This is an amazing resource of Halloween costume ideas. All these costumes have won a local contest, and for good reason! Imaginative and extremely effective, you will find yourself returning to this section over and over again.
A little sample of what you will see here include everything from a mini Mr. T to a pop art version of a Stepford Wife. In addition, many costumes take their inspiration from game shows such as Wheel of Fortune and Plinko.
It seems like people have a lot of fun recreating their favorite movie characters. Considering so many of them won contests, it’s a favorite of contest judges as well. Find out how you can become Ben Stiller’s character from Dodgeball and the whole gang from Guardians of the Galaxy. Animated movies are represented here as well from Disney princesses to Rafiki from The Lion King.
Take lessons from the masters as they take concepts and turn them into recognizable costumes, hence landing them contest winner titles!
My daughter’s name is Molly, and she’s in 6th grade. She loves science! We came up with an idea to make her a molecule costume as a play on her name, so she’d be a Molly-ecule for Halloween. We thought it was creative since her name is Molly. The molecule was a hexagon made of … Read more
Every September my little niece and I start the years Halloween costume process. I thought like many little girls, Ciara would have dreams of being a Princess. I was half right. She did want to be Princess, Princess Fiona to be exact however I was told “not the pretty Fiona Aunt Darcee, but the Ogre … Read more
“Scarlett slammed the door shut behind them, quickly stacking available furniture against it. “Well, that won’t do much good against bullets,” she said, holstering her gun, “but it might slow them down. And while we’re here, we should –“ The Lady Captain stopped when she saw her crewmember leaning against the table, Morgaine at her … Read more
After watching the Sharknado Movie on the Syfy Channel this summer I was inspired to make a Sharknado Costume for Halloween. I am a Shark Week geek and I love Syfy so this seemed to be the best of both worlds Sharks and Syfy. I threw this costume together in just two days and on … Read more
This costume was a hit! The white contacts made it really scary! I won first prize at the Halloween Party with this — everyone couldn’t believe it was me. The white contacts were purchased at Coastal Contacts. To make the costume, I went to a thrift store and bought the nightgown, the priest’s hat, pants … Read more
This “bloody gash” face is fairly easy once you get used to working with latex. I used a cream white and green base on my face that dries quickly. I then used black cream base around my eyes and shadow area of face. Next, I poured a small amount of liquid latex into a plastic bowl … Read more
We decided on the costume after watching the movie and trying to come up with a fun and loveable costume that hopefully nobody else would wear out this Halloween. All of the clothes for both costumes we either had or borrowed from friends. A few things we had to make like the flag with paper … Read more
After seeing the Halloween episode of “How I Met Your Mother” where Lily wears a parrot costume, I quickly decided I wanted to make my own, because who doesn’t like feathers? (I’m pretty sure I may have been a drag queen in a past life …) Speaking of, one of my drag queen friends was … Read more
Each year my work has a halloween costume contest, the last couple years the same colleague had won. I really was determined to make something that would be unique to win. I recently moved, had boxes around my house – so i decided.. why not be a Redbox Kiosk? My boyfriend & I use redbox … Read more
Halloween is my favorite holiday of the year! I spend weeks looking and searching for creative and unique costume ideas that I can make. Sometimes this isn’t the easiest task but I always manage to come up with ideas that surprise and awe many people. My costume this year was Rosie The Robot, the maid from … Read more
My son Sean was an upside down old man. My husband doubted that we could pull this costume off, I am so glad we proved him wrong!! We bought men’s pajama bottoms and a windbreaker jacket at a thrift store. They were oversized, but needed to be. We had him wear the jacket as pants … Read more
I’ve been making miniature polymer clay sweets for a while, but I wanted to do something on a grander scale and somehow incorporate fake sweets into a costume. I always make my costumes, and this is my favorite one so far. I worked on it for about three months, but it was worth it. My Marie … Read more