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 wanted to make a theme with all 4 of my kids and thank GOD they loved my idea! My eldest daughter was the Mad Hatter, my other daughter was a huge tea cup, my son was the white rabbit, and my youngest daughter was a lavender tea bag. I got the Mad Hatter felt … Read more
Well it was getting close to Halloween last year and I still hadn’t come up with a costume idea for my teenage daughter and I. We wanted to do couple theme. Usually I dream (literally dream when asleep) my creations and how they will be made, but nothing. We were at a thrift store browsing and … Read more
Very fun for a group to do together! Super easy! It was so much fun to do! And who doesn’t love wearing a wig!! Everybody loved the costumes! And Willy Wonka was such a trooper!! We won 2nd place in a costume contest! Very easy and super super fun!
My friends and I decided to be the Jamaican Bobsled Team. We took 1st place !!! This was the very easy to make. We used posterboard / Duck tape for the Bobsled. We used Duck tape to create our cosutmes. We purchase our hats/wigs off from ebay which were appr. $5.00. We live in a small town in Upstate, … Read more
I have a sweet 1 year old and a BIG (9 yr old) brother. She was a shoo-in for Boo. She looks a lot like her anyways. But when he decided to go along with her costume the madness began. Buying them wasn’t an option so here ya go: Boo: First, I measured the length … Read more
This was my first office costume contest entry and subsequent winner! My best friend and I were looking for something we could do together that wouldn’t cost a lot or take us much time to make. A pair of Fuzzy Dice was it initially, but I thought it would add a little something extra if … Read more
Who wouldn’t want a Dunkin Doughnut, I made this costume for my daughter who is into sports and loves Dunkin Donuts. She wanted a costume that would stand out and something that wasn’t to much to handle while she was in school and trick or treating. Like anything the first time you try to create … Read more
You can either make this costume yourself as I did or even buy it at a costume shop (good luck). Stuart Townsend is the vampire Lestat, who has awakened from a century-long slumber and turned his considerable energy to rock music. Lestat ‘s powerful music reaches the ear of the slumbering Akasha (Aaliyah), the millennia-old … Read more
We used a television box. For the additional crayons we used plastic crayola banks, cut off tops and glued them to the top of the box. My daughter’s favorite color is purple so we made her dress in purple with a hat. She loved the costume and we had a great time making it together. … Read more
I wanted to create a different kind of costume and what’s better than homemade? I chose cardboard because it was readily available and I’m better with a hot glue gun than a sewing machine. The outer shell is cardboard boxes from my husbands past job at lazyboy, the “guts* were purchased from my local Dollar … Read more
This costume was super easy to make! Supplies needed: *10 adult size natural color hula skirts *full or queen size flat sheet in a cream or light tan color *safety pins (medium to large size) *bowling hat *sunglasses I began with putting the flat sheet over my body to cover me (as if I were … Read more
I originally got this idea just off the internet and obviously thought it would be far easier to make than it actually was. Most of our costumes were made using using old cardboard boxes that I got from Wal-mart and string. Using a huge cylinder I bought from home depot, I cut each one with … Read more