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!
Let me start by saying, this was all my daughter’s idea. She is very into unicorns and she wanted us to be “twinsies” this year. My Daughter Bella and I are the ones wearing the costumes. It took over 56 working hours, items done from scratch. Purchased items were just the shoes (plain white), wigs, … Read more
This year my daughter, Harmony, who is 13 yrs old. She wanted to be something Egyptian but still wanted to be something unique for Halloween, so, we searched the internet for different ideas and she saw a Cleopsis statue and just loved it! So, I said , “Sure, that’ll be cool!” little did I realize … Read more
Ever want to have a great vampire costume with wings that retract and expand without emptying your bank account? This is the one for you. To do this cool wing effect, you will need the following: 8 eyebolts, lots of washers, short machine screws with nuts, two long threaded bolts without heads, dirt bike vest, … Read more
Two weeks before Halloween, my 5 year old son decided wanted to be WALL-E. After searching the Internet for costumes, I decided it was impossible to buy one (as the movie was older) and so construction began. After trial and error it started coming along nicely. WALL-E was made paper mache, cardboard, lots of ductape, … Read more
Here’s the end result of multiple all nighters and classic rock binges! The Maria Franz costume was a combination of sketching, sewing, painting, and sculpting; all entirely completed by hand. The antlers were created using an aluminum base with nails and wire for support. A sealed layer of tape was then applied in addition to … Read more
My name is Kyle and I have a special little gift of being able to grow out my own Bob Ross inspired Fro! I’ve been growing out my hair for exactly 12 months – that’s right folks measures 9 inches tall and all natural! I found out I had this gift only 6 years ago … Read more
My family and I went as Little Shop of Horrors this year. Each year we pick a movie or show from the late 80s/early 90s and I have been wanting do this one for a while now! Every year everyone is waiting to see our big reveal for our Family costumes, this year we were … Read more
While brainstorming my Halloween costume this year I took inspiration from my greatest childhood fear….the dentist. As a child my father would let me watch horror movies I wasn’t supposed to watch while my mother was working. Freddie, Jason and Michael never even fazed me and then came the 1996 movie the dentist. I was … Read more
Our Toy Story costume was a challenge with the time crunch I was given by the creators (my little ones). Luckily we have plenty of craft/sewing/paint scraps from various projects. My girls were bumming about Halloween being cancelled for 2020 where we live, coupled with eLearning daily challenges that have dragged their holiday spirit down. … Read more
Here’s A costume you can wear in public spaces that require a face covering. Ouija wear a mask! This idea came from wanting to change a face mask into a full costume. The hand itself was purchased but secured to a headband via a spring for movement. The ouija piece was a white plastic in … Read more
So this year we decided that we would make my 8yr old son be a typical taco Man. Using clothing from his closet, We took a regular pair of Levi’s, nice button up long sleeve shirt, cowboy boots, Apron and bandana. The hat we purchased from the local Mexican shop. We made sure to add … Read more
So we decided hat this year we would have m and my kids all participant in a family costume. We wanted to be original nothing scary so we went for fast food. My oldest son’s costume was the most difficult to make the head for jack in the box. We used news paper which nowadays … Read more