A zombie look I created that is similar to that of 28 days later. Spent days before researching and making many different recipes of fake blood in many different shades in order to create a realistic look. I even got stopped by both law enforcement officers and a paramedic because it looked so real in person!

Submitted by Alex,

This costume was built with a box (obviously) PVC tubing (for the skeletal body), newspapers, zip ties, duct tape,shoulder straps, a suit from the Salvation Army and hours of engineering to create the best illusion of a skeleton carrying me in a box.

Submitted by Jason Dudzic,

My daughter is the legs and arm of the hunchback the rest of him built too the sarcophicus the mask is a cheap store boughten cut into four parts each part held too her face separatly with elastics so the when she talks the jaw and cheekbones moves with her own facial features.
styrofoam sarcophacus bleached canvas strips sewn too a vipper up sweater wore backwards fake arm is foam wrapped in same
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Submitted by leslie irwin, woodstock ontario canada

This is a costume inspired by waking the dead. We took a foam board and cut a hole in the middle for my son, then my hubby took PVC pipes and made a harness for him to wear that went over his shoulders and under the foam board so that it would stay flat & not tilt down. Then we covered it with moss, leaves and a black crow. I attached a foam head stone to the back which light up when he walked. We then did the standard zombie makeup and clothes. He got many compliments on it.

Submitted by Kimberly Parsons, Huron, Ohio

Found the sweater at Goodwill and used Scar tissue for the face from Halloween Express! Homemade Costume!

Submitted by Cort kern, Westmont IL

Dillon wanted to be a headless guy for Halloween this year. We started with a backpack with a handle taped up for the support. I used copper pipe insulation for the arms and back. Then wired in some batting for the shoulders, sides and chest. Used red felt in the neck hole, some fake blood, gloves with some wire in them so they would bend a little.Add the overcoat and Wa la, he’s headless.

Submitted by Karin, Wildwood, MO

I had a creative hand in every part of my costume. The suit is a previously bought suit I tailored to fit me. I dirtied up the suit and white button up shirt to be graveyard appropriate. My stomach is made with a pillowcase full of batting. I made the carousel headpiece out of cardboard and masking tape. I painted it using homemade stencils and tape. The small monsters hanging from the carousel are handmade designs by me that I made out of felt. The entire outfit is lit with five strands of battery operated mini lights attached to the headpiece and tie with tape and glue. I did my makeup with white and black makeup, spirit gum, eyeliner, and fake moss. My wig was a bought wig that I redid by cutting it and spraying painting and adding moss and leaves. My spiral arms are made with black and white material that I made to match the suit. I sewed and filled them with batting, rolled them up, and attached them to gloves. Everything in my costume I made or altered except the black boots. This was an extremely fun, exciting costume to wear! I have always wanted to do it, and I am glad I finally took the time (a month lol) to make it!

Submitted by Morgan Hill, Little Rock, AR

my 8 yr old daughter has played my old game Mcgee’s Alice and 5 months before Halloween 2010 she came to me and told us she wanted to be Alice…she asked us to do it with her flower girl dress because it had the “puffy sleeves” and a ceramic scull we had as a decoration…..so we did, 2 bottles of material spray dye, a craft tank top, permanent marker, white thread, a horseshoe put upside down on a chain, and pictures to copy from….my daughter was one of the most happy trick or treaters out there….she was so excited she would come out every 5 minutes “is it done yet?” lol

Submitted by Christine Ellis, Peterborough Ontario

This costume really turned heads! My take on an oldie-but-goodie horror icon from the classic film, The Exorcist. The pajama gown (which I wore BOTH frontwards and backwards throughout the night to simulate my head spinning around) was bought at a local department store. The front was stained with green food coloring, glue and some dry oatmeal for texture. The wig was gelled to simulate greasy and knotted hair. Each of the “wounds” was hand made by me using some liquid rubber latex, some tin foil and a little grease paint. A little make-up and a pair of “Angelic Yellow” contact lenses and I was good to go!

Submitted by Michael Scully, Levittown, New York

Hi! My name is Christine and my costume this year was Regan the demon possessed girl from the movie The Exorcist! There were no costumes for her so I had to make everything my own from scratch..I bought a cheap nightgown from a thrift store and made my own homemade vomit which consisted of lime green fabric paint, glue, and baby powder..mixed it up and started painting I don’t normally have bangs so I bought a clip in bang for that effect..I did all my own wounds using tissue and liquid latex, and I bought really really cool demonized contact lenses which really made the costume POP! and I even went so far as to include a homemade bed that I made out of cardboard, attached old sheets to it, made a pillow, stapled it on there..and got inside and strapped around me, then put a blanket over my body so you couldn’t see that I was strapped in…I made it so I could walk with it everywhere and I could even “sit down” hehe..it took ALOT of work but I was VERY happy with the result and I creeped people out all night..they didn’t wanna look at me haha!

Submitted by Christine, Brockton, Ma