Yesterday we sat down and looked over all the entries for this year's Handmade Halloween Costume Contest by CreateForLess. We had so many creative entries that it was very difficult to choose the winners!

1st Place Winner of $150 CreateForLess gift card goes to:

Alexandria H. from Centerville, TN

I made this costume for my niece who loves to wear dresses. There are six parts to it. The chemise is made of cotton broadcloth with white lace around the neckline that had the scalloped edge dyed bright pink. The stays are made from a heavy cotton fabric with a dark burgundy jacobean print on it, trimmed with green ribbon and gold binding. The paniers are made from pink taffeta. The dress is made of ivory antique satin with an embroidered stomacher, and ruching edged with green ribbon. The stomacher is beaded with pearls and decorated with gold buckles through which ribbon was passed. The sleeves are trimmed with a wide lace which had the scalloped edge dyed pink. Hand made embroidered appliques are scattered along the ruching and the sleeves. The necklace is made from the matching embroidered satin and edged in green ribbon with a pink bow and buckle in the center. The mask was made to match the dress and was constructed of paper mache, covered in ivory satin, decorated with white and silver glitter, edged with handbraided silver trim and finished off with white feathers and an embroidered applique flower.

2nd Place Winner of $100 CreateForLess gift card goes to:

Anthony L. from Northglenn, CO

I created this custom from plastic and rivets. It is Ironman from the movie and comic series. I used a lot of hot glue, and LED lights.

My 3 year old daughter decided that she wanted to be Hello Kitty for Halloween and I decided to go for "Mom of the Year"! I started by sculpting the head shape out of high density foam. I used an electric knife to cut the foam. Next I sewed a fuzzy white cover to fit. I used a small amount of doll/toy stuffing to fill in the ears and round out the cover to give it a very smooth face. I made a "breathing and vision" section out of sheer white fabric to show a finished look. I attached the eyes, nose and whiskers next. The final step was to sew and attach the green bow to match Hello Kitty's dress. Her outfit is a white pair of tights, a white turtleneck, a simple green dress and a pair of white gloves. My daughter is so excited to go trick or treating and show it off at her preschool Halloween party!

Honorable Mentions:  

Our take on the classic American Gothic painting.

Created using a LCD TV box covered in woodgrain contact paper. The backgroud was drawn and painted on posterboard and then attached using a spray adhesive.

Most of the clothing we already had, except the apron which my Mom found a pattern and helped me sew. I couldn't find a collarless men's shirt so we just tucked the collar in.

Instead of carrying a real pitchfork I bought a plastic devil fork from the Halloween store and painted it using silver and tan acrylic paint.

Submitted by: Carrie S. from Ann Arbor, MI

I created Max from Where the Wild Things Are (the book version, not the movie), complete with crown. I made it from fleece, fake fur, and felt. I used the pattern for a bear costume for the bodysuit and then improvised the rest using pictures from the book. I think my daughter looks adorable in it!!

Submitted by: Beth V. from Lehi, UT

I made this costume about two years ago. It's a handmade Master Chief costume from the video game HALO.

The costume is made out of paper covered with fiberglass and took approximately 30 days to complete.

Submitted by: Peter R. from Honolulu, HI

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