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.
As huge Rocky fans, my buddy and I decided to create costumes modeled after the Rocky III movie starring Sylvester Stallone and Mr. T. We gathered a ton of pictures to get the Rocky and Mr. T Couple Costume as close as possible to the real movie. The costumes were all made from scratch and … Read more
The ET Costume was created with finding an ET mask online, then the rest was built from a milk crate, string, a curtain rod, bike handles, a drain extension spout (resembles a giant bendy straw, Hardware stores sell it), a pillow, a large white blanket, a small sized flashlight, a battery powered touch lamp painted … Read more
My Homemade Pathfinder Viking Costume was inspired by the movie pathfinder. The vikings’ presence in this movie invoked pure fear. I created every part of this costume by hand over the past couple months. Almost all the fur and leather came from regular clothing purchased from second hand stores. All of the armor started as … Read more
My husband and I came up with the idea of a Grannie Wolf carrying Little Red Riding Hood costume after searching for numerous ideas online, including previous submissions from this website. The original idea was inspired by one of the previous winners: the Mother Carrying a Baby costume. To make it more challenging, we decided … Read more
This Homemade Darkness Costume from Legend was my second attempt at creating this iconic movie monster; Darkness from “Legend”, a fantasy movie from the 80’s starring Tom Cruise and Tim Curry. Looking back at my previous effort, I must say this one came out much better. I learned a great deal from Halloweens and conventions … Read more
There’s a story of a lovely lady! Growing up I loved The Brady Bunch, so for Halloween I wanted to be Alice & the rest of the Brady’s! For this homemade Alice and The Brady Bunch costume idea, my mom handmade my Alice uniform and I found a great wig that I was able to … Read more
I chose Marvin the Martian for the challenge! To get the proportions correct, I needed a really big helmet/head and really big shoes. I started off with the helmet/head. I used a large (3’) round balloon as the starting point and paper mached it with several layers. Then I added poster board for the side … Read more
Who doesn’t love Underdog except for a few villains? This Underdog cosplay is one of my most loved creations. It was a labor of love too. The basic Underdog costume I made out of a shirt and pants I found at a Thrift store. I added elastic to the shirt to help form the shape … Read more
Here’s the story behind my Bullwinkle costume. I like to do old school costumes that people my age can relate to. It brings big smiles to everyone I see at the comic cons. People love to tell me how much they loved or their grandmother loved watching Rocky and Bullwinkle. So I started pictures I … Read more
For the longest time, I wanted to see what it would be like to create a Mermaid Siren costume. I selected all the vibrant colors and realistic material as a mermaid should be. The challenging part of creating my Mermaid Siren costume was figuring out how to attach my shells onto my top and making … Read more
For years my girlfriend Libby has wanted to do a couples costume. Now she loves two things; Halloween and Gina Davis, so what came to mind? Adam and Barbara Maitland from Beetlejuice of course! I am no stranger to making costumes, and have created The Fly, a full size LEGO Man and two Rock ‘Em … Read more
Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday and every year I try to be creative and come up with something unique and fun. I usually start brainstorming months in advance and start collecting materials in September or early October. This year I knew I wanted to take inspiration from Dr. Seuss’ “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” … Read more