All Hallows Eve is, undoubtedly, the most beloved festivity in all of the US. And not without reason, as this revelry is not only spooktacular, but it also awakens people's creativity in the most unexpected ways when making a Halloween costume. And some people take the Halloween costume ideas very seriously. If you're not one of them, you probably haven't been giving much thought to what you're going to wear this year, and now you're freaking out because the spooky celebration is just around the corner and you are short of costume ideas.
Don't worry, though, because Bored Panda has your back. We've put together a list of some of the best Halloween costumes to inspire you. From low budget solutions to advanced full-body DIY Haloween costumes, these outfits prove that a creative mind is a key to coming up with an awesomely creepy, yet funny Halloween look. Scroll down to check out our picks of the most creative Halloween costumes ever and be sure to upvote your favorites.
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I Created A Realistic Sloth Costume
Ratatouille Halloween Costume
My Daughter And I Are Ready To Terrorize The Neighborhood Again This Halloween
My Friend's Kids Halloween Costumes, Henry The VIII And Ann Boleyn
Three Girls Dressed Up As The Women Portrayed In "Hidden Figures"
Turned My Wheelchair Into The Iron Throne For Halloween
Peter Pan & His Shadow
Beauty With Her Little Beast
I Teach Microbiology. Halloween Plague Lessons FTW
I'm Fat And I'm Pregnant And I Have No Shame
My Little Brother Has Autism, He Thinks A Little Differently Than The Rest Of Us.. This Year He Decided To Be A Formal Apology
It's Sexy If You Love Spreadsheets
My Friend’s Halloween Costume
This is the kinda thing I'm looking, something you can do on a budget with only 2 hours before the halloween party
A Little Late But My Wife Dressed Up As Lara Croft For Halloween. She’s An Amputee So She Improvised
It's Child's Play For Him
Russell Is All Grown Up
An Arquillen From Men In Black In NYC
Halloween Banksy
My Local Weatherman Dressed As A Bat For Halloween
My Buddy's Winifred Sanderson Costume He Made For Halloween. Booooook!
I Think My Friend’s Kids May Have Won Halloween
So My Friend Went To The DMV On Halloween
Skeksis Costume, Dark Crystal
My Friend Dressed Up As Gamora From Guardians Of The Galaxy
Since He Has To Wear A Cone, My Friend's Dog Is A Martini For Halloween
Pickle Rick
Inspector Gadget
I Was The Royal Baby For Halloween
My Husband And I Decided To Mix Up The Usual Mario Costumes! Introducing Drag Queen Bowser And Prince Peach
I Told My Friend His Costume Was Amazing And He Said "Shut Up, Baby I Know It"
My Costume This Year
Jellyfish Costume
Awesome Lego Costume
Best Halloween Costume
This “Back To The Future” Costume
In Honor Of Beetlejuice 30th Anniversary
If I Could Make A Kid Cry Tonight, I Would Be So Happy
I Told Him To Pick Something Cute For Halloween
Half My Friends Went As Game Of Thrones Characters So I Thought I'd Pick Something Scary... Most Of Them Didn't Get It
Banksy's Shredded Painting Girl With Balloon
I Figured This Year Was Perfect To Finally Become My Favourite Blade Runner Replicant, Rachael. I Used Six Shoulder Pads And A Sheet Of Plastic Canvas To Get The Jacket's Iconic Shape
Lost Dog, Halloween Costume
My Brother's Halloween Costume This Year
My Kids This Halloween. Yes, Plural
This Halloween I Thought I Should Respond To The Comparisons With Disney Pixars Biggest Bully Next Door And Go As Sid From Toy Story
Aliens Power Loader - 1st Halloween
I Heard They Were Remaking Ghostbusters With B*tches But This Is Ridiculous
My Friend Is Going Through Chemo And Decided To Use The Opportunity To Attempt To Win Halloween
My Dad Who Is Blind Dressed As A Pirate For Halloween
Wilt From Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends
I'm So Hooked For This Halloween!
My Stepdad Really Pulled Off His Maui Costume
This Kid Was A Fart For Halloween
My favourite one. Would be the best when standing behind an adult.
