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!
RU-FI-OOOOoo! This year I went as the iconic leader of the Lost Boys from the movie Hook. Who DIDN’T want to be Rufio as a kid? The majority of the costume was a large leather trench-coat from the thrift store that I cut up to make the jacket, leather strips, belt, and wristbands. Red leggings … Read more
We always have the unique homemade Halloween costume everyone anticipates seeing. This costume was by far the best yet. This costume took me a solid month to make. I started with a summer beach sun hat I found at Kmart on clearance. I went to Lowes and bought several rolls of baling twine along with … Read more
I had so much fun making these costumes. You will have too! I wanted something simple and inexpensive for our 2014 Cub Scout Homemade Costume Contest. So began my online search for an easy, creative costume. I looked at over 100 different costumes and many websites and when I saw this costume, I knew it … Read more
One fine day at the end of September, my 10 year old daughter Lauren finally decided what she’d like to dress up as this Halloween – “Mom, I’d love to be one of the ‘Weeping Angels’ from Doctor Who – please, please, please – can I be that?” “Well”, I said (as I scanned my … Read more
I knew I wanted to be a bouquet of flowers and was trying to come up with a costume for my husband. My first idea for him was a floral delivery man. So did a web search for FTD Florist and once I saw that logo, I knew we we were on to something really … Read more
For 30 years I have been making costumes for my family. Finally, I made one for myself. There are not many strong middle aged mom characters out there to imitate until now. Valka, Hiccup’s mom from How To Train Your Dragon is the coolest mom ever. In an effort to keep cost down and try … Read more
“Who Framed Roger Rabbit” is one of my all time favorite movies, and I’ve loved Jessica Rabbit ever since I was little. I decided that this year would be the year that I actually become her. I ordered the wig, shoes, and dress, and altered them a bit to best look like Jessica. I think … Read more
To begin with, as the title suggests, I am the least crafty guy there is. I checked many websites, including this one, and took ideas from all over the internet to make this costume. Clearly, I’m a researching type of guy. I actually learned a lot from making this costume and it really was a … Read more
My friend Lisa broke her pelvis and two vertebrae in early 2012 and she needed a neck brace/C-collar to keep her spine in line. She remained in good spirits, though, and towards the end of her recovery time I saw her out at a bar after our mutual friend’s thesis reading. I love the movie … Read more
My four-year-old son Joey has a real love for ice cream trucks. He runs to the window with the slightest tinkling of the music outside and just waits for the truck to pass, he watches YouTube videos of all different ice cream trucks – his favorite being Mr. Softee of course, and he literally pretends … Read more
FAIRY TAIL STORY: It’s been a few years since I’ve dressed up for Halloween, but my motto is GO BIG OR GO HOME! This year I wanted to make something awesome to be put in the running for my office costume contest. I saw an image of a peacock outfit and knew I had to … Read more
Our son loves Legos. Who doesn’t. We found the perfect container for a Lego head. So the theme was set. We sprayed the head from the inside to keep the shine on the plastic. Then my husband drew the eyes and mouth with a sharpie. Then we removed some plastic in both and replaced it … Read more