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 chose this Homemade Leeloo and Korben Dallas from the Fifth Element Couple Costume because I love the fifth element and it was a fun costume that I’ve never seen anyone wear before. I bought a long orange wig on amazon, cut it short, and twisted sections with mousse. The t-shirt was a ribbed shirt … Read more
I made the bodysuit of this Mortal Combat costume using a full swimsuit pattern with pink fabric. Then just sewed some black stretchy fabric and put as belt and attached to pink bought gloves. The mask was just a painter’s mask covered and hot glues some extra pink fabric. The boots I made some socks/knee … Read more
REAL WORKING Homemade iPhone and Headphone Couple Costume!! Complete with speaker that played music from the face mask. Made from 3 pieces of 4″ thick foam glued together and then sculpted with an electric turkey shaver. Foam was then covered with duct tape for strength and then painted white. Exactly a 1:30 ratio replica of … Read more
I got the Moulin Rouge bug and began making the Black Diamond costume from the character Satine. I started with a black bustier and then I glued about 3000 rhinestones on this costume. I sewed the tux and tail and the lapels on then I glued rhinestones onto gloves a top hat and shoes. It … Read more
My housemates and I go to the University of Winchester in the UK and our SU has themed nights most Fridays which we almost always go to and we always try to be original with our costumes and make them ourselves because it is often a lot cheaper and its fun! The theme this week … Read more
This Homemade Lady GaGa Halloween Costume is my take on Lady GaGa. It was inspired by a mixture of her early years (before she was famous and was bedazzling bras), her Poker Face and LoveGame videos and her “The Fame” album cover. I put everything together individually myself. I got the jacket for $1 and … Read more
Inspired by Katy Perry’s “California Gurls” music video, I did my own version of the cupcake bustier top outfit Katy Perry wore. I made the bustier, the high-waisted shorts, candy necklace, hair bow piece, shoes, and finished the costume off with some fun jewelry I had to accessorize the outfit. Materials Used: • Bra • … Read more
I was on a tight budget and running out of time before Halloween. But, I still wanted a fun and creative costume. I decided that I hadn’t seen many mummy costumes around since I was a child so I thought I’d give it a try. This Homemade Mummy Woman’s Costume was extremely inexpensive and easy … Read more
This year my daughter decided that she wanted to be Pippi Longstockings for Halloween. I thought that it would be a great idea and that it would be lots of fun. So we started planning for the Halloween costume. 1st – We went to Goodwill to see if we could find a blue jean jumper … Read more
My son and I have always had coordinating costumes every year for the past 11 years. He has wanted to be Master Chief from the Xbox 360 Halo game but this costume does not come in child sizes and they do not even make a Cortana costume. When the adult version of the Master Chief … Read more
This year I decided that I wanted a Homemade Sexy Peacock Showgirl Costume. I bought the 35”-40” peacock feathers from save-on-crafts.com (I found that this website was the most reasonably priced). I purchased 300 feathers, but I probably used half of those to make the tail. I got a thicker black poster board and hot … Read more
I wanted to be cute and original so this is how I came up with my homemade Mountie costume. I live in the Cayman Islands and Halloween is huge! There are also a TON of Canadians that live here. I also work for a radio station, we throw a massive Costume party in the lobby … Read more