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 twin girls were obsessed with all things Harry Potter, while my six year old could not get enough of mustaches. We came up with the headless idea as I had decided to go as a headless bride that year. The body was made from duct tape. I simply had the twins wear a turtle … Read more
I was trying to figure out a tower for my 4 year old’s Halloween Rapunzel costume when her daddy said” I might as well be the tower, she always ends up on my shoulders anyway!”. Off with the Idea I went. I used a cardboard box, fake vines with rosebudsus glue gun, Halloween material, and … Read more
This Three Blind Mice Costume for Ladies is our 2012 Halloween costume, my sister-in-laws and I are big kids, and it’s tough to come up with costumes for 3, so after a little brainstorming we thought we had our costume. We started with gray Capri leggings and t-shirts, the idea blossomed from there. We purchased pink … Read more
I won first place in this costume last year at our annual Halloween party. This was super easy, comfortable, and cheap. I already owned the tank top and shoes. I bought the dress suit for less than $5 at Goodwill. I bought all the birds, except for the larger bird on my shoulder at the Dollar … Read more
I was running out of time to pick a costume for Halloween. I was going through my closet when I stumbled upon a shirt I had from a clothing line called “porn star”. Thinking about what I could possibly do with that for a work-appropriate costume I remembered Boogie Nights! Cute 1970’s outfits, maybe something … Read more
My fiance and I are always looking to get a good laugh with our Halloween costume. We found everything we needed for this costume at GoodWill, except for my wig and the fake cigarette which was purchased at Party City. This was a super easy costume; finding the wheelchair was probably the most difficult part, … Read more
Originally we promoted our large group of friends to attend a local Halloween party as the whole entourage of characters from the classic 1987 ‘s vampire flick, The Lost Boys. Although our friends declined, my husband and I decided to go as the two main characters, Michael and David. We sourced the outfits from goodwill … Read more
My daughter won best costume at her Anime Club with this Sally costume. My aunt sewed the dress, but I did the rest. The tights were dyed blued with Koolaid, and the arms are the tops of men’s long socks, also dyed with Koolaid. I used a black sharpie marker to draw on the stitches. … Read more
What I went through is I sewed the dress out of a simple pattern by Simplicity, then I had gone through with fabric paint to add the green. Same with the arm warmers but they were made from nylon. The wig I styled myself, I sewed all the wefts into the cap and made the … Read more
We got the Raggedy Ann and Andy pattern from Simplicity and hit the fabric outlet. Cost is about $45 each, we even made homemade wigs. My mom is a seamstress so I was sure we would have the best costume! The fittings were the hardest part as we had to wrestle with my moms three labs. … Read more
Every year I look forward to coming up with a creative DIY costume and playing it out, but every year it’s hard to get the same excitement from my boyfriend. This year I decided to chose something simple but creative – Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue ox. His costume: I work in a sign shop, so I took … Read more
The Radical Robot Costume. This costume won first place in every costume contest my nephew entered. I’m pretty excited about that. loll. Anyway, finding the right size boxes to fit a 4 year boy old was the tricky part, but I did it! Lol. Other than that, this was a pretty easy costume to make. … Read more