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!
I have always made my own costumes. When I was growing up we never bought costumes we always made them. I was inspired when walking through a craft store looking at Halloween decorations. I was immediately struck by this cute boy and girl set of Scarecrows. This was the first year that I was with … Read more
My boyfriend and I love Halloween so we decided to dressed up as Frankensteins monster and the Bride of Frankenstein. We went to Value Village and got our clothing. I got an old wedding dress, which I cut up, and shredded. By boyfriend bought a used suit, and an extended forehead wig which we had … Read more
My son Nicholas absolutely loves emergency vehicles, the lights, the sirens, everything, so it was no surprise that he requested to be a fireman for Halloween. I thought I was doing well by finding a black firefighter suit that I enhanced with yellow reflector tape, however once I showed him them the finished product, he … Read more
Autumn? Tree Nymph? Mother Nature?!? OK I still don’t know what I was, but it was awesome regardless! WELL… this was my costume that I wore last year. It was awesome!!! everyone loved it! The weird part was the vision came to me in a dream…. yes, that’s right… A DREAM!! I am a bit … Read more
My mother made all costumes for the family. We just added the extras. I made my daughter’s dress of the good witch Glenda by buying from the second hand store a puffy dress. I added a special thing that went under the dress to make it even puffier. Then I got some lace and added … Read more
This Jason Voorhees Costume from Freddy vs. Jason all began with the obsession I have for Halloween and all things macabre. My house is always the creepiest in the neighborhood. That being said my neighbor from 5 doors down has been depicting Freddy Krueger since his college days. He thought it would be a good idea … Read more
I glued three pieces of toilet paper to my face using spirit gum and then ripped them starting at where my mouth ended. The glue kind of made the toilet paper stiff so it was easy to paint with face makeup. I painted side of my cheek where I had ripped the toilet paper off … Read more
I saw the idea for Jelly Belly costumes on the Internet and decided to add a little flavor to the costume, literally. I came up with “popcorn” Jelly Belly and my friend was “pineapple” Jelly Belly. We used colored construction paper and cut it out and glued it to cardboard for the sign. We also used … Read more
A couple years ago when I was pregnant with my 4 th son, I wanted to enter my works costume contest. I had a hard time fitting into any costume I tried, so I decided to make my own. At work we big boxes that our post op kits come in. (I work at a … Read more
I got a huge fridge box, cut a “door in it, then had my son put the box on over him to make sure I marked the right spots I wanted things to be in, then hot glued gunned in a so called “step” the size of the inside of the box and big enough to … Read more
I bought a cheap tank top from Forever 21, some blue fabric and metal rings (which I’m pretty sure are actually meant to make purses) from the local Hobby Lobby and got to work came out to something around $15 total. I already had some black boots and a blonde wig (don’t ask) from previous … Read more
These Sparkling Snow Queen and Her King costumes were created out of white banquet table cloths.I will start at the top. The crowns were the simple gold crowns sold in all party stores. We painted the crowns white, added fur trim to the rim and almost covered the crown with 1′ mirror squares (for extreme sparkle). To get … Read more