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 decided this year that I would be Lilith, the Bride of Dracula and my boyfriend would be Dr. Acula. I started out with just a simple black dress that I bought from an online store on clearance. I then went to a fabric store and bought a pattern in taffeta that would match the 18th … Read more
I’ve always tried making unique costumes that aren’t as common to make Halloween that much more fun and interesting. This year I decided to get really creative and decided to make a Rubiks Cube homemade Halloween costume. It’s a little time consuming but relatively easy to make. I didn’t see one person with this costume … Read more
This is the first Halloween that my boyfriend and I spent together. A few days before the Halloween event, I was freaking out that we didn’t have a definite costume idea and I thought we would not end up with one. We went to Michael’s the night before of the event and my boyfriend was … Read more
We always go all out for our Trunk or Treat Halloween party at church. This year we decided on doing the trunk as Cinderella’s Pumpkin Coach. I thought of doing this half and half Cinderella (before and after the Godmother) homemade costume 3 days before the party!! I was very lucky in my thrift finds on … Read more
We had a great time making this Price Is Right Costume. We got corrugated board and spray painted them green. Then we vinyled all the letter designs. Tied a string through it to hang. We also made the shirts. The fronts says “I $ Plinko” and the backs say “Spay and Neuter your Pets”. We … Read more
This is how I made the coolest homemade Mystique Halloween costume: 1. I cut out “scales” from blue craft foam. I used scrap booking punches and did some freehand cutting with scissors. 2. I then used Fabri-Flex glue to glue the “scales” onto blue tulle fabric which were pre-cut to fit the areas I wanted … Read more
I think selecting the right costume should have some guidelines to follow. First it has to be something I enjoy and it should have some similarities to your HWP stats to make it more believable. For this year I choose to do Captain Jack Sparrow from the scene where he was on the island and … Read more
Halloween is about ghost and goblins, and this gave me the idea to go to a classic movie for inspiration. I watched the original Wizard of Oz and decided that the costume I would make would be the blue flying monkey who scares everyone to this day. Finding my creative original costume idea: I started … Read more
I had been on a long streak of rock ‘n roll inspired costumes. ZZ Top has such an iconic look and they’re practically wearing costumes in real life. So it was a perfect match for me this year. Got a cheap suit with tails from the Goodwill store. I wore a simple white dress shirt … Read more
I moved to Summerside PEI and Halloween was quickly approaching. Not knowing a whole lot of people in the town I wasn’t too thrilled about celebrating Halloween, as the conventional tradition was to enjoy the event with friends from home. In August a friend I met on the island informed me about his annual party … Read more
We raided the Goodwill and Buffalo exchange. We needed up buying a black suit, a white blouse and black tight leggings for the Mia character. The tie was hand-made in Santa Fe, NM by Santa Fe Stoneworks. We bought our wigs from Spirit Halloween shop. We love the movie and thought that Mia Wallace and Vince … Read more
First I used a clothes basket I found at Goodwill and decorated it with yellow feathers by hand sewing the yellow boas that I found online to the basket for my Big Bird costume. This basket made the first part of the head piece by turning it upside down and making it into a hat. … Read more