Halloween Contest 2018

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The Instructables Halloween Contest is back for its 12th straight year, and we are giving away double the amount of prizes from last year! There will be 40 winners overall including special judges prizes for the best costume, prop, decoration, and recipe.* We are also making a special Halloween-themed prize pack for this contest.

Show us your best Halloween themed projects for your chance to win. These can include costumes, makeup, decorations, and recipes, but it is really only limited by your imagination.

Go out and get ghouling!

*A prop is something that is held/part of your costume and a decoration is something that would be part of your Halloween decor.

The Halloween Contest 2018 is closed.

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Grand Prize

WINNERS

Winners Finalists All Entries

Grand Prize (1)

Giant 3D Printed Man-Eating Plant by Audrey2

First Prize (5)

Second (10)

SPACE BABY HALLOWEEN COSTUME by squishywhale in Costumes & Cosplay

1.6K

Low-Tech Moving Eyes Portrait (Rembrandt) by RayP24 in Halloween

46K

Halloween Tombstones! by JasonF205 in Art

28K

Baby-sized Iron Throne by ModMischief in Halloween

16K

Paper Mache Skull by r570sv in Costumes & Cosplay

5.6K

Dr Patrick Firestone's Patented Automatic Circulatory Machine by Trekkerdude in Art

5.7K

Amazing Roly Poly Costume by PaulNorton in Costumes & Cosplay

21K

Detailed Portrait Pumpkin Carving by ktownpark in Art

4.7K

How to Build a Full-Size Replica of the Martian From George Pal's 1953 Film the War of the Worlds by GlenS56 in Costumes & Cosplay

5.1K

Interactive Predator Costume With Head Tracking Plasma Cannon by arkhipenko in Costumes & Cosplay

22K

Judges Prize: Costumes

LED Color Sensing Chameleon Costume by Partybot in Costumes & Cosplay

14K

Judges Prize: Props

Thor's Stormbreaker Foam Cosplay Weapon - SKS Props by SKS Props in Costumes & Cosplay

19K

Judges Prize: Decoration

Spider Web Maze by Haunted Spider in Halloween

21K

Judges Prize: Food

The Mutant Toad Cake With Tricky Treats... by graciepickle in Cake

15K

Runner Up (20)

Make the Leviathan Axe From God of War Out of 100% Wood by tyberinger in Costumes & Cosplay

10K

Create a Creepy Old Tombstone by interactiverealm in Art

2.0K

Pimple and Blackhead Popping Cupcakes by In The Kitchen With Matt in Cupcakes

7.6K

Creepy Cranium by p3nguin in Halloween

6.1K

Instructable Ghost Zoetrope by MikeTheMaker in Art

5.1K

Vending Machine Costume With Working Lights by anne marie laney in Costumes & Cosplay

4.3K

Life Size Slimer Halloween Replica by Pfeiler Fabrication in Halloween

5.2K

Dr. Strange/Ancient One Spell Props by kieshar in Costumes & Cosplay

7.8K

Halloween Pop-Up Skeleton (In a Coffin) by macmillj in Costumes & Cosplay

9.8K

Conjuring Annabelle Costume! HALLOWEEN UPDATE! by Intofx in Costumes & Cosplay

8.2K

Shiratama Eyeball Drinks! by bryans workshop in Cocktails & Mocktails

11K

How to Make Dante From the Movie Coco by GlueGun_RaR in Halloween

3.4K

Uncle Fester Lamp by nerdyKat in Lighting

3.3K

Captain Jack Sparrow's Sinking Ship by -BALES- in Costumes & Cosplay

6.9K

Solar-powered Halloween Lights by WickedMakers in Mason Jars

39K

Super Easy Kids Astronaut Costume by Honus in Costumes & Cosplay

14K

Disney Inspired Poison Apple Cookies by twiesner in Cookies

1.9K

Leafeon Gijinka Cosplay Build by ThermoCosplay in Costumes & Cosplay

1.6K

Deadpool Makeup Look by MsMaoMaoz in Costumes & Cosplay

1.2K

Jeepers Creepers Rock Eye Peepers by MadeByBarb in Molds & Casting

36K

40 PRIZES

Grand Prize (1)

One Grand Prize Winner will receive:

An iPhone X
An Instructables Halloween prize pack

First Prize (5)

Five First Prize Winners will receive:

A GoPro Hero5 Black
An Instructables Halloween prize pack

Second (10)

Ten Second Prize Winners will receive:

A Leatherman Surge
An Instructables Halloween prize pack

Judges Prize: Costumes

The best costume project as picked by the judges will receive:

A $250 Amazon gift certificate
An Instructables Halloween prize pack

Judges Prize: Props

The best prop project as picked by the judges will receive:

A $250 Amazon gift certificate
An Instructables Halloween prize pack

Judges Prize: Decoration

The best decoration project as picked by the judges will receive:

A $250 Amazon gift certificate
An Instructables Halloween prize pack

Judges Prize: Food

The best food project as picked by the judges will receive:

A $250 Amazon gift certificate
An Instructables Halloween prize pack

Runner Up (20)

Twenty Runner Up Winners will receive:

An Instructables Halloween prize pack

HOW IT WORKS

Write an Instructable

Create a new Instructable that fits the guidelines outlined in the contest description above. To be eligible, Instructables must be published between Sep 4, 2018 and Nov 12, 2018 (11:59pm PT).

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Enter

Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Halloween Contest 2018. If you have entries currently eligible for entry, it will also show up by clicking "Enter this Contest" on the right side of this page.

Accepting

Entries are accepted by Instructables staff within one business day Monday - Friday. What matters is the submission time, not acceptance time.

Judging

A panel of judges made up of Instructables staff and respected members of the community rate the finalists. The averages of the ratings determine the winners.

Winners

When the winners are decided they will be notified and announced here on the contest page.