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 I went as a Charms Blow Pop for Halloween. I have been making costumes since 2004 and this was simply one of the easiest costumes I had ever made. It came together quickly with minimum mess. Each year my friends eagerly await my costume unveiling. I refrain from telling them and give them … Read more
This is a contest winning costume all hand built by myself and is an obscure character from a movie not many people know of. As soon as I saw this character, I knew I had to build it. Starting with the head, I gathered scraps of surfboard foam and bonded them together to build a … Read more
This year my daughter wanted to be Wild Style from “The Lego Movie.” Luckily, this was a costume type that had been done many times before, and we had many great references across the internet to help us get started. The costume is built from cardboard and papier-mâché. The head was constructed out of several … Read more
To create this unique, easy, inexpensive, most creative and last-minute Halloween, Newspaper Fairy costume you will need 1 newspaper and 1 pair of wings (which you can easily find in Party City, but since this was a last minute costume I didn’t want to waste time in going to Party City and buying wings,so we … Read more
Bender is a robot character from the cartoon Futurama whose soul purpose is drinking beer to stay sober and operate. And when he doesn’t drink he gets 12 o’clock rust and begins to malfunction and act like he is drunk. My Bender costume was a first price winner at multiple competitions. To begin with, Bender … Read more
This was the absolute best costume ever!! My husband and I are both hunters and thought it would be very fitting to dress up as a deer in headlights! Deer: For the brown/tan we used Red Head long johns from Bass Pro Shop! Rather reasonably priced and extra bonus is that you can reuse them. … Read more
“I want to be a dragon!” My daughter loves everything about dragons. If she could be a dragon in real life, she would. Every year for the past three years, I have tried to make this dream a reality for her for Halloween. And each year, her costume becomes more elaborate than the last. This … Read more
We used: cardboard 1 small, white foam football green duct tape hot glue and hot glue gun white glue permanent marker 4 metal hangers 10 pieces of large, green poster board 4 pieces of large foam board a piece of loosely woven green burlap (or other green, see-through material) stapler green jacket 2 green cords … Read more
Optimus Prime, completely made with from around the house items with the help of bondo, paint ,RC wheels and talented airbrush work and plenty of hot glue and cardboard . This costume took three months and a part a day mentality , if not this would have been too overwhelming ! First step was getting … Read more
My 2 yr old son is wearing the costume. He is obsessed with tractors! So when he told me he wanted to be a tractor for Halloween I was not surprised. Items needed: Three boxes(two large and one medium) Green spray paint Yellow duct tape Black permanent marker Black spray paint Wrapping paper roll or … Read more
I put my all into Halloween every year and am addicted to illusion costumes. I started working on this costume in July (I had to pace myself as I suffer from a long-term illness). I am no longer able to work, so I was determined to make some big money using my creativity. My hard … Read more
I am passionate about trying to reproduce Tim Burton characters for my Halloween costumes. In the past, I have done the typical movie characters by Tim Burton, just painting my face and wearing the appropriate dress. This year I wanted something more challenging. I came up with the idea of making “The Girl with Many … Read more