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 started this Spooky Dia de los Muertos couple costume with a men’s plain brown jacket and added gold spider material to the lapel and pockets and the jacket and the entire front of the vest underneath. The black hat has a brown and gold spider ribbon on it and brown flowers added to the side. … Read more
While watching “South Park”, there was an episode called “Halloween 2008”, during the show Satan was featured to host a sweet 16 Halloween party. I figured if I could pull off a funny South Park Satan Halloween costume, it would be like a double costume. First, I had to put together the Satan costume. For … Read more
The makeup on this Spooky Haunted Mansion butler costume is just white, black and grey pancake makeup, mix it up apply and then use a ton of baby powder to help it set and give some cracks. Use some black around the eyes and then hairspray it to keep it all in place. Jacket is an … Read more
We went as cast members from Saturday night live. The Mary Catherine Gallagher and Chippendale Dancer costumes are homemade. Shopping thrift stores for the Mary costume, craft store to get the patch for the vest. Chippendale dancer shirts were purchased at Hobby Lobby as “tuxedo shirts”, cutting the sleeves off but leaving the cuffs is … Read more
I originally wanted to make a Spiderman suit for comicon, but alas, I did not finish it in time. So pressed on to have it done by Halloween, it cost $65 in materials, and 5 and a half months to complete. I used about 4 yards of spandex that I sewed together, then spray painted … Read more
This Honey Boo Boo homemade costume idea came about 3 months ago right when the Honey Boo Boo craze first started. We worked on this costume for 3 months just 1 or 2 days a week. We just recently finished it. Every detail was sewn on by myself, my best friend, and her mother. I took … Read more
My friend and I came up with the ingenious idea to make a creative homemade Christmas Tree and Present couple costume. Best part is they were ridiculously cheap. Everything we got was from the thrift store and it was all done in 1 day. Firstly the Xmas tree was a ton of fun to put … Read more
Royal Tenenbaums is one of my favorite movies, so when I had to make a last minute costume for a party I immediately wanted to try creating this Royal Tenenbaums couple costume. My boyfriend and I threw these costumes together in 1 day by visiting thrift shops and getting together some simple things! The few … Read more
I got the idea for this easy homemade Frida Kahlo Halloween costume visiting a museum, and it actually turned out to be quite easy to put together. I already had a Mexican/Sante Fe print skirt that I had purchased from Urban Outfitters and a peasant blouse. The beads came from travels to Brazil, but I’m … Read more
Whatchya Doin’?? Hey, family, I know what I am going to be for Halloween this year! Kids…mom is making a crazy costume again! I absolutely LOVE Halloween! For the past few years, I have gone the route of making homemade costumes for my family. Each year, I try to come up with a costume that … Read more
I started this great homemade costume idea by taking an old white dress shirt that I had and took a box cutter to it. I also cut out bullet size holes to make it look like I had been shot. To make it more authentic I burned the “bullet holes”. I added tones of fake … Read more
To come up with an original costume is becoming more and more challenging every year. I have been everything from Peggy Bundy to a lady bug. I have always been very sexy, but this year I decided, let’s step out of the box and go for gold. I chose to be “Lady Gaga’s alter ego … Read more