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!
When my daughter told me she wanted to be Ariel for Halloween I just couldn’t take it. Every year she wanted to be some sort of princess, so this year, I decided to do some research and find her a better homemade costume. I found a picture of a little girl dressed as Audrey Hepburn (Breakfast … Read more
Start with one med. storage box and one large storage box, duct taped together. Spray painted the top and bottom. Cut out three sides of the top box and glue on clear vinyl to the openings. Wire two kitchen tongs together for the ‘claw’.Attach handles to the inside of the large box, for carrying. Decorate … Read more
We ended up doing a last-minute wedding Zombies Halloween couple costume. It was about 15 bucks for everything. We went to the bar that night for about 2/3 hours with my parents and they were doing a contest. It was in the middle of “hick vill”. The owners stand up and say were gonna name … Read more
My daughter wanted an original and fun Jellyfish costume for Halloween. We used an old bike helmet to keep the jellyfish on her head. The top was a pink plastic snow sled turned upside down. We drilled holes into the top and used zip-ties to connect the helmet to the sled. We covered the bike … Read more
I found this homemade Jelly Fish costume idea online. I thought it would be fun to be something homemade and different for Halloween. I took a clear plastic umbrella that I got from the Dollar store, and used streamers, pearls, bubble wrap, ribbon and iridescent garland to embellish the umbrella to look like a Jelly … Read more
I was trying to decide what would be a unique costume for my 2 pugs to enter in our annual Halloween dog parade/costume contest. I always make my own costumes and I wanted them to be something no one has ever seen. I decided to make cupcake costumes, since cupcakes are so popular. I changed … Read more
I was inspired to make this cotton candy costume when I had seen a sorry attempt at it the year before and was determined to make my version a little better. Cotton candy 2.0! Materials: White tube top, white tool mini skirt, white tights, 1 bag of fluff (I used maybe a quarter of the … Read more
As years go by I always try to find new and inventive ways to become classic characters. What character embodies Halloween and the spirit as much as Beetlejucie?!?! In the past I had dressed up as Ace from Kiss which had turned out brilliantly. So I decided to make myself a cute female version of … Read more
This costume is so legit! I have always loved the character Lara Croft and always thought that it would be so cool to become her in my own sexy way! My name is Laura which made this even cooler! It was very simple, I used my regular basic ribbed tank, and found an old pair … Read more
Sexy Exotic Birds group Halloween costumes…not sure why we chose to be birds but we had our vision and well it looked and sounded fun so we went with it. We obviously chose our colors and bought a lot of boas and a lot of feathers. Our face mask we bough plastic plain masks and … Read more
We had the best time making the Listerine Man and Toothbrush couple costume! It was pretty easy too, it just took some patience when spray painting and painting the boxes. For the toothbrush we just bought a Wall mart yellow fisherman’s suit then spray painted a small box yellow and punctured the box a bunch … Read more
This Double Dare couples Halloween costume was a HUGE hit a few Halloweens ago, and our friends still talk about it! If you are a child of the 90’s and remember watching the show Double Dare on Nickelodeon…you and everyone else will truly love it. My husband and I really got into “character,” which … Read more