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Halloween Contest Winners '08

We're happy to announce the winners of the DIY Halloween Contest!

This was our biggest Halloween contest yet, and we were overwhelmed with all of the amazing entries. You guys are incredibly creative - hopefully this list will inspire some truly fantastic Instructables for next year's contest!

DIY Magic Mirror and Photobooth - Arduino Powered by alinke

Aliens Powerloader Halloween Costume by flaming_pele!

Phot-o-lantern by cainunable

Pac Man Pumpkins by DavidAdams

Make a House Goblin Peeker by cudubh

Precision Pumpkin Carving by jeff-o

Flare-Up Pumpkin by J_Hodgie

"Patches" the Digital Pumpkin by tmallos

Pumpkin Surgery by Ian M

Optimus Prime Costume by dannyeurena

How to build a MYSTIC from THE DARK CRYSTAL by solipsism

Deep Blue Costume by sponges

Mega Man Costume by craineum

Cardboard/Fiberglass Halo 3 inspired Master Chief Costume by rickgyver

Samurai Costume by Atrophius

building an Eve costume from Disney/Pixar's Wall-E by drwave

Wild Thing Headpiece by seamster

Animatronic Rat by Falcon_3dee

Make an Iron Man Arc Reactor by Honus

Singing Pumpkins/Parallel Port Relay Box by waltbosz

Animated 'Haunted' Ouija Board by askjacob

Low Cost Jacob's Ladder Made From A Salvaged Oil Transformer by bloomautomatic

Multi-Color LED Fog Spreader by marc92

Make your own lightsaber! by nagle

One Man Electrical Parade Halloween Costume by brokenpipe

Halloween decor werewolf head by missmonster

Horrific Houseplant Costumes: Ferocious Ficus and Rest In… by bitterbetty

Climbing Halloween Skeletons by mckeephoto

Halloween Bloodbath Fountain by DIYDragon

Halloween 2008 Flying Saucer by neilh

Halloween decorations: Halloween Candy Bouquet by veta5

Lego brick shaped gummy candies by SFHandyman

Eerily Delicious Halloween Dinner by maicoh

Eyeballs on Forks by bean9481

6 Terrifying Treats For Your Halloween Party. by Forkable

Caramel Apples, ole timey style by schmeese

Edible zombie eyeballs!!! by impulse94

Creepy Bubble Halloween Cocktails by DotatDabbled

How to build robot halloween costumes. by onebrokenneck

Building WALL-E and EVE Out of Mostly Recycled Materials. by anthonyshafer

Rotoff the Deadnose Reindeer by PaHalloweenFreak

Giant Cordless Power Drill - prop by caitlinsdad

cardboard Jaffa serpent gaurd costume by finbar galdeep

Handmade Halloween Treat Bags by donovanbeeson

Darkness costume by creaturerevenge

Iron Man DIY by eseidel

Master Chief by plastiktoe

Halloween 2008 - Monster Cereal Franken Berry and Count C… by NavySWO91

Etch a Sketch Costume (Functional!) by mazinbenny

Jay's 2008 Computerized Halloween Light Show (Part 7) by jayslights

Robo-Pumpkin! by tigerlily0346

26 comments

Oct 28, 2010. 5:26 PMknex inventor says:

yeah good idea its only three days away!

Sep 3, 2010. 6:48 PMldb477 says:

2010 Halloween Costume Contest please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oct 7, 2009. 6:16 PMcowscankill says:

Is this type of contest occurring again this year? Where there are multiple categories?

Dec 3, 2008. 4:15 PM

ThawedHead says:

Congrats everyone! I'm new to Instructables contests. How do I claim my swag?

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Dec 3, 2008. 4:26 PM

fungus amungus says:

Winners will be contacted over the next couple of days with prize-claiming instructions.

Dec 15, 2008. 7:48 AMsaxophones says:

are you going to make any more contests?

Dec 3, 2008. 4:49 PM

ThawedHead says:

Cool. Thanks for organizing this. Do you plan on posting any stats (how many entries in each category, etc)?

Dec 8, 2008. 6:49 PMRobotika says:

Congrats to all of you! Bravo!

Dec 5, 2008. 3:11 PMcomodore says:

CONGRATS TO ALL!!!! :D

Dec 4, 2008. 3:42 PM

Goodhart says:

What a wonderful display of talent ! Congrats to all

Dec 4, 2008. 6:54 AM

flaming_pele! says:

Congrats to everyone above...this was one awesome contest! Such a collection of great ideas. Big props to the staff for pulling this together and all the sponsors for the great swag. And thank you for your votes and comments; you sure know how to make a guy feel welcomed (this was my first post). I'll be back with more projects - but this one will be tough to top :)

- the Powerloader guy

Dec 3, 2008. 7:38 PM

Honus says:

Wow! What a great contest with some amazing entries- the overall level of workmanship and creativity was very high and really set the bar high for next year. Congratulations everyone!

Dec 3, 2008. 5:32 PMjasmines says:

Well that was fun! I found out about this contest on the very last day to enter. I wish I would have known about it sooner. Maybe then I would have had more views & votes. Congrats to the winners! And nice to see some Etsy winners there too ;)

Dec 3, 2008. 4:46 PM

stinkymum says:

Good job!

Dec 3, 2008. 3:17 PM

DJ Radio says:

congrats to all who won!

Dec 3, 2008. 3:43 PM

DJ Radio says:

I didnt think I would win, I just entered my instructable because a lot of people thought it was a good idea for a halloween costume...

Dec 3, 2008. 3:28 PM

chiok says:

Yay! I've been waiting for the results for ages. Congratulations to all those that won, some really stellar entries this year with people pulling out the stops. Shame on my Britishness...

Dec 3, 2008. 3:14 PM

gmjhowe says:

wow great work everyone. All deserving winner. Congrats! Heres to next years contest!

Dec 3, 2008. 2:20 PMLarry.0 says:

What were the parameters by which the winners were selected? Of course I'm biased, but I think my house decorations blew the field away in terms of style and quality.