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’ve always wanted to be Freddy for Halloween, but I never wanted to wear a mask. This year I took on the challenge of creating a Freddy Kruger from scratch! I did the makeup by first using liquid latex to draw and form many different shapes out onto plastic sheets, and let them dry. Once … Read more
One of my favorite comedies stars George Hamilton as Zorro and Zorro the Gay Blade. The costumes are great in the movie. So I wanted to make one. I started by going to the Thrift Stores and seeing what I could find for the Gay Blade costume. There I found what I needed. I found … Read more
I dressed up in a headless costume, inspired by ideas from this website. I used a kid-sized roller bag and cut away most of it (including the wheels) so that only the handle and the part that goes against the back remained. Using duct tape I secured the handle up in place, and attached a … Read more
I dressed up as Viola Swamp for the 2nd graders whose classroom I have been ‘student teaching ‘ in. They got a kick out of it! I actually managed to put together this costume during recess and picked them up looking like Viola! I had just read them the book the day before. I wore … Read more
Last Halloween, I was really excited to do this costume, because I always pick a theme for every year. This year’s theme was [“Male Characters as Females.”], one I had chosen to do was [The Joker], so I had to find a way to transform it to look female. I drew it out, then went … Read more
I made this almost from scratch. A size M blue v-neck T (cheap!) with the arms cut off and an XXL T of the same color used to make the pants (turned inside out, and slipped on sideways, then pinned at the back and between the legs, pinned, single stitched and cut then turned back … Read more
For my Lady Gaga Costume I started with the wig. I bought a blonde wig in a costume shop for ten euro, I couldn ‘t find a ponytail style wig so I made my own. Firstly I sprayed the wig pink. I tied my own hair into a high ponytail and then attached the wig … Read more
After renting costumes last year as the three little pigs and winning, we had to go over the top and create this years Halloween costumes. So we decided to go as the legendary KISS. Myself and three of my buddies gathered different items to create these unbelievable costumes and won for the 2nd year in … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for three teenagers. This costume is made entirely from Dollar store and Thrift store finds and hand sewn and hot glued. Artemis is the goddess of the moon and the hunt. Her crown is made from a headband and a piece of plastic that I cut … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for teenagers. Athena is the goddess of love. Her crown is made from the face shield of a Dollar store helmet. It is attached to a headband and glued with fake pearls and jewels. The white dress is from the Thrift store and has six yards … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for teenagers. Athena is the goddess of war and wisdom. She wears a white dress and red Indian blouse from the thrift store. Her armor is all from the Dollar store that I painted and glued jewels to. Athena also cut the head from Medusa to … Read more
In Holland we celebrate the feast ‘Carnaval’ every year. It’s a five day during event and our goal is to have the most original costumes. Last year we were inspired by the movie Alice in Wonderland. We mostly put our costumes together ourselves, except for the Alice dress and Queen of Hearts wig and dress. … Read more