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!
I fell in love with the stuffed leapord I found at a flea market and thought it would be a fun costume to put together! I went to good will and yard sales and found a scarf, leapord hat, blouse, purse, slippers and a little baby leapord (it’s in the little leopard purse inside the … Read more
I had the most fun putting this outfit together. I bought the hat and looked for pieces to go with it at yard sales and goodwill. I found the matching purple (night) gown at good will and wore a simple black blouse under it with long black gloves I had. Wore some colored beads and … Read more
I love family costumes, but found coming up with 5 person costume ideas to be harder than it was when there were just 4 of us. After thinking for a while and surfing lots of lists on line, I started brainstorming things that had the number 5 in them and happened on \”the 5 senses\”!! … Read more
My original idea for a costume was “People of Walmart” but was I unable to find a flesh colored body suit to give the appearance of showing way to much skin without actually showing skin. (Hey, it’s cold here in Michigan.) So, it was on to plan B. I grabbed some boxes from the recycle pile at … Read more
Before I get into the nitty-gritty of the actual construction of the costume, I’d like to tell you the most difficult part of turning my toddler into a fox princess for Halloween. In a devastating coincidence, Poppy Clementine chose to be a fox in the same season that “What Does The Fox Say?” has become … Read more
My daughter, Bridget, 7 years old and in 2nd grade, had the idea of being a chandelier for Halloween. She was sitting in the living room and staring at the light in our dining room. When it started to register that I would have to figure out how to make this dream a reality, she … Read more
So I was invited to my first ‘Anything but clothes’ party so I felt I had to take the theme very seriously. I was invited a month in advance but as any good procrastinator I did not start the costume until the morning of the party. I couldn’t think of anything original and I wanted … Read more
Every year for the past four years we have all dressed up as a family with each year bringing a fun, new theme. The first year we were the cast of the Wizard of Oz, then we were the gang from Scooby Doo, followed by the Star Wars team, and this year we chose to … Read more
My fiance and I came up with the idea for the Fox and the Hound a few months before Halloween, but we weren’t really sure how to execute it cheaply without it looking too homemade…. We used clothes that we already had and then added all the extras to make these super cute costumes! For … Read more
I always thought I could make this idea for a man with a tiny head work and I finally gave it a try this Halloween. I have never gotten such a fantastic response to a costume I have made. I made a small false eyes and nose from Sculpy and baked it in my oven. … Read more
The halloween 2013 , was prepared since 2012 . Like every year , we decided to challenge ourselves for Halloween creating a costumes that is interactive , visually striking and allows us to let go of our imagination! With this in mind, we decided to build one giant Nintendo from our childhood, and functional to … Read more
Tonight, Kimberly is wearing a beautiful Totum Pole which was hand crafted in her home town of Tacoma, WA. She said earlier that it took her about a week and a half to complete and that she had a blast creating it. She got a 12 inch cardboard tube as the body and 2 inch … Read more