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 year, as juniors in our high school, we decided to do something special. We are a group of eleven girls and we had this idea since like summer. Every year, our school has Halloween costume contest. We decided to participate in the group category. We chose a weekend and all the girls came to … Read more
My daughter’s school has a themed Halloween. This year it was Dr. Seuss or Alice in Wonderland. We decided to take on the challenge of Dr. Seuss classic Grinch. The pants are green leggings with green crochet yarn fabric glued to the pants. The top is a long sleeve red shirt with white faux fur … Read more
After renting costumes last year as the three little pigs and winning, we had to go over the top and create this years Halloween costumes. So we decided to go as the legendary KISS. Myself and three of my buddies gathered different items to create these unbelievable costumes and won for the 2nd year in … Read more
We made these costumes for a Christmas parade in Mt. Pleasant Tennessee. We also made Snoopy’s Dog house, Lucy’s Psych booth and Schroeder’s Piano. We won first place overall and first place for a church. The heads are papier mache, Luc’s dress is a XX-large T-shirt with a ruffle sewn to the bottom and buttons … Read more
My friend was having a 1980’s themed fancy dress party for her 30th birthday and I KNEW I had to go as Rainbow Brite (I was born to play that role!). I checked out the Rainbow Brite costumes online, but they were very expensive and a bit tacky-looking, so I decided to make my own. … Read more
Me and my friend were playing around with some chicken wire for masks for Halloween 2006 when I realized the shape I had made looked like Homer’s head. From then on, he was my target. I used papier-mâché to cover the chicken wire frame, painted it, and put on some black string for the hair. … Read more
My daughters were in an “Alice in Wonderland” themed dance last summer. We decided to go for the Disney version of Alice and the White Rabbit Costume. My oldest was the White Rabbit with pieces put together from thrift shop finds and alterations done by me: – bunny hat from a bunny costume; – black … Read more
This costume was made for my son this year (08) so we could enter him into the local Halloween costume contest. Turns out he won 1st place in the scariest category. I had kids and adults asking me who else was in the costume. Little kids were tugging onto his hands and trying to see … Read more
My sister and I were going for a rock and roll theme when trying to decide what it was we wanted to dress up as for Halloween. We were thinking Metallica, Kiss, Ozzy, you name we thought about it! Finally we came up with songs instead of groups and this Highway to Hell and Stairway … Read more
You could hear laughter from blocks away “Wow! Look at the stick person!” Every person at every home we visited for treats had to see what the glowing costume was made of. And when we’d turn to leave and the host or hostess would catch a glimpse of the costume’s backside they would laugh hysterically. … Read more
My husband and I were a Homemade Homer and Marge Simpson Couple Costume. This was a last minute costume that won a costume contest amongst our group of friends. Marge: I got a bee hive wig and spray painted it blue. I got my orange necklace at Target and the green dress on the clearance … Read more
My wife and I needed an idea for Halloween couples and since our family plays video games together with our kids, we thought a Mario and Luigi Halloween costume would be good. Plus, the kids loved the costumes. I purchased all of the items from a Hancock fabric store (except the gloves and shirt, shoes) … Read more