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 son wanted to be a cyborg for Halloween. I thought to myself “how can we kick this up a notch?” So I did a little research and found the illusion costumes and away we went. The cage is made of PVC pipe. We found a grim reaper costume in a yard sale and used … Read more
Each year my husband and I help our youngest get dressed up for his VHS Band Halloween Party. We try to go as elaborate as we can without buying too much and using as much stuff as we have gathered or can pull together from home. This year he wanted to use stilts and thought … Read more
I was inspired to make this costume ever since Halo the video game came out that had a great twist of Sci-fi action. As soon as I saw the big green man, Masterchief, I fell in love of his armor and decided to make one myself. In the process, I reference the pictures of the … Read more
I first started with the book which I made out of cardboard, cutting all the pieces the size that I need for an open book look. I chose to make my book Hamlet since it contains one of the most famous quotes, “to be or not to be…” I put 2 white poster boards on … Read more
So I’m a 45 yr old KISS fanatic.I eat, sleep, live, KISS. I saw them when I was 13 and that was it. I must of said more than a 1000 time that I wanna be Gene Simmons, “The Demon” and my wife finally said ,” Just do it already!”So a couple of weeks before Halloween my wife and … Read more
My husband and I attend an adults-only outdoor costume party each year, and we usually like to do some sort of a couples costume. I came up with the idea of doing Forrest Gump and Lieutenant Dan, with the thought that I would be Dan and my husband would be Forrest. This reasoning was based … Read more
I made this costume out of recycled materials . I started off with thin styrofoam sheets, and corrugated cardboard I got from a carton of furniture I ordered online. I heard of white trash before, but that’s when I got the idea to make a garbage can, and so it began. I glued the corrugated … Read more
It was going to be a VERY cold Halloween, and my husband and I were headed to an outdoor adult costume party. Therefore, I figured I had to come up with some very warm, last-minute, EXTREMELY creative costumes. Easy task, right? The inspiration for this costume kinda hit me out of nowhere. I decided my … Read more
I wanted to be an iconic woman in history and create a glamorous, sexy costume. I researched Marie Antoinette and found that she had been beheaded and that triggered all the ideas for my costume. It took me a week to create it. I used duct tape, spray foam insulation, 3 sticks, a can, a … Read more
My husband and I always try to come up with a good, original couples costume for the annual adults-only Halloween party we attend. I had always had a fascination with Medusa, and my husband was thrilled to be the manly Perseus: the man who slayed the evil Medusa. These costumes were EXTREMELY time-consuming, especially Medusa’s … Read more
This year my three children couldn’t make up their mind on what they wanted to be for halloween. I have almost always made thier costumes just because homemade costumes are way better then strore bought. Well all three of my kids were looking at costumes in the little costume magazine that party city always sends … Read more
I was at a loss this year for a costume idea. One day while walking through the grocery store in their little Halloween area, I saw a “Grave Popper” (skeleton that looks like it’s coming out of a grave and it came to me that I should be a walking cemetery! The next day I … Read more