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 railroad crossing Halloween costume was my favorite Halloween costume I have ever done. I work at Hooters and all the girls always wear skimpy outfits so I wanted to change it up and this is what I thought up. It was very simple to make and budget friendly. I got the socks from a … Read more
I wanted to dress up with my Boston terrier for Halloween. Her name is Lola and she pretty much goes wherever I go so I knew we had to do a couple costume. I just couldn’t figure out what I wanted us to be. Then one night out I was drinking a crown and sprite … Read more
This Homer and Marge Simpson couples Halloween costume is quite a detailed homemade costume, but easy none-the-less!! We used yellow swim caps for both of our heads to cover all of our hair (2 bucks on amazon.com). Yellow paint for our faces and necks. Our eyes were made out of yellow dollar store toy “nerd” … Read more
The whole Pinata costume was under $10!! Everything was purchased at a Dollar store. 1 to 2 packets of colored tissue paper gift ribbon oak tag T shirt candy I cut the tissue paper sheets into strips and then folded it in half then length of the T shirt. Cut slits, create the fringes but leave … Read more
This sexy homemade Dora costume is by far one of my favorite costumes and it was so much fun to make. I spray painted a goodwill backpack and then puffy painted on his face. The rest of the costume cost ten bucks and was so easy to find. I even had frilly socks and white … Read more
The Black swan costume. There were so many of these but I was determined to have it down to a t. First I got a black tutu and bodice. I danced for many years so I had broken in Capezio point shoes and tights already. Then I bought a black velvet corset at Gothic Renaissance … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday so I usually have my costume idea at least a month in advance. Last year however with work, and life etc.. I found myself two days before Halloween without a work costume for the contest. I decided to go through my closet and garage for some ideas and items I … Read more
My friends and I wanted to do something that carried us back to our childhood…and the Ninja Turtles were our favorites! There’s four of us so this Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles group costume worked out really well. I went to Micheal’s and got green t shirts and we ordered green sweatpants offline. We had been to … Read more
I found this awesome black feather wings for about $12 at a gay pride store and then decided I was definitely going to be Natalie Portman from Black Swan (my name’s also Natalie so it fit). I bought the tu-tu at a Halloween store, white tights from Target, black ballet flats from Target, and secured … Read more
I sewed white cotton material to the inside of a red shirt and flapped it outside the neck and sleeves. I turned a pencil black skirt inside out and sewed the red stripe to it. I wore brown uggs with white athletic socks. I wore my hair in a tight bun and sprayed it into … Read more
After seeing Avatar I knew right away that that was our next Halloween costume! We had custom made Zaneti suits with the blue tiger stripes made up. Wigs attached. We painted our faces like the characters and used yellow contacts and fangs as well. It was a blast! People were amazed! We had a blast … Read more
I used an old velvet black gown I wore to a wedding. It had a low-cut back so I wore it backwards. I bought lacy black material and sewed it on as sleeves. My husband had a gray pinstripe suit and I added the gold chain watch and mustache. I wore a long black wig, … Read more