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.
The idea to create a Selene from Underworld costume for Halloween happened randomly a couple of years ago. I had a black cat suit I bought for a photo shoot back in Photography school, and my boyfriend bought me this beautiful leather corset for my birthday a few years later. It didn’t occur to me … Read more
This King Triton, the Ruler of Atlantica costume was a fun one to wear indeed. When I wore it for Halloween last year, I was actually really surprised by how many people actually recognized my character. It was freezing, but I kept my shirt of the entire time to stay true to the character of … Read more
Honestly not too sure how my fiancee came up with this idea for this Olympic Gold Medal Figure Skaters costume, but it’s a relatively easy costume to put together. Visit your nearby Goodwill and look for treasures. I would say the main part is the makeup and hair style. We did have real ice skates, … Read more
I bought a huge bag of cotton batton, I thought I had to make it into a wig, but I was surprised when all I had to do was pin it to my head. I was able to get height with hairspray and a ton of bobby pins. I found a dress that I was … Read more
This Cruella De Vil homemade Halloween costume was surprisingly easy! I bought the red gloves. I went to a fabric store and found the Dalmatian print, I was able to sew it into a shawl. Then I found a white feather boa and pinned it to half my head and a black wig for the … Read more
I put my three favorite things together horror, humor, and music. After going to a few thrift stores I found a blue dress to fit me. All the sexy blues dresses I tried on would not fit. I needed a bra large enough to fit two computer amplified computer speakers under the dress which I … Read more
We used paper mache to make the hat, then painted it. We just looked up some YouTube videos on paper mache hats and just tweaked them to suit our needs (the black bill and the height). The actual Spongebob body we bought, then we got some mid calf socks and painted the lines and wore … Read more
I’d been wanting to do my own version of Two Face from Batman: The Animated Series for about 6 years now. However, I wanted to do my own take on the character. I love polka dots so I KNEW I had to make this costume my own. I used commercial patterns and instead of cutting two … Read more
Magic Rabbit in a Hat Costume– a great costume for a last minute theme or Halloween party! What you will need: Black skirt White top Bunny ears What you will make: Magic hat rim: cardboard, black fabric, string or yarn cut a u-shaped rim (in relation to your waist size) then staple two strings of yarn … Read more
Our work goes all out for holidays and decorates the entire company with contests between departments and all kinds of fun. One year when funds were tight, they challenged us to create a “recycled” Halloween. Our department took this literally, so we decided to do a “Recycle” theme. I made costumes for most of our … Read more
The inspiration for this Nacho Libre costume came as we were shopping in a local store one day and saw a variety of authentic Mexican wrestling masks. After deciding the Nacho Libre mask was the one we had to have, I embarked on my journey to re-create his outfit for my husband for Halloween. I started … Read more
Heroes in a half shell….Turtle power! So, the plan was fancy dress for our friends 30th birthday party, we wanted something fun, but also a bit sexy! Really easy to make and really cheap too! We bought plain green tights and dresses really cheaply from EBay. Then visited our local fabric shop for materials. We … Read more