Costumes are definitely not just for young kids in this collection of teen and adult costume ideas.
Are you buttoned up at work? Do people know you as the class clown? Whatever your regular identity, feel free to switch it with something else. Cleverly disguise yourself so that even your relatives won’t recognize you. You will find ideas here to reveal your inner thoughts and ideas.
Many adults take on kids themes, like Harry Potter. In addition, Disney princesses and villains are always popular. Specially Ursula the Sea Witch which makes for a magnificent and instantly recognizable costume.
Maybe you are more of a zombie fan? If so, take a look at the compelling ways you can transform your face. These are definitely not for the faint of heart!
In conclusion, whatever your number is attached to your age, Halloween doesn’t discriminate. Create a fantastic costume and share it with us! We’d love to see what you come up with.
I live in the UK and teach a nursery class in a primary school. When Comic Relief (a nationwide charity event organised by the BBC) was coming up a teacher at my school suggested we do a sponsored ‘Dress Up from the Neck Up’ to avoid any need for over-elaborate costumes; everyone would just have … Read more
Greetings! My name is Roberto, and I work as a freelance Teaching Artist of Drama and Vocal Music here in New York City. I have designed and fabricated some homemade costumes for a non-profit stage play that I am working to produce and direct with many of my teenager student actors over the summer. The play … Read more
The Lego idea Who does not know Lego minifigs? There’s no doubt, those little men, born in 1930, have now conquered the entire world! I think there’s no person out there who does not know them. This is a basic concept, is the first rule for a successful costume: If you want to impress people you must … Read more
I LOVE making my own costumes and I have created a few that I still have to this day. This is by far my favorite and most elaborate: Bender from Futurama. More details on all the pieces. But the Q&D is: Head: main part part (cylindrical) cement post mold (for cement posts, Home Depot) and … Read more
I started off this Gumby Halloween costume with tracing my entire body on a large piece of paper I got from the newspaper printers. I got the outline and then drew the shape of Gumby over the pattern of my body outline. Cut the fabric pieces out from the new pattern and made the eyes out … Read more
My dear husband took me to a dance held by the UTA campus’s library staff (those cheeky librarians!) called “An Evening in Paris: Dancing at the Moulin Rouge.” We knew there would be a costume contest, and he and I both love any excuse to dress up. Fortunately, the hubby already owns a kilt suit, … Read more
This is what my boyfriend and me wore for Halloween last year. We got loads of compliments and my boyfriend even won first prize for his. Sally Costume: The Sally costume started out as a long floral patterned top. I then watched The Nightmare Before Christmas a few times and then worked out the general … Read more
I cut a hole in a box, put a belt through that hole and attached it to my pants. I also put candy inside the box for added effect. The suit part I already had. Its a pretty simple, easy and fun costume. Its important that, to make the box fit right, your pants might … Read more
My mother is 99 years old, confined to a wheel chair, but yet still filled with life. Each year a Halloween costume parade is held at the nursing home where she resides. She loves to participate in it, so I try to think of an original idea to use which will also incorporate her wheel chair. This … Read more
The theme in our house last year was Batman Villains! I settled on Poison Ivy, my brother on The Scarecrow and my other bro and his friend couldn’t decide who would go as Bane, so they went as Double-Bane. So here’s how the costumes went: Poison Ivy: I bought 10ft of fake ivy on eBay … Read more
My original idea fell through and it was two days to Halloween. I scoured the internet for ideas and Pacman and Pinky seemed like a great choice with the supplies I had. Thankfully, they worked out well and the kiddos at our trunk-or-treat loved the costumes. I kept hearing, “How can they see me?” Supplies: … Read more
Before I get started on this, let me just say that I cannot sew for the life of me. I have tried several times – astoundingly awful, but I have a real liking for costumes, so I improvised a lot in this, to say the very least. My friend here in the pictures is not … Read more