Illusion costumes

Jeff: I made this costume for my teenage daughter for her last night of trick-or-treats (she feels she is too old this year). You need a good quality sturdy box, A...

Sue: My oldest son ( 12) is wearing this costume made of clothes from a thrift shop and a mask sewn into the hood of a jacket. I needed to sew...

Costumes can stand out for two reasons: they can be incredibly elaborate, or make you think - wow, I would never have thought of that! It takes a clever costume to be striking, and the genre of optical illusion costumes never disappoints. Illusion Haloween costumes provide the opportunity to include multiple characters, create an entire scene, or simply dazzle and confuse your friends.

John: Franki is being carried around by a monster!! In past years she has seen mom and dad wearing illusions on Halloween and was hoping that she could be in an...

Every year, some overly ambitious neighbor down the street amazes the crowds with his DIY illusion costume. While these costumes certainly require more work than pulling a mask over your head, they do have that wow factor that others lack.

I saw an invisible man costume online and thought, "I have to do this!" I win a costume contest at work every year and thought that would work perfect. I

After spending hours looking for the perfect costume on this site and youtube, I ran across levitating street performers on Youtube, pretty much by

Heavy Load Costume: Illusion costumes are the best--especially when you can't tell who is who.

This was honestly one of our easiest costumes to date. We used a backpack with a large piece of cardboard inside it for the body/shoulder frame. The