original costumes to wear. Every year school staff looked forward to seeing what new creation my mother came up … Read more
I started collecting bottle caps for this project about 3 or 4 months before Halloween. I had no idea what I was going to do. By the time I actually started working on the beer can wench costume I had over a thousand beer caps. I bought a dirndle-esque dress and started going to work. … Read more
“What ARE you guys?” —- “THE PARTY duhhh” And then people understood. I wasn’t sure what to be this year. I wanted to be something fun, look cute, LOOK fun, be colorful, be original, be something people LIKED. … What does everyone like? A party! To be “a party” you basically have to look really … Read more
Here’s an EASYYYY last minute wrapping paper, box, bubble wrap, Duct tape and stamp group costume. The 1 st person can wrap themselves in brown wrapping paper to be the “box”. The 2nd person dresses like “bubble wrap” who would be the wrapping inside the box. The 3rd person is the “present” that your mailing … Read more
To get an idea of what your House costume will look like, take a look at you own house. No matter what type of house you are going to create, you’ll need one big box in which your body fits between the neck and just above the knees. Follow these steps: * Seal both ends … Read more