Stand out in a crowd with a truly original costume. Forget the store bought costumes or the traditional Halloween costume ideas. Access the most creative part of your brain to come up with fabulously unique costumes, like the ones below.
Searching for costume ideas and looking for motivation? Or feeling like the most uninspired person on the planet? Don’t fret. Take a look at the one-of-a-kind costumes here and they will get your imagination flowing. For instance, check out the violin spider fairy costume and the toddler Liberace behind his candelabra. Also, the slow cooking turtle burger. Another super cool idea is a connect the dots costume.
When it comes to original homemade costumes ideas, the stranger the better. So, open your mind to the weird and wonderful DIY costumes here. Get inspired to make your own and share it with us here!
Welcome to the Masquerade: Mysterious masks are the hallmark of Venetian carnivals, and on Halloween this year, Alabama got a little taste of Italy. My Venetian carnival costumes are inspired by the elaborate masks that are worn during the famous festival Carnevale di Venezia. As a freshmen in college, time is hard to come by, … Read more
This was a mother-daughter project. We got the idea from a Dancing Queen of Hearts video on Youtube, by Christopher, and modified it to a halloween theme, with 4 glow in the dark skeletons attached to the Queen by PVC pipe we got from the hardware store and spray pained black. I had to use … Read more
Growing up as a Pittsburgh child in the 90s, the hottest birthday party spot around was “Discovery Zone”, or as we called it, “DZ”. I celebrated several of my own birthday parties and many of my friends’ birthday parties at Discovery Zone, and I have such fond memories of it. For those of you who … Read more
I made this costume for my son. One morning in September, over breakfast, he told me that he wanted to “be” a gingerbread house. I immediately had visions of what an adorable Halloween costume that would make, and hoped against all hopes that he wouldn’t change his mind and decide to be Darth Vader two … Read more
For Mason’s first Halloween, we wanted to incorporate his name… so last year, he was “Mase Ventura Pet Detective”. This year, Mason dressed up as a “Mason Jar” for Halloween! It was super easy to make! 1. Get a 5 gallon paint bucket liner 2. Cut holes for the arms and legs 3. Print on … Read more
Beginning when Asher was very little, my husband would comb his hair in a certain way that he looked just like a little German baby (blonde hair, blue eyes), and we would say “Guten Tag Herr Asher.” We decided it would be only fitting for him to dress up as a “Guten Tag Boy” for … Read more
This costume took my blood, sweat and tears to make. I never did carpentry before so it was quite a challenge. The moon was cut using a jigsaw and painted with house paint. Each gem was glued on individually and that took some time. A lot of trial and error was done before the final … Read more
Toa is my 10 year old African Sulcata. He is very friendly and loves going on walks. I have had him for 8 years. I decided to make him a costume this year so others can enjoy seeing him. He is getting so big it has become a huge task taking him places. I really … Read more
Hopefully everybody has seen Adele’s Rolling in the Deep music video (if not you are missing out). Ever Since I saw it, the dancer in the white dusty room fascinated me. So I decided to draw some sketches of it (one is pictured in the first step), and eventually those sketches became my Halloween costume. … Read more
This teacher with her desk costume was a last minute one (made the night before the big day). My daughter and I had been going around and around since August about what she would be. The neighbor girl stole her previous idea and I insisted on something clever and not purchased. She had said she … Read more
My son is only 7 months, and too small to eat candy or go trick or treating, but that doesn’t mean he cant get dressed up right?! I was watching the news about the Kickstarter that reached enough money for Reading Rainbow to come back, and BOOM the idea hit me! I Googled Reading Rainbow … Read more
I wore this to work, and almost lost my job over this costume. I’m a dialysis nurse, and while walking in from the parking lot at the hospital, a busload of seniors from the nursing home pulled up. And I must add that I was with my Chief Tech, a burly, hirsute man with a … Read more