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 sister is always asking me to make her costumes. Sometimes we have some good stuff. One night in September I received a phone call from her asking if I could make her a Muffin Top for Halloween. I started laughing, said of course, and asked how she came up with this. Turns out while … Read more
I was so confused on to what I wanted to be for Halloween. After weeks of searching, I finally decided that I wasn’t going to go out of my way and spend a great load of money, so off to the thrift store I went! I ended up finding a costume that was a gypsy … Read more
I custom made this kick ass costume from scratch. The costume was made for a pro body building Halloween themed show and had every intention of winning best costume as well as my weight class. I did exactly that! I won first place as a heavy weight and won best costume of the show! All … Read more
For me, Halloween is a time to let loose and have some fun and what better way then to become a bath toy! I was a self made loofah for Halloween and the reactions I got were PRICELESS! I had numerous people asking if they could take pictures with me, rub up against me, even … Read more
These costumes were a hit! My friends and I won first place in 3 contests bringing in some nice cash prizes. Because I’m a stickler for details, these costumes took some time to make. The shells are green sledding saucers that we glued fabric and glitter to, to make the shell design. We attached elastic … Read more
For my homemade Poison Ivy Costume, I used a green leotard, solid black leggings, green fish nets, two red clip in hair, boots, then rap a vine around your complete and easy poison ivy costume. I got a white leotard because I couldnt find a green one and dyed it with Rit Hunter Green for … Read more
A group of friends and I love halloween and try to have the most unique costumes every year! We always want to wear something that now one else will have. Last year we came up with the ideas to be dinosaurs. We each chose a dinosaur we wanted to be and decided what color we … Read more
This is a pretty easy and cheap costume to assemble. First you’ll need – Friends. Got some? Good! One step complete. Obviously this works better with a larger group, the more people there are the more holidays you can do. Each of you decide what holiday you would like to represent. We choose to do … Read more
I was a one-eyed, one-horned flyin’ purple people eater! This costume was the life of the party with so many people stopping to ask if they could take a picture with me. What a night! If you look closely, the outfit is suposed to be the Purple People Eater holding its next vicitim while eating … Read more
This roller coaster costume was one of my best yet! First, I went to a local theme park to take pictures of an actual child’s roller coaster so that I could have inspiration in approaching this costume. Then, I enlisted the help of an amazing friend, someone that I didn’t mind being side to side … Read more
This is what you will need for the Poson Ivy costume: black bosstia, ivy leaves, hot glue, 2 pair of green tights, fake leaves, and spirit glue I took the branches of ivy leaves and cut the leaves off and separated them into sizes. Then glued the leaves on the boostia into a little design. … Read more
As big fans of the gold medalists, my boyfriend and I decided to honor them in the best way we know how – Halloween costumes. Jim was not hesitant at all about sporting a speedo in public, and we were a big hit at the parties we attended. We were able to get everything from … Read more