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.
This was the fourth Halloween that my boyfriend and I spent together, and I wanted to be something cute together since we’ve never dressed up as a couple before. Popeye and Olive Oyl seemed to be the cutest and easiest costumes to make. Being the broke college students we are, I wanted to spend the … Read more
My girlfriend and I had one heck of a time figuring out what to be for Halloween this year. We both love Halloween. I wanted to do my own thing, she wanted to do a couples costume. We couldn’t agree on anything… until we thought about the most loveable best friends from our childhood- Bert … Read more
My boyfriend is a huge Jurassic Park fan so we went as Dennis Nedry and the Dilophosaurus that spit on him from the movie. I used a Jack Sparrow pirate hat for the head piece and cut out the center and a little of the sides. I sewed a printed scarf on the head piece … Read more
My boyfriend and I take one annual trip a year, and it’s to the Florida Keys. It’s our favorite place to get away, so I used it as inspiration when coming up with our Halloween costumes this year. Since we can’t take part in Halloween festivities in Key West, we brought Key West to us! … Read more
SIMPLE! (And we learned only true Star Wars fans understand it!) Neon orange jumpsuit I bought off Ebay I had a white vest from previous years. For the front box- felt went over a grey piece of foam and elastic held it up and around. I could not find thick grey elastic, so I used … Read more
Made all these group Halloween costumes except for the Joker. The Riddler was the best, was very close to TV quality! and didn’t cost much at all! I bought green dye, white material for belt, white shirt underwear and socks to cover the shoes and thermal pants and dyed them all green. I used cardboard … Read more
This cool blue Peacock costume was inspired by favorite color blue. I purchased a white corset from Fredrick’s and covered with blue ribbon. The peacock feathers I took off a cheap 3 dollar mask I bought in the fabric district. The back is spray painted in blue. I go the blue shorts from a trendy store. … Read more
Inspired by the classic movies and recent Broadway production of Shrek, we decided to make some green magic of our own. Shrek and Fiona costumes are easy to create. For Fiona, we found a green bridesmaid dress at our local Value Village and added a white peasant shirt from the closet. We added a red … Read more
This cool homemade couple costume: Stanley Cup and Alec Martinez started off with my love for the LA Kings and there recent win of the Stanley Cup! I like to dress up as things that are current, so my girlfriend and I both agreed that me dressing as a Kings player and her into a … Read more
We came up with the idea for these Loofah girls costumes only days before the Halloween party we were going to attend. So we researched what we would have to do and then went and got all the materials. We simply used about 25 yards of tulle fabric (after going to the store twice because … Read more
These are our very last-minute Bert and Ernie Halloween costumes. Bert’s shirt was made from a Blue v neck thermal shirt, green and orange duct tape for the stripes. Super easy and took less than 10 min! Ernie’s shirt was just a long sleeve polo shirt my husband had in the closet that happen to … Read more
This skeleton costume is really easy and economic. You only need black and white face paint, black dress, tights or long socks and mittens. First I made the legs; I took an old pair of black socks and painted the bones. For the arm gloves you do the same. I was making them when my … Read more