This is an amazing resource of Halloween costume ideas. All these costumes have won a local contest, and for good reason! Imaginative and extremely effective, you will find yourself returning to this section over and over again.
A little sample of what you will see here include everything from a mini Mr. T to a pop art version of a Stepford Wife. In addition, many costumes take their inspiration from game shows such as Wheel of Fortune and Plinko.
It seems like people have a lot of fun recreating their favorite movie characters. Considering so many of them won contests, it’s a favorite of contest judges as well. Find out how you can become Ben Stiller’s character from Dodgeball and the whole gang from Guardians of the Galaxy. Animated movies are represented here as well from Disney princesses to Rafiki from The Lion King.
Take lessons from the masters as they take concepts and turn them into recognizable costumes, hence landing them contest winner titles!
I loved the show Rainbow Brite when I was younger, despite the fact I was only alive for about a month in the 80’s. (The joys of having older siblings who introduced me to the finer things in life.) I started with a blue dress I found at the Goodwill. It was the perfect color. Then, I found rainbow … Read more
I had several ideas in mind for my Halloween costume this year. The costume ideas were Pocahontas, Disney Princess, cat and owl. My decision to be the owl was not hard to make after looking through pictures on Pinterest. The picture that I saw was one of a young girl who was wearing a handmade … Read more
Welcome to the 74th Annual Hunger Games! May the odds be ever in your favor! We hope the odds are in our favor this Halloween! This Hunger Games costume was for my 13 year old daughter. Friends told her that it looked like she had walked off the set of the Hunger Games. I started … Read more
I thought of this Morton Salt Girl costume the night before I had to dress up for Halloween at school, I was thinking, oh goodness, I have no costume for tomorrow and I have no idea what I am going to do. So, I started Googling things and it had all looked like costumes I had … Read more
When X-Men 3 came out a few years back, my friends began telling me how much I resembled Famke Janssen, aka Jean Grey, aka Dark Phoenix. I never watched the movies myself, but Googled her and found out they were right. Really right. I heard it so much in the months before Halloween that I … Read more
My little boy wanted to be a caveman so I bought some material and whipped this up in no time flat. The booties I made large and they slipped over his shoes. I picked up the bone and bone necklace at a Halloween store. I used a marker and colored on the bone and smudged … Read more
So… it was the night before halloween, and two friends and I were lost about what we should do for Halloween. None of us had ever made a costume, but none of us wanted to recycle through purchased costume of yore. So, we thought what would be the easiest costume with the biggest level of … Read more
I had so much fun with this Miss Argentina and Beetlejuice costume! I actually pieced it together from random findings. I found the dress on Ebay and had the neckline altered to a V to add sexyness. I went to the craft store for the cape. Using red copper wire and red sheer sparkling fabric I shaped … Read more
This year (2012) my girlfriend and myself decided couples theme as Beauty and the Beast! We bought our costumes from a Cosplay site, but I handcrafted the beast head-which is clearly the most important part. I had to re size a few things on the costume that was sent, such as the sash on my … Read more
This is my Iron Man Halloween Costume for Halloween 2011. The Iron man movies being such a big hit, influenced my decision to make this costume. I wanted to make it fairly realistic but still have a cartoony feel to it. Using my two favorite things, cardboard and colored duct tape, I constructed this costume over … Read more
This was my Buzz Lightyear Halloween Costume for 2010. Buzz Lightyear was something I always wanted to do, but didn’t know how I would do it. I was working at a paint store and I grabbed a one piece painters cover-all, and realized it would be perfect for the space suit. Buying more foam core to … Read more
This Is Halloween 2009’s costume. I watched Wall-e 3 weeks before Halloween and it instantly made me decide that this needed to be my costume. I started by getting a large cardboard box for the body, and buying about 3 sheets of foam core for the head, arms, wheels, and panels. Using paint I had … Read more