Cousin Gave Birth On Halloween Night. This Was The Doc During The Delivery
Baba-Dook-Dook-Dook! My Daughter's Babadook Costume
I'm Not Fond Of Having The Millenial Stereotype, But I Laughed My A** Off At This
Here Is My Puppy Dressed As Shaun The Sheep For Halloween
Most People Under 25 Had No Idea Who I Was
Last Year Vs This Year.. Glad We’ve Matured
I Hosted A Batman Themed Halloween Party And People Nailed It
Mom's Halloween Skirt
In 1994, I Told My Dad I Wanted To Be An Ear For Halloween. He Really Came Through
We Bought Our Daughter Her First Costume For Halloween, An Astronaut Space Suit. It Didn't Fit. Now, She's Going As Space Elvis
When You Go All Out On Your Ratatouille Costume
Ack Ack Ack Ack Ack Ack.... Translation: No One At The Party Knew Who I Was For Halloween
My Friend's Halloween Costume
Shame!
My Fiancée Spent Weeks Handcrafting Scales For Her Mystique Costume
My Friend And I Decided To Dress Up For The First Time In Years For Halloween
My Son Had A Blast This Halloween
My Daughter Dressed Up Like My Wife's Grandma
My Sisters Halloween Costume
Everyone Loved My Girlfriend's Costume
Best Costume I’ve Seen This Year
Saw This Pilot At The Airport, Yesterday
this is a reaused pic.. like the 3rd time I've seen it on boredpanda.. always with a different capture. It's getting old, don't overuse it!
A Bit Late, But My Family's Spaceballs Halloween
My Daughters Halloween Costume This Year
Costco Sample Lady
In 5th Grade I Was A Baked Potato For Halloween
Coworker's Halloween Costume "Bert" Reynolds
This Guy Wins Halloween
So My Friend Made Me Michael Jackson For Halloween, Think It Turned Out Pretty Well. I'm A 23-Year-Old Female
My Son Has Cerebral Palsy And Is In A Wheelchair. So My Wife Made Him A Paw Patrol Vehicle For Halloween
Preggo For Halloween And Having Fun With It
This Was My Sister’s Halloween Costume Last Year For Her Work’s Costume Contest! She Was The Shrunken Head Guy From Beetlejuice. She Got First Place
A Costume Pairing My Son Wanted (And I Was More Than Happy To Oblige)
Feeling A Little Under The Weather This Halloween
Sister Said I Looked Like Him... So I Put Together A Costume
Some Of My Dad's Employees Dressed Up As Him For Halloween. I Think They Nailed It
Looks like they missed the bionic appendage growing out of his head... (in the first pic)
Dad And Daughter Do Wreck-It-Ralph And Vanellope For Halloween
My Boss On Halloween... So Hot Right Now
My Wife As Moana For The Kiddies
My "Lady" Pennywise Costume
Here’s A Pic Of My Costume From Last Year’s Halloween
Halloween At Work
Little Monk
One Night Stand Anyone?
My Marvin The Martian Costume
This Hercules VHS Costume
I Made An Octopus Costume
If You Were Born With Only One Hand, Be A Zombie For Halloween. It Scares People Extra
My Friend Had No Idea What She Wanted To Be For Halloween Yesterday. Today, When We Expected Her Costume-Less, She Walked Into Class Like This
This Guy Was Dressed As Katy Perry's Shark In A Party An This Is Him Kissing A Girl
Meep Meep
Edgar Allen Hoe
My Old Cosmetology School Teachers Nailed It
Took A Year Off But We're Back! Presenting, Yet Again, Me And My Besties As Tom Hanks For Best Group Costume
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2018 Tom Hanks: Toy Story, Castaway, Apollo 13, Forrest Gump, Big, David S. Pumpkins (SNL), A League of Their Own
2016 Bill Murrays: Garfield, Space Jam, Caddyshack, The Life Aquatic, Ghostbusters, Kingpin, What About Bob?
2015 Robin Williams: Mrs. Doubtfire, Mork, Jumanji, Popeye, Hook, Aladdin, The Birdcage Full Disclosure: The Genie (me) is Photoshopped in (duh). I did full Genie makeup and it was horrific. I had nightmares from it and it was my own face. So yeah, I replaced it with a photo of Genie me pre-full face makeup
2014 Will Ferrells: Elf, Blades of Glory, Zoolander, Anchorman, Night at the Roxbury, Semi-Pro, Talladega Nights
2013 Jim Carreys: Mr. Popper's Penguins, Dumb & Dumber, The Cable Guy, The Mask, The Grinch, Ace Ventura, Batman Forever
2012 Johnny Depp: Fear and Loathing, Pirates of the Caribbean, Alice in Wonderland, Sweeney Todd, Cry Baby, Edward Scissorhands, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
I Was Hit By A Car That Knocked Out My 3 Front Teeth. It Might Not Be Of The Highest Quality, But I'm Pretty Proud Of My Toothless The Dragon Costume
Everything has a silver lining. Life is what you make it, and you sir make it fun.
