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 was really trying to be the evil Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen. But all the kids ended up thinking I was Elsa. They were all running up to me wanting pictures. I couldn’t move three steps. I probably took 30 pics with strangers that night. I was like wait Im evil! They didn’t care. … Read more
I was almost afraid that this would have surely been my last Halloween I celebrated with my son. Afterall, he was a teenager now and I wasn’t quite sure how his generation had interpreted the whole let’s dress up, go out, and get candy sorta thing. Ever since he was a little boy he had … Read more
I don’t know about you, but since the beginning of time I have loved playing the game “Guess Who”. I especially enjoyed when my opponent drew a girl as their character because that meant less for me to have to guess. Ha! The ratio of men to women in that game is just plain nuts. … Read more
Here’s the story of how our Sonic costume came to life… S So what do you want to make for your book week costume this year my boy? The new Sonic movie had just been released and as you could imagine my son was hooked. The little blue guy caught my sons’ heart and we … Read more
I got the idea of Aladdin riding on a magic carpet illusion costume after watching a tik tok that my girlfriend showed me and thinking that I could do it better. I wrote down a plan of how I was going to do this. I have an electric longboard and I knew that would be … Read more
My Oscar the Grouch Halloween costume in 2020 (worn by me) was inspired by piles of trash on my street. I’ve always created my costumes with some found objects and recyclable materials, but never have I given myself the limit of using only discarded trash as my material. What better costume to do that than … Read more
Here’s how our Tinkerbell Steampunk costume came to life. Every year towards the end of August I ask my three daughters what they would like to dress up as. Then we spend much of the month of September planning and creating. This year my thirteen year old had trouble deciding on her costume. She knew … Read more
My daughter loves mythical creatures. She sketches many different kinds of magical animals. This year she is a lightning creature with wings. I used a silver holographic spandex with a black lightning pattern. I made her outfit with bell bottom legs fringed with fur. She is wearing some very tall boots. The fur around her wrists … Read more
This Carrie White costume took some tugging, plugging, gluing, and finger pricking, but I did it! With a thread and needle I sewed silky, red fabric layers to create the look of blood and glued them to a painted gray bucket. I had to wire the bucket with very heavy wiring because the fabric weighed … Read more
People are bored of me wearing this same costume every year, but I can’t help it, I just love it! It started in 2005, I was gonna dress up as “The Crow” but a friend of mine suggested me to do it as Edward Sscissorshands and he gave me some ideas. Unfortunately I don’t have the first … Read more
The Concept: Females are complex creatures, our varying emotions are deep and honest, and we act from our hearts. We protect who we love with out regret, and you can never love anyone if you do not love yourself. No matter how sweet of a soul you are, if you are a lady, you have … Read more
This is a Killer Croc costume I made. My son and I had a conversation back in February ’12 about what costumes we’d like to do for this Halloween. I know.. we plan ahead. He decided that Killer Croc would be the most challenging costume so that’s the one I should do. Also, you really … Read more