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!
My son wanted to be Woody for Halloween. And as a 3 yr old, he wanted all of us to dress up with him. I was assigned Jessie, Daddy was Buzz Lightyear, and Aunt Shannon was Rex the dinosaur. Shannon made her Rex costume from a large green sweatshirt, foam visors and foam teeth with … Read more
My 8-year son has been obsessed with Legos for the past 3-4 years. So when I asked him what he wants to be for Halloween he said “A Lego Man”. I went and Googled “how to make a Lego costume” and several helpful links came up. Our costume is a combination of ideas that we … Read more
We used paper mache to make the hat, then painted it. We just looked up some YouTube videos on paper mache hats and just tweaked them to suit our needs (the black bill and the height). The actual Spongebob body we bought, then we got some mid calf socks and painted the lines and wore … Read more
Our work goes all out for holidays and decorates the entire company with contests between departments and all kinds of fun. One year when funds were tight, they challenged us to create a “recycled” Halloween. Our department took this literally, so we decided to do a “Recycle” theme. I made costumes for most of our … Read more
After seeing Avatar I knew right away that that was our next Halloween costume! We had custom made Zaneti suits with the blue tiger stripes made up. Wigs attached. We painted our faces like the characters and used yellow contacts and fangs as well. It was a blast! People were amazed! We had a blast … Read more
Every year for Halloween, my daughter comes up with some crazy idea of what she wants to be and it is up to me of course to make it happen. This time she wanted to have a costume that glowed in the dark and lit up and we decided to go with an alien girl … Read more
This awesome homemade Peacock Costume was a labor of love. My lovely daughter Mitrian decided she wanted to be a peacock with a giant tail with real feathers. She asks and I do my best to make it for her! First of all, I will say that I do know how to sew, but this … Read more
I can’t even begin to describe how much attention this fabulous homemade Ke$ha Costume got me. I won third place in a costume contest and made a girl cry simply because I walked in to the room and she realized that her Ke$ha costume was not nearly as good as mine. The Outfit: I found … Read more
I made this beautiful pile of fall leaves costume for my daughter Mitrian a few years ago. She always wants to be odd things for Halloween and this particular year she wanted to be a tornado. So, I made her a pile of leaves and when she stood up and twirled around she was a … Read more
This is Lego Ninjago Kai. I asked my five year old son Blade if you could be anything in the world for Halloween, what would you be? He quickly answered a Lego Ninjago!! It was on! I started brainstorming how to make the perfect costume. I looked at pictures and toys to get ideas. I … Read more
We took a family trip to Mt Rushmore in September and came home with a Mount Rushmore Costume idea! It took some time but was a lot of fun to make. It was constructed building a rectangle frame with upright supports from odds and ends of wood I had at home. I then used chicken wire … Read more
Three years ago I was at a bonfire in September. We were eating s’mores. It was that day I decided that I wanted to be a s’more for Halloween! I looked online for some ideas and they were all the same: Two pieces of cardboard on either side of for the graham crackers, something brown … Read more