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.
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The computer game “Oregon Trail” [circa ’85] always ended with me getting dysentery in grade school (in the game, not on the playground.) This Oregon Trail costume was an easy costume to put together, the key parts are: 1. Custom Oregon Trail sign (which is a foam picture frame found at craft stores painted in … Read more
I have been experimenting with different Halloween makeup ideas for a while now, and when it came time to chose a Halloween costume, I was torn between going as a Zombie or the Corpse Bride… enter Zombie Bride costume! The makeup is done by using white cream makeup as the base, and then the rest … Read more
I love Halloween, my husband hates it! I make him dress up every year. And every year he tells me my ideas for his costume are stupid! This year was no exception. When I told him I wanted him to be the devil, he told me that was stupid. I purchased red contacts, black and … Read more
My husband was in a beard contest nearing Halloween, so we came up with this Tom Hanks on Castaway and his best friend Wilson the volleyball. Tom Hanks as Castaway costume is really easy, raggy clothes, long beard and hair (he used a wig for the hair, but the beard, all natural). Cut the toes … Read more
Last Halloween my boyfriend and I decided to go as cops and robbers for Halloween, but with a twist! Instead of normal cops and robbers, we were Transformers! I went as the robber and a black four door and he went as the SWAT member with a SWAT van. We started by getting a ton … Read more
I went to high school with Uma Thurman, so I always felt a little personal sting (along with a thrill for her) when she got to do such cool things on film as play Baron Munchausen’s Venus, dance with John Travolta (I mean- WOW!) and to also to be a super villainess in a Batman movie. Alas, … Read more
It all started out when I was having the most difficult time deciding what to be for Halloween. I always go for homemade costumes, and I was discussing with a friend last minute about how I was stumped. She told me to go through what I’d already been, so I said, well, I’ve been a … Read more
As with all of my Halloween costumes, I came up with the Where the Wild Things Are idea less than a week before and was working on it up until we walked out of the door. We just purchased the Max onesie for my husband, but I (of course) had to make Carol by hand. … Read more
I am in love with everything peacock, so this sexy Peacock costume was a must for me to conquer. I ordered a plain black corset off of eBay for $15 and completely covered it in purple, green, turquoise and peacock colored feathers, that I also purchased from eBay. MUCH CHEAPER THAN FEATHERS IN ANY CRAFT … Read more
This year I decided to be Katy Perry in the candy dress from the California Gurls music video! The entire costume took so many hours of work but in the end I was extremely happy with the results! Many of my friends think that it is really awesome and I’ve been getting a lot of … Read more
Every year the company that I work with has a Halloween Event in which people bring their children to “Trick or Treat” around the cubicles. Because two of my friends at work commented that I sounded like Pikachu when I sneezed (they can hear my high pitched sneezes over their cubicles), I decided that it … Read more
I have always loved Halloween and always will! I remember being a kid and running up to my mom in the summer months (usually with a ice cream cone in hand) when some sort of costuming brilliance came into my brain as if by magic. I must tell her so we can sew my costume … Read more