Top 5 Halloween costumes for adults

If you want to stand out in a crowd this Halloween, keep these top five costumes in mind. As predicted by the National Retail Federation, the most popular adult costumes for Halloween this year will include:

Witch: The traditional witch costume is always a hit. The fun and imaginative costume can be accessorized to your liking with optional hat, broomstick witchy socks. One size fits most, even full-figure gals!

Batman: complete costume includes one piece jumpsuit with mask, cape and boot tops. Padded muscular chest makes for one hot Batman! Adults can choose to go as a group with this theme by including a Robin or the Joker.

Zombie: Scare away the ghouls and goblins with a unique Zombie costume for men and women. Outfit comes complete with mask, attached wig and body parts.

Star Wars character: You pick the one. With the release of the Star Wars The Force Awakens movie, Darth Vadar, Jawa, StormTrooper and Princess Leia will be plentiful this Halloween.

Pirate: Ahoy Matey! This unisex costume is easy to assemble yourself or purchase the complete outfit online. Women can transform into a sexy pirate maiden, while the men will look like a true pirate captain even in tights.

If one chooses to be a little different, consider a costume like no other. Visit Presidential election candidates make great Halloween costumes for some unique dress up ideas that are sure to be the talk of the party!

How to make a deer & hunter Halloween couple costume

Stand out from the crowd even in camouflage with this unique couples Halloween costume: a hunter and deer. This do it yourself costume is easily created with supplies from your own closet or local thrift store. Or, one can purchase the supplies from the comfort of your own home on Amazon.com.

Supplies needed include:

Camouflage shirt or fluorescent hunting vest

Bow & arrow

Deer antlers

Fur vest

Face paint

To dress as the hunter, simply put on a camouflage shirt or fluorescent hunting vest, carry a bow & arrow, and paint the face to be ‘dirty’. To dress as the deer, place the deer antlers on top of head, slip on a brown shirt and fur vest. Add black face paint to the tip of nose.

Do not get singled out this Halloween! Create your own costume or shop early and plan ahead with these hilarious couples’ costumes available on Amazon.com. Prime members receive free 2-day shipping on millions of items! Visit the Pinterest board, Halloween costume ideas for couples, for more cute Halloween costume ideas for couples.

How to make a bubble bath costume for Halloween

No sewing is required for this unique, eye-catching bubble bath costume. Guys, gals and children alike can go as this bubbly favorite. To make the tulle skirt, follow these simple instructions, or watch this video:

Using hot glue, add cotton balls throughout the tulle to make it appear as suds or bubbles. Then, glue the rubber ducks around the skirt as well. Add a body puff sponge anywhere on the skirt or tank top. Supplies needed to create this fun and easy do-it-yourself costume include:

·         Aqua blue tank top

·         Aqua blue tulle

·         White or aqua shorts

·         Elastic

·         Rubber ducks

·         Shower cap

·         Cotton balls

·         Bathroom body puff sponges

·         White tights

·         Hot glue sticks and glue gun

Dress in the tank top, tights and shorts. Pull the tutu skirt on over the shorts. Place the shower cap on your head and carry a towel to “dry off”. As a trick or treat box, one can carry a large size spa basket.

Halloween costume ideas for groups or family

Families and friends may want to dress up for Halloween as a group. Popular costumes for groups include those that can be made from various colors, shapes, cartoons or hit movies. While the costumes look clever as a group, each homemade outfit will stand alone when family and friends leave.

Each member can pick a color and dress as a crayon. A variety of colorful crayon costumes are available on Amazon.com for adults and children alike. Dressing as a crayon is perfect for school Halloween parties and parades. Browse the colorful costumes or visit How to make a Crayola crayon Halloween costume.

Sesame Street characters - with the variety of Sesame Street characters available, the group can be large! From Cookie Monster, Big Bird, Elmo, Oscar the Grouch, Bert, Ernie, this group can be huge!

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Visit How to make a Cookie Monster costume for details on crafting your own outfit, or simply purchase the costumes online.

Dr. Seuss and Thing 1 and 2 and so on ... costumes are perfect for school teachers, daycare / library workers and parents of small children. There are a variety of Dr. Seuss character costumes available on Amazon.com, or it's really simply to craft your own "Thing" costume. Visit How to make a Dr. Seuss Thing for detailed instructions.

The sequel to the animated comedy hit movie, Despicable Me, as renewed the popularity of those pesky minions. Men, women and children in the group can dress as minions. Make your costume by visiting How to make a Despicable Me minion costume, or purchase them online. Along the same animated series line, still popular today are the characters from the cartoon series, the Flinstones: Betty, Bam Bam, Fred, Wilma. View the selection of Flinstones character costumes available here.

How to make a Crayola crayon Halloween costume

An easy and fun do it yourself Halloween costume for an individual or a group is a Crayola costume. One person can select their favorite color, or a group of individuals can be an entire box of crayons. Supplies needed to make this colorful outfit include:

• Birthday party hat (for the cone on the head)
• Anti pill colored fleece fabric (1-2 yards)
• Colored Yarn
• Colored face paint
• Black Felt
• Hot Glue sticks and glue gun
• Scissors
• Self adhesive Velcro

To Make the Crayon Body:
1. To size, wrap the colored felt around the body under armpits and pin. Then, cut a straight line at the pins
2. Attach sticky Velcro to the back side of the colored fleece to keep the fabric closed.
3. Make straps to attach to the colored fleece on front and back, these will tie at the shoulders. Cut 2 long vertical strips of the same colored fleece. Cut these 2 long vertical strips in half. Hot glue (or pin) two of the straps to the front of the body wrap, the other two straps to the back.
4. Use squiggly classroom corkboard decoration trim to make the black squiggly trim at the top and bottom of the crayon. Trace the trim on to black felt and cut. Hot glue these pieces to the colored felt, one at the top, the other at the bottom.
5. Download and enlarge the “Crayola” template to fit on the colored fleece. Cut out each letter in black felt and hot glue on the colored fleece.

To Make the Point at End of Crayon (hat):
1. Wrap the colored fleece around the birthday party hat.
2. Cut to fit and hot glue the piece covering the entire hat.

Make Three Pom Pom Balls (optional):
1. Wrap yarn around a circular object (ball), then cut the yarn in half.
2. Hold the pieces of yarn tightly in the center and tie together with a matching piece of yarn.
3. Attach one pom pom ball to the top of the cone hat, the others to each shoe.

If desired, add colored face paint to nose and/or cheeks. As a trick or treat bag or a purse, the person can carry a crayon on box or pencil case. If you prefer a more technology advanced Halloween costume, see How to Make an iPod or iPhone 6 costume.