My youngest loves to play tea party so when asked what she wanted to be she said a tea party. For this homemade tea party Halloween costume idea, we took an old cardboard box and cut a hole big enough for her head. Then we covered it with white paper. I attached a tablecloth to … Read more

My son Benjamin wanted to stand out from the crowd for Halloween. In the U.K Halloween isn’t as great as in the U.S, so we had our work cut out! We used a large flat box given to us by Asda (Walmart) over which we draped a tablecloth from the local charity shop. Both of … Read more

My two boys, age 10 and 11 wanted to do something fun for their Halloween Banquet with a scout troop. We decided to do the head on a silver platter but go one step further to add the gross waiter also. They got rave reviews and it cost about 10 bucks total. We hot glued … Read more

My son is in a wheelchair and very hard to come up with ideas to incorporated the chair, so I decided to make him into a haunter house table costume. I took a side of a cardboard box, put a hole towards the back to fit over his head then I braced it with wood … Read more

We won the scariest costume award. This head on platter costume is such a great and easy costume. The table is just foam poster board with a Halloween table cloth. All of the other stuff on the table are from the dollar store. We use plates and all fun creepy stuff. The red ribbon is … Read more

We used a large piece of Styrofoam, cut a hole out of the center, added a tablecloth from the dollar store with hot glue, a plastic plate in which we cut a hole for his head. We added empty boxes of candy, glasses, bugs, worms this costume went over so well, he was also asked … Read more

Thank you Coolest Costumes! This site was a great resource and the inspiration for my spooky head on a platter Halloween costume. I won Most Original Costume at work and it was a sensation! I followed the instructions and tips from other happy heads on a platter from this site. I bought everything at an … Read more