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!
How to make your own iPod (In my case, Ry-Pod): A box, some red paint, fiber optic hair clips (2 with the clip put into the corners and the optics spread out) onto a piece of Plexiglas , the almost transparent foam wrap (like the kind that a lot of LED TV or lap tops … Read more
Each year our family themes it up for Halloween. My daughter chose this year’s theme by wanting to go as Mrs. Butterworth and surprisingly, my youngest was watching a cartoon where they were obsessed with waffle and he begged to be a waffle. Tada! We have a theme! Mina (Mrs. Butterworth) – I bought a … Read more
“It’s so fluffy I’m gonna die!” Six of the most quotable words squealed by one of the cutest fictional kids ever to prance onto the big screen. For those of you who haven’t seen Despicable Me, get off of this computer right now and zoom to the nearest modern-day-version of Blockbuster! (Ahh, the good old … Read more
My nine year old son, Brodie Henry, decided he wanted to be a Dalek from Doctor Who for Halloween. We worked with a family friend to build his costume from a drawing of a Dalek, with much direction from Brodie. Scrap wood is the main item used in building the costume. The only thing new … Read more
“I just saw it in the window, and I couldn’t resist!” Holy cow, that has to be one of the funniest moments on TV! EVER! I was in 5th grade when I first saw Carol Burnett’s “Went with the Wind” spoof of “Gone with the Wind.” Her hilarious over-the-top take on a cinema classic stayed … Read more
My daughter came up with this character in a dream. It is actually the evil sister, Raven, of one of her dream characters. We started by finding the dress at a thrift store. Lacy, black and grey…perfect! I cut two raven shapes out of craft foam, one to glue onto the mask and one to … Read more
We had such fun this year making this e-bowl-la and hazmat costume! Everyone loved this idea. We thought since sad stories were all over the news, why not lighten the mood and give others a laugh at a bad situation, right? Well we did just that! The set of costumes were about $85.00 but you could … Read more
This popcorn box costume was homemade by my eleven year old daughter and myself. It was inspired by the walking refreshment characters that used to come on before a movie. I had some old-fashioned popcorn boxes left over from a party that I used as my template for the design on the box. To form the box, … Read more
Every year I create weird and outrageous costumes. This year I just had to do it again! I created something related to today’s happenings in the real world. I created the ‘Eye’ Bola treatment lab worker costume. “Keeping an eye on ebola”. This costume took me three days to finish and it was a workable … Read more
Living in a house with seven girls and one guy we knew we had to be creative this Halloween. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the perfect idea for my roommates and I, and we loved the idea of turning our roommate Jonah into a male Snow White. Check out our costume in action … Read more
I love the game Halo and I was looking for a challenge this year and to do more than I did the year before. I searched many online forums and couldn’t find any well made Master Chief costume tutorials, so I pulled out the Master Chief figure and custom made each piece out of cardboard. … Read more
We have been a couple for many years but this was our first time doing a couple’s costume. I am extremely into Halloween and he is pretty ambivalent so we needed a clever and easy to execute costume that was also unique. I came up with the American Gothic couple costume idea when I was … Read more