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There are several qualities of an excellent Halloween costume. First and foremost: does the costume successfully answer the question “So what are you supposed to be?” Second, the costume should allow sufficient mobility to do whatever it is you intend to do for Halloween. If you’re going to sit quietly on the porch, you can afford a bulky costume or hot mask. If you’re going out on the town, you’ll want something that moves with you. Finally, you want something unique. You’ll want your creativity and clever DIY skills to set you apart.
Halloween is our favorite holiday because it is one of the few remaining holidays that encourages DIY. A store-bought costume is considered lame, and the ultimate point of pride is to receive a compliment for the accuracy, authenticity, or weirdness of your costume. Because we know that busy people and children also want to make their own costumes, we’ve set aside special Judges' Prizes for the Best Easy Costume as well as the Best Kid’s Costume.
Show us your most creative DIY Halloween costume to win a Canon T5i DSLR, a Samsung Galaxy Tab, or one of several other awesome prizes!
Multiple entries are accepted, but each entrant can only win one prize. Contest is open to entries from US, Canada [excluding Quebec], UK, China, Belgium, the Netherlands, Australia, Colombia, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, India, New Zealand, and Denmark. The Contest begins at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time (PT), November 8, 2012. Contest closes for entries at 11:59pm PT, November 11, 2013.
The winner(s) will be solely responsible for complying with any and all applicable statutes, laws (including, without limitation, common law, if applicable), rules and regulations and for bearing any personal income tax, VAT, withholding taxes, customs duties, or other taxes, fees, insurance, surcharges or other costs relating to receiving, claiming or collecting any prize.
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The Halloween Costume Contest is closed.
Grand Prize (1)
Judges' Prize: Best Kid's Costume (1)
Judges' Prize: Best Easy Costume (1)
First Prize (5)
Second Prize (10)
Runner Up Prize (6)

Grand Prize (1)
- a Canon EOS Rebel T5i Digital SLR Camera with EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM Lens Full 16GB Kit
- a Dremel 4000-6/50 120-Volt Variable-Speed Rotary Kit
- a Capture SLR Camera Clip System
- and an Instructables prize pack including a limited edition t-shirt.

Judges' Prize: Best Kid's Costume (1)
- a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (7-Inch, White)
- and an Instructables prize pack including a limited edition t-shirt.

Judges' Prize: Best Easy Costume (1)
- a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (7-Inch, White)
- and an Instructables prize pack including a limited edition t-shirt.

First Prize (5)
- a multi pack of Sugru
- a Zombie Glass Decanter
- a CRKT Pocket Tool
- a Sol Sport Solar Charging Kit For Mobile Devices, 5 watt kit
- and an Instructables prize pack including a limited edition t-shirt.

Second Prize (10)
- a Sprinkles the Unicorn sprinkle dispenser
- a Flexit Ultra Thin Flexible Magnetic LED Light
- a Workstation Repair Tool Kit
- a multi pack of Sugru
- and an Instructables prize pack including a limited edition t-shirt.

Runner Up Prize (6)

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