Get excited, these are the best Halloween costumes to come across our site! These costumes were given special mention by our Editors. Due to this, you will be astounded by their creativity and realism.
Go inside the minds of the people who came up with these unbelievable costume designs. Some ideas are simple and others are extremely unique. Either way, this collection of the best Halloween costumes are all done supremely and realistically well. As a result, they manage to completely blow our minds.
In this section, learn how to effectively become your favorite movie character. See the best Halloween costumes for Marty McFly, Mary Poppins and Bert, Chewbacca and even a Beetlejuice family! If you’re a TV fan you will love Marge Simpson, Wun Wun the Giant. and some truly scary American Horror Story costumes. Additionally, we have Broadway play characters like awesome Elphabas.
In addition, we have food items, insects and larger animals. So you can dress up like slurpees, butterflies, and even a baby Octopus. The range and talent is truly remarkable.
Finally, we have optical illusions, famous expressions and even more.
You will find something great to make here. Whether you have a month or just an hour or a month to spend working on your costume. We can’t wait to see what you come up with! Please share it with us here…
I’ve always wanted to be Buzz Lightyear for Halloween. So this year I made it happen. All told it took about 2 weeks, with about 1-2 hrs a day spent planning, making, and assembling the costume. I used the following: Materials I needed to buy: 4 2ft x 2ft foam mats (like the ones you would find … Read more
My son asked if I would make him Buddy the Elf for Halloween. I started looking at photos and figuring what I could order and what I could make. I ordered girls leggings and when they arrived my son informed me that they were not the right color and needed to go back. He is … Read more
It all began 8 months prior to Halloween in one of the greatest cities – Vegas. I had organized a surprise 30th birthday party for my husband in Vegas with 12 of his friends and we went to Cirque du Soleil’s Beatles Love show. The show was amazing, full of acrobatics, amazing costumes, and then … Read more
“Officer, PLEASE!!”, I begged, “Shoot him in the head!” The cop I was talking to was cracking up. I wore my Zombie Victim costume to the local Halloween Parade and walked alongside my grandchildren. I had to stop every twenty feet or so to let parade viewers snap my picture. Most of the comments I … Read more
For the past few years my sisters have had a great Halloween party. I usually dress up as some kind of Vampire, because I love Vampire movies. Anyway, this year they told me “You can’t be a Vampire!” lol. So, I decided to do something totally different and great! Marie Antoinett, carrying her head! I … Read more
I was looking at the different homemade costumes on your amazing website, and I came across this minion costume here https://www.coolest-homemade-costumes.com/2012/10/17/coolest-homemade-despicable-me-minion-costume/. Not only did I immediately fall in love with it, but my son just so happen to be a tremendous fan of minions himself that I decided to try making the costume myself but … Read more
My boys (2 and 4 at the time) are the ultimate Spongebob fans, especially my oldest – Austin. He desperately wanted to be Spongebob for Halloween, so like any working mom, I took to the internet. A million searches later I couldn’t find any pre-made Spongebob costumes for sale (ugh!) so I decided to try … Read more
For this homemade chocolate candy head costume I used a large balloon (the kind that has the elastic band attached that kids like to bop around, works well) for the mold – just make sure it is a very big one. I bought wallpaper paste from the store and employ a lot of daily-journal paper. I cut … Read more
I took my daughter shopping for a costume. While she was in the fitting room, I started looking around. I was drawn to the full body suits. My mind was filling with all kinds of ideas. I am a “fluffy” woman and there was NO way I would wear one of those. My 6’2″ fifteen … Read more
This year I decided to go as Pinhead from Hellraiser. I started with a base robe costume and modified it a lot to achieve a more form fitting look. I used a silicone mask with real nails that were punned in a head form, and then siliconed in. I then added Velcro to make the costume … Read more
After having made boy costumes for the past 10 years, I was more than excited to make one for my 7 month old daughter! In trying to think up a costume, I flashed back to memories of things that I loved as a child. After days of pondering, I finally figured it out! A Cabbage … Read more
I started out my Ms Minion costume by using 2 large foam pieces and gluing them together. I then took yellow fleece and glued the fleece to the foam. I cut out holes for the eye and arms. I used 2 rolls of yarn layered on top for her hair and then used wire for … Read more