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What to Be for Halloween – Original Teen Costumes

An Original Teen Halloween Costume: Gothic Rag Doll

Stop wondering what to be for Halloween – start sorting through the best original teen costumes on the internet! These ideas are NOT your typical Lady Gaga or Twilight Halloween costumes.

These teen costume ideas are far more original than that.

To me, “original” doesn’t mean dressing up like a movie star, pop singer, or even a Harry Potter book character. It’s about being creative and original – about finding ideas that most people wouldn’t even think of!

These teen costumes range from “What are little girls made of?” to the Alice in Wonderland’s Mad Hatter.

Pictured is a Gothic Rag Doll Halloween Costume for teenagers — it’s from BuyCostumes.com (an online costume store). I love everything but the shoes.

And here are more tips for teenage Halloween costumes…

What to Be for Halloween – Original Teen Costumes

These teen costume ideas aren’t your traditional witches, princesses, or ghosts. They’re a little more unique than that — and they’d probably be good for guys’ Halloween costumes, too.

Not a Happy Camper: Wear a camp t-shirt and cargo shorts. Tear holes and burn the edges of the clothes, then attach leaves and sticks, burnt and melted marshmallows and fake bugs to your clothes. Tease your hair; add melted marshmallows and fake welts and insect bites to exposed skin. For more effect, attach a rubber snake to your ankle as if being bit! This original teen costume is especially funny if you were a camper or camp counselor last summer!

Popcorn Box: Take a box and cut it to fit your body. Paint it with red and white stripes. Glue popped popcorn around the top of box. String some popcorn in your hair. Wear white make-up. Stop wondering what to be for Halloween — be popcorn!

Lightning Victim: Take old clothes, cut out some holes, then carefully burn the edges. Tease your hair so it sticks straight up, smudge your face and any exposed skin with black make-up.

Cereal Killer: Take a bunch of empty miniature cereal boxes, stick plastic knives in the sides, paint with red paint or nail polish to simulate blood. Pin the boxes all over yourself.

Lost Airline Luggage: Take a cheap vinyl garment bag and punch holes out for your arms and legs. Attach some stickers to the bag — preferably real airline stickers with destinations, etc. Add a sticker that says “Unclaimed.” This original teen costume is for families who travel alot.

Snoopy the Flying Ace: Wear all white, and make a tail out of white felt. Use brown fake leather to create an aviator cap. Add some black felt goggles with blue felt “lenses” (attached to the top of the helmet). Put a long scarf around your neck and use wire to give a “wind-blown” effect. Use make-up to give yourself a white face with a black nose.

Optional: Use a cardboard box to create a dog house that fits over the lower portion of your body, with stuffed dog legs around your waist.

If you want to dress up with your boyfriend or BFF this Halloween, make him or her the doghouse! Or, check out these couples Halloween costume ideas.

A Couple of “Girly” Teen Costumes for Halloween

What are Girls Made Of?

Take sugar and spice and everything nice, and pin or paste them to a gorgeous dress. This original teen costume is easier as a “What are little boys made of?” - which is frogs and snails and puppy dog tails.

Of course, you could always go as a princess or witch – those are traditionally girly costumes, sometimes even for teenagers!

How about being an Eskimo Cutie this Halloween?

This Eskimo Cutie Teen Costume is from BuyCostumes.com — it may not be authentic or original to Eskimos, but it’ll probably be authentic and original at the Halloween party you’re going to.

If you’re still wondering what to be for Halloween, here are some…

Original Teen Costumes from Buy Costumes.com

If you don’t have time to make a girls Halloween costume, check out these online costumes.

The Walking Dead - Pajama Zombie Teen Costume

The Walking Dead – Pajama Zombie Teen Costume - what I want to be for Halloween is comfortable AND scary! I love this costume because it allows you to eat whatever you want, and dance all night without worrying about your clothes.

Wonderlands Queen of Hearts Teen Halloween Costume - a fun and fearsome teen queen! This trendy tyrant’s ensemble includes a high collared dress with attached organza peplum and matching puff sleeves, leggings with sequin hearts, mini-crown and glovelettes.

Alice in Wonderland Movie – Mad Hatter Teen Halloween Costume - this creative costume includes a plum jacket with attached pink skirt and yellow bow, psychedelic print leggings, mini top hat, glovettes and shoe covers.

Yarn Babies Rag Doll Teen Halloween Costume - this costume is too cute for words! It includes the dress with attached apron and cap with attached yarn hair (braids). It reminds me of when my mom dressed me and my sister up as Raggedy Ann for Halloween – I loved that costume!