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.
First of all, we went to the store and bought lots of green fabric. After that, we dug out my mom’s old scrap fabric and tried to find the right colors for our costumes. We measured each other and my mom helped us use her sewing machine and we made the basic green dress. Then … Read more
I grew up watching Baywatch, so I figured why not be a funny Pam Anderson! Super easy costume got everything in one shopping trip and threw it together in less than an hour: 1) Red swimsuit that I already owned 2) Long blonde wig 3) Tons of make up 4) Children’s inner tube and ribbon … Read more
My girlfriends and I dressed up like ceral box characters costumes. Took just a few days of planning. But, really it was super easy to pull together. We just chose a character that would be easy to dress up as based upon things we already had. The only thing we really bought were the small … Read more
My boyfriend and I just loved the movie Anchorman so we thought it would be a great costume! We won our friends Halloween costume contest that year and we still have friends talking about our Ron Burgundy and Veronica Corningstone couple costume from Anchorman to this day! Each costume was really easy to make and cheap: … Read more
“Why’d you take your shoes off?” “Why are you dressed like a chicken?” I went as Harry (on the right) and my buddy went as Marv….The Wet Bandits from the Christmas Classic ‘Home Alone’. The costumes turned out to be the biggest hit of the evening, and each costume cost less than $40 bucks. We … Read more
I started off wanting to incorporate the popular Dia de los Muertos skull candy makeup into a Halloween costume. I was inspired by photos I found on Deviantart to use a cantina girl kind of costume so I set out finding and making my pieces. I reused a corset I had from a previous Catwoman … Read more
I like to be a popular celeb each year, so 2 years ago I was Snooki. I bought a clubbing dress that I might wear again ( I havent yet). I bought a pair of slippers from Zellers and the Snooki wig, I got rinestones from the Dollar store and stuck them to my sun … Read more
This Sarea Moko, The Wind Exorcist, is an original character I came up with and decided to bring to life. Sarea Moko is the last of her clan on a mission to bring vengeance on those who wronged her. She is a fun design bringing elements of post apocalyptic and of the orient. She took me four … Read more
This Flavor Flav and Brigitte Nielsen couple costume was a fun costume idea that did win us a cash prize at a party. We were trying to think of something fun and different and came up with this. Craig is 6ft 7in and made a really ugly Brigitte Nielsen. He is a black man and … Read more
The makeup for this Hellboy and Wife couple costume took 5 hours but well worth it. First I painted my black boyfriend red with theater paint and then took a latex caveman mask, cut off pieces and glued them to his head. The horns are made out of wood painted red. I then took cotton balls … Read more
I created this Georgian style fantasy Pirate Ball Gown costume for Halloween 2011. That year our decoration theme was a wrecked, deserted pirate ship so I needed a coordinating costume. However, I knew I didn’t want to dress up as a plan ol’ pirate! When it comes to Halloween the fancier the better. I decided … Read more
For Katy Perry: I started off with the most important and noticeable part of the costume, the lollipops! I know most people know of the cupcake bra from the California Girls video, and I was originally going to go for that but I definitely did not want to buy anything premade, and when I tried searching for … Read more