I’ve entered a lot of costume contests over the years but I never won any big prizes. This is because, usually, someone shows up in a giant robot costume on stilts and takes it. Even if its just a store bought costume, if the guy is on stilts, he wins. After last year’s Halloween, I … Read more
Made it by my self(12 years). Took about 20-30$. painted and ducktaped and every thing. Used many lights for outside and lights inside helmet for inside glow, iron man effect. silver paint makes it look old and damaged. Used fishbowl for front of helmet witch flips up and plastic hosing to connect bottles on back … Read more
I would first like to thank you for hosting this event which not only allows, but inspires, people to embrace their creative side and strive for innovation. This costume was first inspired by Taylor Swift’s Bad Blood music video. The video has a very dark, deadly, futuristic feel. I had concert tickets to the Taylor … Read more
I chose to wear the costume myself as I really get into the Halloween spirit by being creative and creating my own costumes. I loved the movie “Predator” and wanted to be something unique this year and not like a lot of other costumes. I definitely was the ONLY one who had a Predator costume … Read more
My grandson loves Star Wars and wanted to participate in a Star Wars costume contest at a Pirates game. There were no Ewok costumes anywhere to be found. I thought how hard could this be to make: I went to Joanne Fabric and purchased a cat costume pattern, and brown fur and other supplies. This … Read more
I am a big fan of the TV show Doctor Who. I wanted to make a costume/cosplay that would get a big reaction at comicon, and so I chose a difficult, but fun, subject: a weeping angel. Weeping angels are beings who have a perfect defense system. When you see them, they turn into stone. … Read more
Inspiration: This is my boyfriend & I! First off. We love Star Wars & are stoked for the upcoming movie. We weren’t planning on dressing up this year but then we got invited to a last minute party so we had to put something together quick, but wanted to keep it unique. I had seen … Read more
A long time ago in a neighborhood far far away (1991 in the suburbs of central NJ), two lifelong 7 year old best friends Brendon (Han) and Alex (Lando) swore someday, when closer in age to the actual stars in the movie, they would pull off a perfect Han/Lando Halloween costume. 24 years later, still … Read more
Pumpkin Queen is an original costume design created for Halloween. She is a villainess who will do ANYTHING (even kill) to stop premature Christmas decorating. I have been planning this costume for over a year. The costume and jewelry are steampunk inspired and completely handmade and designed by myself. I began this Steampunk inspired Pumpkin Queen … Read more
Every year my friend Andy and I like to make an elaborate Halloween costume and wear it to the West Hollywood Halloween Carnival. It is usually movie themed and we try to do something that has never been done before, most of the time including a vehicle or an inanimate object. This year we had … Read more
Here was a simple way to put together and make an awesome costume. It uses a terminator endoskull mask, motocross chest protector and a Andoid Morphsuit which are the basic parts of the Terminator T800 Endoskeleton costume. With the mask, I carefully removed/trimmed the neck section to get just the skull part I wanted. With … Read more
This year I decided to create an old-school Alien costume with a UFO, something that I’ve wanted to do ever since I was a kid. Some sci-fi influences include the Tim Burton film Mars Attacks!, Buck Rodgers, the Twilight Zone episode “To Serve Man” and the little green men from Roswell’s Area 51 culture. First off, … Read more