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!
This ultimate Spaceballs group costume was made up of Lord Helmet, Princess Vespa’s stunt double, a Space Ball Trooper, and Barf. We picked characters based who we looked like and what people would recognize. PS princess Vespa did not look like a man but we thought it would be funnier. Barf had made his costume … Read more
My homemade Burlesque Peacock costume! This is my pride and joy! I even won a costume contest at a casino for it! and I LOVED making it. I made the following pieces to complete my peacock look: – A hand sewn layered tulle, black saddle feather, peacock feather and peacock sword bustle. (I HAND SEWED … Read more
This is my Hoarder costume my mom made. We came up with the idea because one of our favorite shows is Hoarders. We went to several garage sales and thrift to make this. We had found a sweater at a cheap price, and lace to make a lace collar, to make an almost stereotype grandma. … Read more
I have always tried to get my husband to do a “couples costume”. He never would because he likes to make his own and actually win’s a lot of costume contests. I came up with this idea of a Cheech and Chong couple costume for the two of us and he totally went for it … Read more
At my school there was a costume contest so I decided to make my own costume. I looked up on you-tube for a costume which inspired me and I came across a costume of “the queens of hearts” (Alice in Wonderland) so I did the costume in my way and here is the result. At … Read more
This is Sir Walter in his Prince Charming dog costume. He was entered in the Pug Social ensemble (more than one pug) costume contest with his mate Josie dressed as the “Tudors”. She wore a gown and a tiara. As beautiful as they were they only won third place, but had a lot of fun. … Read more
I made this cool cat costume for my 10-year old daughter’s choreography competition. I cut out the breast piece, fur cuffs and “skirt” from fake fur and then sewed it onto the leotard. A tip when working with the fake fur: when you have cut your pieces go around the edges with a zig-zag stitch, … Read more
This is how we made our coolest home made female pinup male groom Day of the Dead couple costume: For my girlfriend’s costume: Her costume was for a Day of the Dead pinup contest, and together for a couple costume contest. She ended up getting second place but I think she should have won. She … Read more
I actually kind of regret this big comfy couch costume because now everything I do pales in comparison to it. I don’t really remember how or when I came up with the idea, but I remember I couldn’t find any good how-to’s on it. The most difficult part, though, was only the hat – I … Read more
I’ve always wanted to be Wonder Woman for Halloween. I told myself if I could get to my goal weight which would mean loosing 80lbs, I could be Wonder Woman! It took me over a year to loose the weight but soon as I did I began my quest for a Wonder Woman costume that … Read more
I was so tensed for my son ‘s fancy dress. It was his first time, he is just 2 years old. I really wanted to do something very interesting and which took an effort to do. I even had searched it on internet. Finally I found this site and got an idea to do. So I … Read more
My friends & I ADORE Halloween, it’s that time of the year that you can be a big kid again and no one judges! We were looking for something original to do and were brainstorming for weeks when we hit upon the Sugababes “Change” video. We all wanted the basis of our costumes to be … Read more