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.
Around Halloween last year I was undecided about what I wanted to be. Halloween is my absolute favorite day of the year no doubt, and I was tired of the classic vampires and witches. So I was watching television one day when a Progressive Insurance commercial comes on. It was Halloween themed if I remember … Read more
My boyfriend and I decided to make Mr and Mrs Potato Head couples costumes after seeing some great ideas on this site and loving the characters from the Toy Story movies. The bodies are made from a lighter fleece bought at Jo Ann Fabric. The face pieces are felt. We bought the hands at a … Read more
My skeleton costume is very easy and cheap to create. My sister and I went as sister skeletons for Halloween this year. Our costume consisted of a t-shirt, under shirt, leggings and make up/ paint. You can either pick a white t-shirt to cut with black under cloths or the opposite. The way we made … Read more
Our Scott and Kourtney costume was the simplest and cheapest costume we have ever done. For Scott we used already on hand clothes (yes, the red pants we already part of his wardrobe). We threw a ridiculously, hideous wig on him (5 bucks), some aviators and of course…an over the top cheesy grin. For Kourtney, … Read more
Our Willy Wonka and Oompa Loompa costumes have been the most fun, not only to wear but to make so far! I Googled some pictures of Oompa Loompa’s as well as the ORIGINAL Willy Wonka and based my design off of that. The Willy costume was the fastest to assemble so I will start with that: … Read more
This is how I made these Popeye and Olive Oyl couple Halloween costumes The Popeye costume was a combination of: a simple navy v-neck, a cut-out from a red polo, corn cob pipe, sailor hat, yellow bias tape belt, navy heat seal trim on the sailor collar, work boots, light blue dockers, and the tattoos … Read more
These double header Halloween costumes were not too hard to make. We made a T frame out of PVC pipe. Wrapped the frame in newspaper to make the clothes fuller. This was then taped into a backpack that we put on. For the one costume we went to the thrift store for 4X shirt, found a … Read more
My hubby and I were invited to a Halloween party and we wanted to go as a couple, without spending much money, and we wanted something that would be comfortable to wear for an evening….so after hours of perusing websites, we decided upon a perfect couple Halloween costume: Mary Poppins and Bert. Mary Poppins was … Read more
Sonic – Blue Mohawk wig, ears sewn onto wig made from royal blue and tan felt, royal blue shirt with a tan felt piece sewed on for the belly, royal blue sweatpants (not shown here) with tail sewn on, made from blue felt, white gloves, and black paint for the nose. Amy Rose – Red … Read more
After several years of spending $100’s of dollars on one-time use Halloween costumes, I decided to get more original and make my own this year. The idea of being a Redbull energy drink came to me after consuming quite a few this past month to stay awake! Haha. First I purchased a sexy silver dress. … Read more
I made these cool Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head costumes with movable parts for my hubby and I two years ago. The potato body is felt and a draw string bottom which allowed us to stuff and pull tight to close. The parts are felt and stuffed like small pillows with Velcro on the back … Read more
After a little bit of inspiration from this website I decided to have a go at of freaking people out with a good scary red-eyed Zipper Face Halloween costume. I bought a white zip from a local sewing shop. To get this closer to my skin color I soaked it with a couple of tea … Read more