Few movies inspire as many character costumes such as Beetlejuice. With an amazing cast of eighties celebrities, this movie definitely stands the test of time. These Beetlejuice costumes will make any fan of the movie laugh with appreciation. In addition, some of these costumes look as incredible as the original ones!
Dress up as Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis’s characters after they were resurrected. Another super popular costume is the man with the shrunken head. This one always gets an amazing reaction. Of course, the main man, himself, Beetlejuice is found on people young and old. There are so versions of Michael Keaton’s iconic role.
Also, there is a woman dressed up as Winona Ryder’s character. If you are lucky enough to look like her, dressing up will be a snap! You will even see the woman on the couch separated from her legs. She is here in a cool optical illusion costume!
Looking through these costumes will inspire you to create your own Beetlejuice costumes and may even get you to re-watch the movie. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!
This Beetlejuice Costume was made with all Goodwill purchased clothes, a black blazer with 6 hrs of painting. A Shock Treatment Wig from Party City, spray painted with Ochre and Lime Green spray paint. Had to use masking tape to make the stripes, then go back and hand paint the boo boos. The white stripes … Read more
This Female Beetlejuice Costume was my costume for Halloween 2008. Originally my boyfriend and I were going to be Beetlejuice and Lydia. However, we broke up before Halloween. I then took it upon myself to be Beetlejuice, but with a twist. I wore a skirt rather than pants. The photo isn’t my favorite, but it’s … Read more
We had been watching Beetlejuice a lot. We had a Homemade Beetlejuice and Lydia Halloween Couple Costume Idea from the wedding scene. For Beetlejuice we combed all the Thrift stores for a maroon suit in his size, which was easier than you would think. The pieces were not exact matches, but as you can see, … Read more
I finally found the man of my dreams that will let me dress him however I want for Halloween!!! ;} For Miss Argentina I had a friend airbrush me greenish blue. I added some purple and blue eyeshadow and eyelashes of course. I ordered the wig online for $10. My sister in law made the … Read more
My husband and I decided to have a Beetlejuice and Lydia Wedding Costume from the wedding scene in the movie. I got lucky and found a Swiss dot wedding gown from the 70s at an antique store in town. The only problem was that it was white and polyester, with gigantic sleeves. First step was … Read more
Just a little twist on a modern day cult classic. Instead of going the boring route – aka – being a sexy fairy or animal with ears and a tail, I decided to indulge in Halloween the right way! For this Homemade Beetlejuice Costume I used an old jester costume from years ago, threw on … Read more
Little Saylor decided she wanted to be Beetlejuice this year so grammy got out the sewing machine and made her a little suit! We got stopped by a lot of people this year because everyone loved it!
I ready had the white pants. I went to the Goodwill store to find the white suit which was only $12. I went home, measured out width with strips then painted using both white and black paint the stripes for the Beetlejuice Costume. I borrowed the tie. The hair I used some spray glue to … Read more
I found some ideas for these homemade BeetleJuice and Lydia costumes on this website! This is how I made it: The homemade Lydia costume – I found a wedding dress at the thrift store ($8). There was at train on the dress so I cut that off. Then I added the lace from the train … Read more
We had a busy weekend of costume “showing off” and this Homemade Beetlejuice and Lydia Costume was our costume for the Saturday night of Halloweekend. I went as Beetlejuice and one of my best mates was Lydia Deetz which was super appropriate as she was dj’ing that night and her DJ name is Lydia Beatz! … Read more
I always love the movie. My husband I think can say the entire movie without watching it. So that’s why he wanted to go as Beetlejuice. I didn’t want to be Lydia, so I thought the receptionist was cute. I started looking at pictures of her online, and watching the movie to try to get … Read more
First thing’s first on this Homemade Beetlejuice and Miss Argentina Couple Halloween Costume, body paint. We used Ben Nye cream color turquoise for hers and black and white for his. 5 bucks each, enough to cover complete body and feel light weight for a night of fun! The cape was the most time consuming. 2 … Read more