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!
This frozen Titanic costume started when I had a Heart of the Ocean Necklace then I knew I wanted to be Rose. I borrowed a prom dress from a friend and then used white theater paint to paint myself a little pale. I used Christmas icicles and pinned them into my hair. I made a life … Read more
Inspired by the beautiful Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft, I pieced together a Lara Croft costume. I bought small black shorts and black tank top. I pieced together a black belt and found a silver skull at Tilly’s. I bought buckled boots online. I bought a rig for Lara’s guns and connected it to my … Read more
One of my favorite childhood film characters was the goblin king Jareth. Which came from the great mind of Jim Henson and played by David Bowie. The costumes construction was relatively easy. The jacket was a light faux leather jacket which I had cut, rearranged bits and pieces and then sewed everything back by hand. … Read more
This Ice Cream Man Ice Cream Cone costume was inspired by the fact that we live just down the street from our real-life neighborhood ice cream man. My children are endlessly fascinated by him and they squeal with delight when the hear the happy music of his truck (which, incidentally, is not really a truck but … Read more
I asked my son what he wanted to be for Halloween. His response was Tow Mater from Cars the Movie. I had went out and looked at costumes for him. Everything in the stores looked nothing like Tow Mater or even a vehicle. I had my mind set on making his costume for him. I grabbed his … Read more
I wanted to gender bend the controversial VMA performance of Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke. I made a simple lace up romper for my husband from fabric and felt. I chopped up a wig cuz pig tails did not look right on him – much funnier with the wig. I made a foam finger too! For my Robin Thicke, … Read more
This is how I made my Rubik’s cube costume. You will need foam board, colored foam sheets, spray adhesive, glitter, black duct tape, something to hold the 3 pieces together so you can wear it on your shoulders. step 1 : Cut your foam board into 28 inches long each piece step 2: Cut your … Read more
For this costume it defiantly took an imagination and several trips to Walmart! To start it off we purchased fuzzy blankets because Walmart didn’t have any fuzzy material. We then purchased some huge t-shirts and some leggings and tons of super glue. Once we got home we had our work cut out for us. For … Read more
Creating the perfect Barbie & Ken costume was quite a challenge for two people with different creative sides. I’m the visionary/creator mastermind and my husband is the builder. I call him the over builder because he has a tendency to put way too much testosterone into my creative ideas! I found the outfits at a … Read more
In 2010, I made three costumes from scratch from the movie/ video game Silent Hill for two friends and I. The nurses’ heads are made of clay (I didn’t have money to buy any sort of silicone casting stuff, nor do I know how to use that) so we just wore clay masks. They were … Read more
To go against the “Sexy” Halloween, this year I decided to be super funny. I saw somewhere the idea of cutting out magazine eyes to make weird looking faces so that is where I started. I bought a pair of big sunglasses then covered them with two different eyes cut out from a magazine (to … Read more
This Marionette Pinocchio was a somewhat difficult costume to complete because of the mechanical part. The outfit wasn’t too difficult. I had to find the right type of blouse, vest, dress, and hat. I found a sleeveless pleated black dress (really cute) added some German type binding. I did the same thing to the vest. The … Read more