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.
Halloween has always been my Christmas so I decided that last year I would go as one of my favorite villains. I based the look of the Joker costume on the comic book Joker instead of any of the films designs. I picked up the purple suit in the ladies section of a charity shop … 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
I got most of the Girl Joker Halloween costume parts at Goodwill. Painted her hair green, her face white with the joker’s twisted smile, and even included a flower that sprays water. She had chattering teeth too! She wore a purple jacket and a purple and black skirt. Everyone out trick or treating loved it!
I made this homemade Joker costume for a friend’s birthday. It was pretty simple, I got together the clothing from various shops and used my brother’s waistcoat. I used white makeup to create the base and used eyeliner to create the eyes. For the scars I used molding prosthetics found at my local costume/joke shop … Read more
This costume was of course inspired by the movie the Dark Knight, which I saw four times, two of which were in IMAX. The whole Joker process took two hours to get ready. The entire process itself began in November when I thought the Joker would be the perfect Halloween costume. It was extremely hard … Read more
I thought of this homemade Joker costume on the day of Halloween, someone had the same costume as me and I was watching Batman the Dark Night just before I found out so I went out to town and got a couple of things together and here it is lol. I started off with the … Read more
My Joker costume. Like the previous Riddler costume added to the site, this Joker costume was made for a band member(my husband). When starting any new costume especially when I’m unfamiliar with the pattern I always cut a trial costume out in a cheap cotton fabric (calico in Australia). The suit is roughly put together … Read more
This Dark Knight Joker Costume was done both by my boyfriend and me. I took care of his hair and make-up and helped put the costume together. It was actually done for a movie character theme party we threw at our apartment, and it was a huge hit. He already owned the grey dress shirt … Read more
First, for the make up of this Homemade Joker Costume ! All you have to do is get clown makeup from the dollar store! Now the Joker has big black circles around his eyes so do those! Now around your entire face add white makeup, when you do this scrunch up your face to give … Read more