When it comes to dark and macabre Halloween costumes, dressing as a super villain is an awesome idea. Ominous and frightening, this collection of Joker costumes will inspire fear in the hearts of all Batman fans.
The homemade costumes you will see here channel the great actors who brought this evil character to life. Whether it’s from Jack Nicholson or the late Heath Ledger, the exaggerated hideous smile and sinister eyes will make your blood run cold. Truly the costume makers here have outdone themselves with the commitment to the Joker’s quest for destruction.
In addition, there are fantastically creative costume ideas here, like a LEGO minifigure version of the Joker. Go as group and create the entire Batman gang.
So check out the step by step instructions for the best Joker costumes. They will guide you in creating your best DIY costume this Halloween.
It was October 12, 2012 and I had survived my first real college history test (I’m a freshmen for the loudest and proudest fightin’ Texas Aggies! Whoop!). Biking the one mile back to my dorm, my phone rings. Brrrring! Brrring! Stepping off my bike and reaching for my phone (yeah, I’m not skilled like some … Read more
Made all these group Halloween costumes except for the Joker. The Riddler was the best, was very close to TV quality! and didn’t cost much at all! I bought green dye, white material for belt, white shirt underwear and socks to cover the shoes and thermal pants and dyed them all green. I used cardboard … Read more
Why so serious? Miss Joker! Well as usual I like to be a guy’s costume but make it my girl version so I decided on a girl Joker costume, besides the Joker is creepy looking and most girl just want to be girly costumes. So I started thinking on what to get to make it. … Read more
My boys love Batman. My boys love Legos. So, with inspiration from other minifig costumes here on this website, I began to create their Batman and Joker Lego Minifig Halloween costumes. I used Styrofoam, poster board, bamboo skewers, duct tape, markers and acrylic paint, and fiber fill. I cut the top and bottom circles large … Read more
First of all making the Poison Ivy costume wasn’t hard BUT finding a durable bodice was very tricky. This is a costume that you definitely have to start looking for all the supplies a month in advance and start creating maybe two weeks before Halloween. I was silly and starting buying everything a week before … Read more
My son wanted to dress up as the Joker for Halloween last year. After looking at a couple of store bought costumes, I realized it would look better to make it homemade. We looked at various thrift stores but couldn’t find anything. So, I decided I would just sew him a Dark Knight Joker costume. … Read more
Last Halloween, I was really excited to do this costume, because I always pick a theme for every year. This year’s theme was [“Male Characters as Females.”], one I had chosen to do was [The Joker], so I had to find a way to transform it to look female. I drew it out, then went … Read more
Here is a costume for Halloween that found inspiration in the Joker character form Batman. We did dark eyes and lips as Heath Ledger, and dark shades over eyes and on the cheeks. I have to point out that we did it at home, and I didn’t have professional make up. Because of the phone camera … Read more
This Joker Halloween costume was originally intended for a student film, however since Halloween was around the corner we decided, “why not use it for a Halloween costume as well!?” My friends and I were and still are such great fans of the late Heath Ledger’s performance as the “Joker” that it inspired us to … Read more
Spent long hours, shopping at Goodwill and Marshalls for an outfit for this Joker Halloween costume. Bought a white peacoat and dyed that and the pants purple. Cut a woman’s suit jacket into a vest and sewed on buttons. Scuffed up the shoes, cut long blond curly hair wig to make it joker like, greasy, … Read more
I currently am a Substitute Teacher in the Huntington Union Free School District. Teaching is a great profession and I was notified that I would be teaching on October 31st, 2008. Every year the staff at the school where I work dress up as his/her favorite theme or character that he/she adores. This year, I … Read more
I decided to dress up as the Joker from Batman the Dark Knight and my boyfriend as a mime. The Joker is my all time favorite villain. For the Joker costume, I used green hair dye, red, white, and black face paint, and old clothes. The old clothes I used were purple slacks, a purple … Read more