Take a look at these cool homemade The Shining Costumes shared with us by costume enthusiasts from around the world. Along with the costumes here, you’ll also find loads of homemade costume ideas and DIY Halloween costume inspiration for your next costume project. Enjoy!
I couldn’t wait to have my twin girls. I couldn’t wait to dress them alike. UNTIL the day a stranger stopped us and said *with fear all over his face* “OH my GOSH! It’s the twins from The Shining!” I never dressed them exactly alike after that. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I have … Read more
I decided to stick with a scary theme and do Jack Nicholson’s character from The Shining, in particular the “Here’s Johnny!” scene. Since I am a woman I challenged myself to paint his face onto mine. I went with a comic black and white approach and used black and white paint only with gray eye shadows. … Read more
For 20 some odd years, both Kyle and I dreaded Halloween. As kids, we grew up with the standard drugstore costumes: a plastic face mask with a thin elastic strap that was sure to break 10 minutes after putting it on, eye-holes that restricted 70% of your vision, and a plastic suit with your favorite character … Read more
We had been planning the costume for months, but waited until the very last minute to throw it together. So the day of the party we finally went shopping. It took lots of sifting through nightgowns, dresses, wigs, shoes, etc to find exactly what we wanted- but we couldn’t have been happier with the way … Read more
Last Halloween, my girlfriend Emily and I decided to pay homage to the wonderful and talented director Stanley Kubrick, by dressing up as Danny and Wendy Torrance from the Shining. I’ve always considered that film to be Kubrick’s magnum opus (and *gasp* possibly even better than the book), and a quintessential representation of the horror … Read more
This past Halloween my husband and I decided that we would each go as a character from a horror movie. I was Carrie from Stephen King’s “Carrie”, my husband went as Johnny from “The Shining” (also Stephen King), and our 2 yr. old son went as Chucky from “Child’s Play”. None of the costumes cost much money, … Read more
I bought the clothes for our The Shining DIY Halloween costumes at goodwill. I wore old pajama bottoms, a beige turtleneck, my husbands green/beige plaid work shirt and a blue robe. I used a bag of black cobweb to fashion a black wig with bangs. I also did some red and extra black make-up around … Read more
I love horror flicks and ‘The Shining’ is by far, the best one! Here’s my take on the scary Grady Twins from the movie. By far the scariest girls around! These are adult sized costumes. It took forever for me to find the perfect materials and colors for these Grady Twins from The Shining Halloween … Read more