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!
These are my children Trinity (2) and Jordan (5)! Jacks head is made out of paper mâché and Sally’s dress and wig is hand stitched. I used hotglue, acrylic paints, puffy paint, yarn! The most difficult part had to be the Paper mâché because that head itself took 2 weeks! Originally got the idea off … Read more
My son wanted to be an astronaut but that seemed a bit moring, so I wanted to give it a twist. We decided to make it look like he was floating while attached to a rocket booster. His legs were the flames & we made him fake legs from PVC pipes and some sweatpants. The … Read more
I love the 80’s so as a big fan of The Never ending Story I thought this would make the perfect costume for my husband and I to create for a party we were attending. It got such a great reaction from everyone except the young 20 year olds who were clueless. My kids loved … Read more
My name is Katie Eastman and this year I transformed myself into Mystique from X-Men First class for Halloween! I have always been inspired by special effects makeup and love to watch shows like FaceOff on Syfy that show how makeup artists bring characters to life. I also quite enjoy watching movies and figured I’d … Read more
Fighting for my right to have candy! Ty has loved all things civil war since we took him to Gettysburg at age 4. Not many kids choose a battlefield over Disney World. His costume took flight on a trip to a Gettysburg thrift shop. I found a ladies wool jacket and knew the Union were … Read more
This was done a few years back when Ceelo Green was a host on The Voice Tv show. Ceelo made it so easy to come up with a costume because of the way he always came onto the show dressed. After ordering latex paint and my husband coming up with the Chair design it was … Read more
After spending hours looking for the perfect costume on this site and youtube, I ran across levitating street performers on Youtube, pretty much by accident. Once I showed it to my husband and he looked closely on how it was constructed he was on a mission to figure it out. First came buying a welder (it … Read more
My son asked for a Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder version) costume this year and I wasn’t happy with anything I found, so I started brainstorming. I scoured Goodwill for pieces and searched the fabric store for suitable materials. Here’s how I put it all together. Coat – I found this at Goodwill, in women’s size … Read more
Ran into the trench coat at a second hand store and got the idea instantly. The hat was made out of 1″ PVC tubing, bolt, nuts and washers, cardboard painted red for the propellors, and duct tape and electrical tape for strength and design. The propellors were glued onto a washer so they could spin on … Read more
Halloween for our family it’s one of those day’s out of the year we truly look forward to celebrating, mainly because we get to delve into the creative process or recreating some of our favorite characters or coming up with a character of our own. Every costume we do is a team effort Mark and … Read more
For Halloween 2015 I was supposed to be a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding. My husband was to be a groomsman and my son was supposed to be ring bearer. The wedding was called off on Tuesday prior to the Saturday night Halloween. Now we had a dilemma…what to do with the strapless red satin … Read more
I knew I wanted to be a headless bride but it seemed so hard to make! I am so about Cheap & Easy! I found a plastic half dress form at the GoodWill ( Love that place) as well as the wedding dress and the petticoat! Total spent at GoodWill: 30.00! I found an old backpack from … Read more