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.
For our Oompa Loompa Couple costume we went to Goodwill to get pants and shirts, gloves, colored hairspray and face paint from Walmart, suspenders I had to get online (couldn’t find them anywhere in town). The socks, we just bought brown socks and brown shirts and painted on the stripes. My husband even downloaded the … Read more
Rollergirl 1.) Roller skates (some roller rinks will let you rent) 2.) knee high socks- most sporting good stores carry them. However I wanted striped colors so I went to a Journey’s Shoe store. 3.) any classic 70/80 shirt will do- I went to my local Goodwill Store. 4.)I had purchased a 80’s shiny jacket from … Read more
My roommates and I decided to make our costumes last year from scratch. We purchased fabric and “Buttercup” made the dresses using her sewing machine (of course she had the other two Powerpuff girls help a little bit with their own as well). We kind of winged it by laying the fabric, folded in half, … Read more
My boyfriend and I wanted to be Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head so badly but all the costumes out there were just “slip on over the head” costumes with their faces on them. We wanted something better! That’s when we came up with the idea of making outfits out of actual potato sacks. We measured ourselves … Read more
Last year I decided to be Mystique from X-Men. I didn’t just want to paint myself blue and wear a bikini though. I wanted to be HARD CORE and make prosthetic pieces and look like Rebecca Romijn in the movies. After all, I was going to Heidi Klum’s Halloween Party in Las Vegas and only … Read more
This Awesome Peg Bundy Costume was a HUGE success this Halloween! I’ve always been a “Married with Children,” fan, and decided to create the best Peg Bundy costume I could! Peg Bundy is notorious for her hair, so my first step was finding the perfect wig. I found the most incredible wig at a wig shop … Read more
This was our costume last year. I had been working on my costume for a couple of days, but the day of the party my husband decided he wanted his costume to go with mine so his was last minute. We were the hit of the party! We even included our dog and painted her … Read more
Halloween has been always been my favorite holiday! This is me a year before the movie “the Smurfs” came out. I wanted to do something original so I thought to myself, why not paint your entire body blue and become a Smurf for a day. This was a very last minute idea, and all I … Read more
I am a huge holiday nut and get super excited to hand make my costumes each year- only the most original and creative with a sexy twist will do! (Lol let it be known that I was the first one on the site to come up with Facebook and using iron-on transfers.) This Facebook costume … Read more
To get an idea of what your House costume will look like, take a look at you own house. No matter what type of house you are going to create, you’ll need one big box in which your body fits between the neck and just above the knees. Follow these steps: * Seal both ends … Read more
Meet the Smurfs, from left to right, Papa Smurf, Smurfette, Sassette Smurfling, Brainy Smurf. We love to make our own costumes, so we were able to make these costumes for under $25 a piece. It was very simple actually. After we chose which Smurf we wanted to be from the list of 100+ Smurf names, … Read more
This costume is of the famous Son of Man painting by painter Rene Magritte. Things you’ll need: 1. Red tie 2. Black suit 3. White dress shirt 4. plastic/fake apple (I got one at the Dollar Tree) 5. bowler/derby hat (I got one at Party City for $10) Tie the apple to a string and … Read more