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!
Happy Halloween! My favourite time of year! I always struggle with a MILLION ideas, I want to dress up every day of October, (but I don’t think work would like that). Sometimes I really struggle to come up with a great costume, so I come to Coolest Homemade Costumes for inspiration. My costume is not … Read more
This super fun Barbie in a Box costume was fairly easy and very inexpensive to make, and was an absolute HIT this Halloween! I wore it first to a party, where I won first place in a costume contest, and then it was worn by a friend for a second time where she won a … Read more
We always enjoy Halloween. This year we decided that we would do Nightmare Before Christmas and our son would be Sam from Trick r Treat I did Oogie Boogie (my Husband, Troy) first, he is really just a large stuffed pillow from burlap. I sewed the arms on and put foot holes in the bottom. … Read more
Tired of storing my childhood and college things, my mom has been sending stuff home with me when I visit my parents’ house. On one such trip, she asked me if something she’d found in the garage was mine. It was a lone flip-top garbage can lid (without the garbage can) and, to be funny, … Read more
What you need for this costume is: hot glue, hot glue gun, fabric glue, sea shells, fish net, black leggings, tulle & sequin fabric (colors of your choice) a bracelet, ripped green fabric or fake seaweed, some thread & body paint (optional) 1st, I cut out some fish net, roughly in the shape of a … Read more
Who doesn’t love Little Debbie snack cakes? NO ONE! Which one is your favorite? P.S. There a TON to pick from! My personal favorites are a tight competition between Oatmeal Cream Pies and Starcrunch! When chatting at work one day with a friend she divulged her “dirty secret” that she hides boxes of Oatmeal Cream … Read more
Science is not typically any kid’s favorite subject..except for me! Growing up I would religiously watch “The Magic School Bus” on PBS. If for some horrible reason you aren’t aware what this glorious show is AND you haven’t Google’d it yet…I’ll give you a quick synopsis. Miss Frizzle, the eccentric Science teacher, would teach her … Read more
Hello everyone, this is my first homemade costume. And it came out great! I won some great prizes the two nights I wore it! And everyone wanted to take their picture with me. I wanted to be mystique, but the online costume I saw online were expensive and didn’t really showcased the nude look of … Read more
My family and I love Halloween, we love to make our own costumes. This year my daughter was a little undecided of what to be. One day while playing one of our favorite games, Candy Crush, we thought – what about Tiffie?- the character from our most played game. We had to think of something … Read more
Every year I try to decide what to make for my Halloween costume, how to think outside the box instead of being the typical vampire, werewolf and all that. So far, I have done pretty well and everyone at school can’t wait to see what I will be each year. One year I made myself … Read more
Well Well Well, bwahahahaha. Hello children! I see that I was invited to attend a costume contest and I’ve decided to share my design for the maleficent look you see. Most of my costume was made with a few bought pieces torn apart and redone to fit my look I was going for. I’ll do … Read more
I dreamed up the idea to do a huge group costume one night while my roommate ”Big Greg” and myself were watching the Reno 911 movie. It was probably September of 2009, and I had an idea of each friend who would play the best character roll. So I sent out a group text to … Read more