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.
Matryoshka/Russian Nesting/Babushka Dolls Total cost: $200 ($40 per person) Materials: Foam, red and yellow fabric, red and yellow rose buttons, elastic, acrylic paint. You will need a sewing machine and thread. Total time: 3 days (based on one person crafting) Inspiration and steps in detail (trust me, it looks harder than it is!): The inspiration … Read more
This View Master costume is being worn by myself. Every year I try to come up with creative recognizable costumes of characters, objects or toys from when I was growing up. Throughout the year I come up with a list of possible Halloween costumes that I can home make and begin to narrow it down to … Read more
Art Deco Medusa was handmade by myself and personally styled from the shoes to the headdress, leaving no element un-finessed. The pattern for the dress is researched from 1920’s flapper-style dresses and is made from second-hand deconstructed garments. These garments included an old beaded prom dress, some oversized velvet shirts, and some lace-y undergarments. All … Read more
This costume-making all started when a family friend offered me her sewing machine last year. I had hand-sewn last year’s Halloween costumes and because she was no longer using her machine, she thought I might enjoy sewing. She was correct! I taught myself to sew by watching a few youtube videos and reading the directions … Read more
This Ms. Pacman Comes Alive costume was SUCH a fun costume! I’ve never made a homemade costume before, so thought I’d tackle something new. It was a HUGE hit! Had so many compliments on it. The Basic Steps: Find some large pieces of cardboard. To make the circles, we tied a nail onto a string, and … Read more
When we decided that we were going to do something somewhat ordinary like a Ghostbusters theme for our Halloween costumes this year, I knew I had to do something over the top to make it stand out. Rather than take the obvious character options for costumes, I wanted to challenge myself and try to make … Read more
In 2010 my girlfriend and me saw in the cinema a trailer of Alice in Wonderland. For a few seconds we also saw Johnny Depp as Mad Hatter in this trailer. Quite fascinated and in the climax of the carnival season we started to re-build this costume based on the few seconds in the trailers. … Read more
My name is Chris and I got the idea for this Half Him and Half Her Costume last year while shaving off the beard that I had been growing for a few months. I was having some fun shaving and decided it would be neat to see what I looked like with a half beard. After … Read more
I had the idea one night to be a Garbage Pail Kid for Halloween. I called my best friend to ask her if she wanted in on the idea and the next thing I know there were six of us that were going as GPK’s. Each person was responsible for finding their costume clothing and … Read more
I have been heavy into creating my own costume for the last 4 years now and do it mostly for my company costume contest. It’s funny to see them progress and get more complex as I try to top the one from the previous year. And now General Thade! I think this one will be … Read more
One of my favorite movies as a kid was the movie Gremlins! The movie is based on a pet named Gizmo and the chaos that surrounds him once certain rules are broken. The two main rules are “Don’t feed Gizmo after Midnight” and “Don’t get Gizmo wet”! After these rules are broken a new type … Read more
After looking for days online for the costume I wanted to make I decided on a diving costume. I also wanted it to look more aged instead of the newer shiny looking ones I always saw. It took me almost two months to make this antique Deep Sea Diver Halloween costume and I had a bit … Read more