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Browse through all of these wonderful Halloween costumes submitted by visitors just like you. I hope you will also be motivated to share your costume ideas. If you are looking for even more Halloween costume ideas, check out all of these resources.

Daniel Boone

This only takes a few minutes, if you have everything already. Of course, most people don't have the coone tail hat. Here's a great link to get one:http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Ventures-Daniel-Boon…More

Jill's Scarecrow Costume

Hand sew the old fabric pieces all over the overalls. Take the grass shirt and sew to the bottoms of pant legs, trim when done to be the same length as pants. You can use the excess from the grass sk…More

LEGO Ninjago Costume

1. Cut the sides off the box.2. Cut a hole for your child's head to fit through.3. Paint the box the color of the ninja, adding details such as the sash, shirt, buttons, etc.4. Pull the t-shirt over …More

Martian Costume

Dye the bedsheet and mop head green.When dry, cut eye, nose and mouth holes.Attach mop head to the head of the costume by sewing it onto the bedsheet.Glue straws into the mop head so they stand up st…More

Doctor Who and His Companion

Now that you have an idea of the materials needed, it's time for details. Nine has a buzz cut, so obviously if you have one, this would be a great costume choice for you. Ten has thin rectangle-shape…More

Meet the Flinstones Costumes

These are some of the cutest kids from bedrock. Everything here is homemade, from the costumes to the car. We tried to keep the costumes as close to the cartoon flick as possible. The costumes were p…More

Scooby Doo Gang and Mystery Machine Costume

Measure the wagon to be used, and cut two matching pieces of cardboard. I then cut out windows for the van using a box cutter. I picked up blue and green nylon table cloths from the dollar store, tra…More

Where's Waldo and Wenda Costumes

Wenda wears socks, wally doesn'tWally has a caneWenda has an umbrellaIf you go together you can hide around the place haha makes for a good photo opportunityCould be a good idea for a scavenger hunt,…More

Headless Mr. T Halloween Costume

Make neck using Trash Can, Brown, Red paint and Caulk. After paint and caulk dry, Put the inverted trash can on your head and Drill eye holes in the proper place in the trashcan. (Caution* Do not dri…More

Thing 1 and Thing 2 Costume

It's an easy project even for those who aren't so crafty (like myself)All you really need are the materials I've listed above. You'll need quite a few pieces of felt. Cut a circle out of one piece of…More

Outhouse Costume

Cut box to size, add roof by lacing cotton twine through it. Add a box to hide your legs, attach the same way as the roof. Fill pantyhose with whatever you like (make sure it's light colored). Pin sh…More

Battle Captain Costume

This take some trial and error and lots of time. Build a structure with paper or cardboard. cover it in fiberglass resin. On the back side, lay fiberglass cloth. Bondo the front of the structure and …More

Cowgirl or Cowboy Costume

Simply combine all the materials for that western look. Alot of people might already have this at home- I think it's going to be my last minute costume, minus the hat. Little kids might also have som…More

How-to make Dorothy's Ruby Slippers

1. Start out by cleaning the shoes if necessary. 2. Paint the shoe area with red paint. Allow it to dry. 3. Paint the sock area with light blue paint. Allow it to dry. 4. Apply red glitter paint over…More

Super Hero Band

Pick your favorite Super Hero and travel as a band of Super Heros, you can opt to follow Super Friends theme, DC, or Marvel, or alternately DC vs Marvel, or as Super Villians. In this case, Superman …More

Twin Zombies Costume

First of all, start ripping and tearing up your white shirt/vest and make it look filthy and dirty. You can color it in or paint it red or green. Have all black on underneath. Then, rip the neck to m…More

Female Dalmatian Costume

Use Dalmatian fabric to create ears & tail.Cut fabric to desired shape of ears and tail. Use hot glue gun to make "slipcover/pillowcase" style of ears and tail. Before hot gluing completely closed, s…More

M&M's Costume

Cut out a big circle from the cardboard, Make sure it is big enough to fit the center of your body and paint it (red, yellow, green, blue, or brown).Use the white paint or glue to put a big "M" on it…More

Avatars Halloween Costumes

We used body paint from Walmart, include white, lots of blue, and black. If you don't have dark hair or long hair, get a black wig and braid different parts of your hair. Less clothes, better opportu…More

Bulletin Board Costume

Cut the Styrofoam to the size you want the board. Create two four-faced shapes, like a box with the back cut off with the cut off Styrofoam. Glue these to the Styrofoam sheet near the bottom. Spray p…More

Powerpuff Girls Costume

Make a dress using needles and thread. Sew the one color (for instance red) in your shape and size and tie black material around your waist as a belt. For blossom put a big red bow in your hair by us…More

Audrey Hepburn from Breakfast at Tiffany's Costume

Hair-Tease hair at crown. Pull hair back into side sweep using clip. On the teased part of your hair set a small silver tiara.Makeup-Put on heavy eyeliner on top, not to much on bottom. Insert false …More

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