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 am a sports fanatic (especially Lakers) and decided being a foam finger would be a fun, unique costume! I went to my local craft store and bought 2 huge rolls of foam (each 72″x24″x2″), 16 oz of bright yellow acrylic paint, and 4 oz of purple paint. I bought contact cement at the hardware … Read more
Hi there, I usually make a very unique (and complicated) costume every year, but recently took a couple years off, (due to a new baby and work). So this year I decided to step it up a notch and even top the last “illusion” costumes I made in previous years. I came up with the … Read more
The Homemade Baby Costume started out as a big box for you. I cut it for my head. We put on the box, nice color, toys for the baby (bears). We also took a pyjama and I cut a place for my head which I shaved very well and put something on my head. This … Read more
The Homemade Jessica Loves Tony Romo Optical Illusion Costume I am submitting is original and my own idea. I call it “Jessica Loves Tony Romo & Can’t LET GO!” I was looking through this sight when I came up with the idea. I saw the old lady and baby costume and I thought to myself, … Read more
I have been making a chain from Starburst wrappers for years and finally decided to put it to good use so I made a Homemade Lady of Starburst Costume to feature it. I decided to make a flappers dress using more wrappers. I flat ironed each wrapper and then hot glued them to a terry … Read more
I began making this homemade Velociraptor Halloween costume idea around October 1st, I had a lot of extra pizza boxes laying around the garage and my mother was bugging me to do something with them. So I started making the shape of a Velociraptor head whilst watching TV. Before I knew it, I was getting … Read more
How did I think of this Homemade Dinosaur Diorama Costume? I have no idea. But it happened in the shower when I was lost in my mind thinking of random things from my life that I could be. When it hit me, I got out without drying off and drew the idea. The end result … Read more
I spent time contemplating on what I was going to be this year, then it hit me! I was originally going to be just a simple headless teen, then I had a great idea for a monster carrying baby costume. I decided to attach a monster mask to the top. Then I got a baby … Read more
Hi! Attached are pictures of one of my favorite costumes to date. After days of brainstorming, my boyfriend finally came up with the idea of a Homemade Roy Lichenstein’s Pop Art Couple Costume and little did we know it was right in front of us! a costume rendition of Roy Lichenstein’s pop art “The Kiss” … Read more
This crazy clowns costume was so fun to make & wear! The faces are made from paper mache’ and are all hand painted. The hair is made of various wigs that I had to cut and glued on the heads. The outfits are 3 children patterns that me & my sister made. I also used … Read more
I’d wanted to do this Homemade Dia de los Muertos Costume for a long time and was so lucky to finally be with someone who is as crazy about Halloween as I was! For the “body” part of the costumes, we bought turtlenecks, gloves, socks/slippers and I bought leggings, too. We had conflicting ideologies as … Read more
I created this People Magazine Cover Halloween Costume with a printer, foam board, exacto knife and a free afternoon. It was a huge Halloween hit!