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 oldest daughter recently lost her two front teeth which inspired this costume couple. I couldn’t get the oldest daughter to be the tooth because we had already made her costume, and there was no changing her mind. It seemed simple enough to make, and I used extra craft stuff I had laying around my … Read more
I am a big fan of Spaceballs and it just seemed a no brainer to attempt a Barf costume. With a lot of help from my wife, my mother, and a dvr (to rewatch it a few times), we pulled off this costume. We had to fabricate the feet, tail, arms, and ears using faux fur, … Read more
This costume was a HUGE hit! I went to a costume party at a bar and everyone wanted their picture taken with me! I ended up winning the costume contest and got $500! How I made it: I bought a blue unitard online and bought black puff paint from a local craft store. This part … Read more
I got the idea for making the Zoltar costume from the movie Big, then it just happened from there. I made my costume out of a refrigerator box that I got from Lowe’s, and the rest of the items in the fortune telling machine are just some things that I found laying around the house. … Read more
Shop at St. Patricks Day for wigs, Shop at Easter for a Giant Egg, Shop at Goodwill or Salvation Army for the perfect brown shirt, Shop at Summer Clearance for white cropped pants. Buy Grosgrain ribbon at Fabric Store, perfect brown color, 6 rolls, 1 yard of stretch fabric. Sew ribbon about 1 inch apart … Read more
My son really wanted to make the “made of money guy” costume. At first this seemed easy; then challenging; then easy again. It’s kind of an experiment. When I first started this project I thought finding play money would be easy to find. You could find small amounts here and there but not enough for … Read more
I originaly got the idea for this costume looking for wolf masks. Once I saw the mask, it was all over after that. After a lot of work and time I was able to get the mask ordered. Once that was done, I was sitting in my living room one night by myself and got … Read more
I created a Victorian feel with an all black dress, tights, and boots along with black smokey eyes and a black vintage netted hat. The zipper was the hit of the evening and was easy to create! With a store bought zipper and using liquid latex to attach, I used toilet paper and more liquid … Read more
I made this Ninja Turtle’s Shredder costume as sort of last minute thing it cost me around 25 Euros. I used paper mâché to make the helmet and just stuck on cardboard spikes onto old football shin guards, the cloak is just a cheap blanket and I used fabric glue to make it more cape like, … Read more
I looked around the internet for ideas on how to construct this ShrE RA costume and I was lucky enough to find a white dress on clearance at TJ Maxx that had the sweetheart neckline. Using glitter gold foamies, my mom and I constructed the breast plate, belt, and the crown. We printed pictures off … Read more
I have been making my own costumes for about six years now and this Muppet costume is by far my favorite one. Sweetums isn’t the most popular of the Muppets but he was always one of my favorites. The costume was fairly easy to makes, because all I really had to do was construct the … Read more
First off my boyfriend and I weren’t sure what we wanted to dress as, I was at Party Sty and a costume for Chong caught my eye, it had the wig, bandanna, sideburns, mustache, beard, goatee and glasses in it already and only cost $14.99. Went to the local thrift store and purchased a jean … Read more