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!
I wanted to recreate Tippi Hedron’s character from Alford Hitchcock’s movie The Birds. I found an old skirt suite at a thrift store for about $10 and wore a white t-shirt with it. I wanted the suite to look like the birds had ripped holes in it, so I added some tears and blood and … Read more
I have been a fan of the TV show Dinosaurs since I was a child. I especially loved Charlene Sinclair (the daughter on the show) because Sally Struthers, who is from my hometown of Portland, Oregon, voiced her. So this year I went about trying to make a Charlene Sinclair costume that fully captured her … Read more
We originally wanted to have a family costume theme in which all four of us would be a Lego-themed family. As it turned out, only two participated in the Lego family which was probably a good thing because we completed the execution of the project within three days. The collection of the items on our … Read more
This is my 2014 homemade Halloween costume. I was thinking of what I might want to do this year and saw my daughter’s Wizard of Oz dolls on the sofa and began to formulate an idea about how to make something really neat. I got my mom to help me in adapting a pajamas pattern … Read more
Halloween is our favorite time of the year. Leaves are falling, warm colors, pumpkins, ghosts and little goblins everywhere! I am the oldest of three sisters. Both my younger sisters have five kids each and I have one. Together we have 11 exciting get-ups to assemble to each personality. My middle sister is a wiz … Read more
This couple costume was a very last minute costume (we had no idea what to be). I found an old jumper from the Kardashian winners collection, and stuffed a pillow in the back. We ironed on “I AM A GOD” onto a plain white t-shirt from H&M. We found 2 gold chains from Clairs, and … Read more
The Star Wars Angry Birds Family came from my five year old. When I asked him what he wanted to be for Halloween he said “Angry Birds” and I thought “okay, I can do that”, but then he said “Star Wars Angry Birds”. I thought “oh man! that makes it a challenge”, and being the … Read more
I used the dress I made for my 5 yr old daughter for last Halloween 2013, as Queen Tara from Epic. The skirt was supposed to represent petals from a flower, as it did in the movie. It took quite a bit of trial and error and questimating. It did have a very small train … Read more
Inspiration: My husband and I grew up in the 80’s, and as kids, our favorite cartoon characters were He-man and She-ra. Every year, I like to do a group family costume, so when discussing what we wanted to be this year, Masters of the Universe won! Deciding who everyone was going to be took a … Read more
I have wanted to make this costume for a while and kept putting it off. So this year I decided to go for it, with only four days until Halloween and a budget of just £30. To make my costume I needed the following: Hard hat Chicken wire Garden wire Cable ties Old Newspapers Lots … Read more
I am super proud of two parts to this Medusa costume – the headpiece and the boots. Both took me days to create. For the headpiece, I took at long wig and braided two strands of hair with a pipe cleaner (So I could bend them afterwards). Once this was done, I sewed pieces of … Read more
The monster head was created as a hat with polyester filling making it light weight and comfortable to wear. The fabric head of the monster is made from a t-shirt and cardboard, Styrofoam balls for the eyes and nose, and it was created as a hat with polyester filling making it light weight and comfortable to … Read more