Creative Halloween Costumes

From the past couple of years, Halloween costumes have become quite boring and predictable. You have the same old Dracula or old witch costume. It is time to shake things up a bit by opting for some creative Halloween costumes that are fun yet scary. Wouldn't you love to wear a completely funky and unusual costume this Halloween that will blow away everyone's mind. Here we are going to discuss some ideas about unique Halloween costumes that are simply awesome.

Halloween Costume Ideas

A Halloween party is incomplete, if you do not dress up in Halloween costumes. You can get these costumes from on rent, purchase them from stores or even make them yourselves. There are many easy homemade Halloween costumes which are quite simple to make. If you are looking for some creative Halloween costume ideas, then here is a selection of them.

Famous Architecture Costume
Everyone dresses up as witches and ghosts on Halloween. But if you want to stand out from the crowd, how about dressing up as a famous architectural building. You can either dress up as the Empire Stare building or the Eiffel tower. Although this kind of creative Halloween costume is hard to come by in any store, you can easily make it at home. All you need is a big cardboard box and a large shoe box. Paint the cardboard box and shoe box in a slate gray color and cut out holes for the neck, arms and legs. Now paint rows of tiny windows all around the big cardboard box as well as the shoe box. The shoe box should be placed vertically, to make the head piece, which will also act as the tower of the Empire State building.

Lady Gaga Costume
A good Halloween costume for women, would be to dress up like lady Gaga. Lady gaga is one of the most flamboyantly dressed singers and you wouldn't normally dress like lady Gaga in your normal life. So Halloween is the perfect opportunity to dress up like lady Gaga and have some fun too. For the lady Gaga Halloween costume, you need not buy any special clothes, as all of them can be found in your closet. All you need is a rock chic biker jacket with metallic studs, fishnet stockings, leather gloves, black aviator sunglasses, leopard print top and thigh-high leather shoes. Of course you cannot dress up as lady Gaga unless you wear a huge clip-on synthetic hair bow. Dress up in this costume, and you are sure to turn heads at the Halloween party. This is one of the best Halloween costumes.

Egyptian Mummy Costume
Dressing up as an Egyptian mummy is great fun for the Halloween. Egyptian mummy costumes can be found quite easily in most stores during Halloween. However if you want to make your own Halloween costume, it can be very easily done. All you need are a couple of rolls of gauze that can be bought from a medical stores. Wear tights and a T-shirt and then roll the tape around your body. Make sure that you roll the gauze separately around your torso, legs and arms, otherwise it will be difficult for you to move. Additional gauze wrapped around your face, will give you a very mummy like look. Leave a few tendril of tape flowing out to give your Halloween costume an authentic look. This is one of the quick and easy Halloween costumes for kids.

Edible Food Costume
One of the most Halloween costume ideas is to dress up like a piece of edible food. You can dress up as a lettuce, cabbage or tomato. If you want you be unique in your costume selection, then how about dressing up as a piece of juicy steak, a burger bun, lobster or even a sausage. You can also combine the food item with something like a spaceship or a robot. Remember how Friends character dressed up as spudnik in the Halloween party episode. To dress up as spudnik, which is a cross between a spud (potato) and the Russian satellite Sputnik, all you need is a simple potato costume with two antennas sticking out from your headgear.

Pirate Halloween Costume
Another Halloween costume that is very popular and unique is the pirate costume. Pirate costumes with the eye patch and pirate hat can be rented or purchased from stores. Pirate costumes are great for small boys who loves a mean pirate. Blackening a tooth, wearing gold studs and leather boots are some of the ways in which this costume can be given an authentic look.

These were some ideas for Halloween costumes. Use these ideas to create unique and innovative costumes for your family. Happy Halloween!