Overview

THIS. IS. HALLOWEEN!

At Instructables, we eagerly anticipate Halloween as it's the highlight of our year. Witnessing the imaginative and eerie costumes, props, decorations, and culinary creations you conjure up brings us immense joy. Join us in celebrating this splendidly inventive season by sharing your festivities, and you could win a Gift Card!

This year we have 6 Judges' Prizes with a $300 Gift Card prize for each!

  • Epic Costume - a costume that takes a lot of planning, materials, and/or time to create
  • Easy Costume - a costume that can be completed in a shorter amount of time
  • Kids Costume - a costume for a child
  • Prop - portion of a costume that is held or worn / goes along with a costume, not a complete costume
  • Decoration - should sit on its own and be Halloween-themed
  • Food - recipe/food project

We look forward to seeing the many ways you make and celebrate for Halloween!

*Finalists were increased to include an additional 10 Runner Up winners.

The Halloween Contest is closed.

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Grand Prize

35 Prizes

Grand Prize

One Grand Prize winner will receive:

  • $500 Gift Card

First Prize

Three First Prize winners will receive:

  • $300 Gift Card

Second Prize

Five Second Prize winners will receive:

  • $100 Gift Card

Best Epic Costume

One Judges' Prize Winner for Best Epic Costume will receive:

  • $300 Digital Gift Card

Best Easy Costume

One Judges' Prize Winner for Best Easy Costume will receive:

  • $300 Digital Gift Card

Best Kids Costume

One Judges' Prize Winner for Best Kids Costume will receive:

  • $300 Digital Gift Card

Best Prop

One Judges' Prize Winner of Best Prop will receive:

  • $300 Digital Gift Card

Best Decoration

One Judges Prize Winner for Best Decoration will receive:

  • $300 Digital Gift Card

Best Food

One Judges Prize Winner for Best Food will receive:

  • $300 Digital Gift Card

Runner Up

Twenty Runner Up winners will receive:

  • $50 Gift Card
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, 2023 and Nov 13, 2023 (11:59pm PT).

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Enter

Upon publishing your Instructable you'll see checkboxes for open contests. Select Halloween Contest. 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.