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 love Halloween and was thrilled to celebrate my daughter’s first Halloween in grand fashion, and celebrate our first Halloween as a family of three with an ensemble. A corny Halloween Every good idea starts with a kernel I love sweet corn even more than I love Halloween. As an Iowa native living in Minnesota, … Read more
I always have fun trying to decide what original costume to help my daughters with. We come from a family of artists, therefore, I thought it was fitting to honor another female artist, Frida Kahlo this year. My ethnicity is a Greek/Italian mother and Native American father, with my youngest looking very much as I … Read more
This year for my friend’s annual Halloween party I really wanted to be a bird. There was a two hundred dollar peacock costume I liked, but spending that much was out of the question. I usually make my own costumes so I decided to create my own bird costume this year. I decided to base … Read more
BRAINZZZZZZZ!!!!! Zombie Make-up! My boyfriend and I decided to be zombies this year. Sorry there are only two pictures and not full body but we were out and we forgot to take pics until the last minute. Since I have short hair, we decided to be military zombies. I was from Germany and he was … Read more
This is Hawa, she loves wild animals, she is a wild animal too, LOL. Hawa wanted to be a gorilla gone wild. So we made her one, and I decided to put her in a cage that she would look like the gorilla turned the tables on her. I bought a gorilla suit and cut … Read more
This is the first Halloween that my boyfriend and I spent together. A few days before the Halloween event, I was freaking out that we didn’t have a definite costume idea and I thought we would not end up with one. We went to Michael’s the night before of the event and my boyfriend was … Read more
I had been on a long streak of rock ‘n roll inspired costumes. ZZ Top has such an iconic look and they’re practically wearing costumes in real life. So it was a perfect match for me this year. Got a cheap suit with tails from the Goodwill store. I wore a simple white dress shirt … Read more
I bought 2 Viking wigs from eBay and cut one up and glued it to a black long sleeved top and black tights with clear silicone. I also glues some of the hair to the inside of the shorts so it would hang down a bit as well. I bought the beavers kit off eBay … Read more
This sexy homemade Halloween costume: Red Solo Cup is the first costume I have ever made! Wore it to a local bar and after a few drinks, and coercing from my friends entered the costume contest. Won second runner up and a six pack! The costume was a hit. Had the entire bar singing “Red … Read more
We came up with the idea for these Loofah girls costumes only days before the Halloween party we were going to attend. So we researched what we would have to do and then went and got all the materials. We simply used about 25 yards of tulle fabric (after going to the store twice because … Read more
Me and my best friend always try and be something funny. This year we went at fast food legends Ronald McDonald and Colonel Sanders. It was all home made within 1 night Ronald’s body was made out of a coverall from Home Depot with the arms and half the legs cut off and then spray … Read more
What better fitting than a six pack costume for a bunch of Bud Light beer lovers. A group of friends were attending the Nightmare on Chicago Street, Elgin, Illinois party 2012 and they just all happen to be big Bud Light beer drinkers. We decided the Six Pack group Halloween costume would be most fitting … Read more