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 am a rocker at heart, so when I was trying to decide what to dress as for Halloween, which is undeniably my favorite holiday of the year, I let myself get a little bit inspired by a story from my dad’s childhood. When he was in middle school, he and some of his friends … Read more
Halloween was approaching, I was pregnant with my 3rd child and I wanted to dress up like I have the years before with my other 2 children; plus there was a costume contest at my work, so I just had to dress up. I did some research online looking for costumes that would just fit … Read more
For our Oompa Loompa Couple costume we went to Goodwill to get pants and shirts, gloves, colored hairspray and face paint from Walmart, suspenders I had to get online (couldn’t find them anywhere in town). The socks, we just bought brown socks and brown shirts and painted on the stripes. My husband even downloaded the … Read more
This was my black swan costume from 2011! My friend and I love making Halloween costumes every year and decided to do Black Swan last year. It was pretty easy to make, besides the makeup. I bought a black tutu, knitted gloves, and a crown at a nearby Halloween store. I took feathers and sewed … Read more
Legion of Doom, John Cena, Ultimate Warrior, Undertaker, Sting, Macho Man are all pictured. However, we also had Hulk Hogan, Bret Hart, and Stone Cold Steve Austin that are not in the picture. We decided as a group to select who we best would fit as a role, and we won 1st place at a … Read more
Materials used for this Queen of Hearts Costume from Alice in Wonderland: gold and red curtains, gold/white corset, black button-up, short-sleeve dress, black thigh-highs with lace, red ribbon, elastic, crinoline under skirt, white button-up shirt (collar), purchased “Queen of Hearts” wig, costume makeup. Our group wanted to do characters from “Alice in Wonderland” which had … Read more
I am a huge fan of twisted tea, I wanted a bunch of girls to get together and do the different flavors but I only had these two join me so we did whatever beverage we wanted. I wont say it was the easiest to create, but just a little time consuming. You need a … Read more
This Max from Where The Wild Things Are costume was complete no-sew. All hot glue. 1) I wanted white footey pjs but had the hardest time finding them. So I picked up a white hoodie and white opaque (knitted) tights. You can see they were slipped over her shoes to be as accurate as possible, this … Read more
My husband and I both decided to be the Hamburglar (well he refused to be Ronald McDonald… so two Hamburglars it was!). We both purchased prison uniforms that would work as the base of the costume. I bought the big red ties from Amazon (for about $5.00 each) and the hamburger iron on patches from … Read more
This unique Troll Couple costume was fun to make and more fun to watch people’s reaction as we entered the party. My best friend had won first place in costume contest the previous year in our homemade Thing 1 and Thing 2 costumes so we had to one up ourselves. We wanted something fun, something … Read more
My best friend and I are a goofy pair. We had searched high and low for costumes, but couldn’t find one that really showed our personality. We finally came across a Thing 1 and Thing 2 costume in the store but it was too generic looking so we decided we could do it better with … Read more
I used body paint of course and my husband’s help. This Smurfette costume was for my company Halloween Party 2010. I took a simple white dress, a few cotton balls (hot glued them to my butt) and voila. The only things that I bought were the hat and shoes, but you can however find some around … Read more