Coraline Look
We watched that movie in 6th grade and it scared the sh*t out of me
Edward Scissorhands And His Topiary Bush
This Is Fine Costume
My Halloween Costume, I’m Al Borland
My Friend Was Also Cersei For Halloween
My Take On Pennywise The Dancing Clown
My Husbands Costume I Made For Him
I Want To Eat Everything!! (No Face Halloween Costume)
I Ain't Afraid Of No .... Slimer Costume!
This Halloween, I Went As The "Cool S" We All Used To Draw In Middle School
It is a world wide thing. All ages that I work with have done it as well
Taken At A Halloween Party On Friday The 13th... I Won Scariest Costume
Alice In Chainz
Evil Dead Teletubby
A Co-Worker Came As Lego Batman For The Annual Company Halloween Costume Contest And Got 1st Place
My Halloween Costume This Year
My Earth Science Teacher Dressed Up As Kratos From God Of War
"What's My Age Again?"
My Pregnant Belly Helped Me This Halloween. I Present To You: Nacho Libre Maternity Wear
Best Halloween Costumes Ever. These Gents Came In A Few Years Back During Halloween And Well, We Just Had To Get A Pic Of Them On My Scooter
Made My Daughter A Darkwing Duck Costume For Halloween
This Halloween I Decided To Go All Out. I Like It
This Costume Wins Halloween
Baby’s First Costume!
Took Me A Bit
Ghost Rider Costume I Made
Found This Costume Under My Bed
Best Costume Ever
My Pink Freud Costume
Felt Lucky This Halloween
My Best Friends' Awesome Halloween Costumes
Not Many People Guessed His Costume This Year,wish We Could Go Back In Time To Change It
How Yall Think We Did?
First Time Making A Home Made Costume For Halloween
Decided To Go Obscure For Halloween This Year. Pizza Pizza
We Tricked Our Friends Into Dressing As Luigi For Our Halloween Party
3 Years Ago, My (Then) 4-Year-Old Daughter Asked To Be “Superman Ghost Tiger” For Halloween. This Is The Result
Taking Sibling Rivalry To A Whole New Level, My Twin And I Dressed Up As Coke And Pepsi For Halloween
A Went As The Whole Sewer Scene From IT
My Friend Tore Her ACL, MCL And Meniscus A Week Ago. She Thought She Wouldn't Be Able To Go Out For Halloween. I Told Her If She Dressed Up As An Old Rich Man, I'd Dress Up As Her Escort And Wheel Her Around Downtown All Night. No Regrets
I Dressed Up As A Canadian Icon For Halloween Last Night
Hope you also carried some duck tape. "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
My Friend’s Costume This Year
My Son Wanted To Be A Dog For Halloween
I Was Happy With Last Year's Attempt
F*****g Hell! Get rid of it! Where's my Bible? Why did I have to be anti-religious right now!
I Think My Dad Is Winning His Costume Party
My Brother Is A Sink For Halloween
"Goddamn, these kids have dressed up as everything but the kitch... oh wait a minute..."
Narwhal Costume, Nearly Ready
Dolores Umbridge, Charmed
Took Layla Costume Shopping Today And She Wanted To Be A Donut.... A Freaking Donut
Full Face Smiley Makeup With Liquid Latex By My Fiance
People Told Me I Look Like T Swift So I Dressed Up As Her For Halloween
Okay Now Ladies!
My Larry David Costume
Another Great Halloween Party In The Books
I Give You My Little Brother's Halloween Costume, Mid-Sized Me
Today‘S Make-Up At Work
Friend Who Lost His Leg To Cancer Got Creative For Halloween
For those who don't get the ref, it's Gordon Hayward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deS9cusPN4Q
My Silent Hill Costume This Year
Wow. Great Makeup
My Moloch Costume (Immortal Masks)
Also Fitting For A Christmas Party
A Few Weeks Late But Here’s Me As Macho Man Randy Savage
My First Halloween Without A Husband, But I Still Have A Good Couples' Costume
Einhorn Is Finkle! Finkle Is Einhorn!
I’m A Feature Not A Bug
I Made All My Kids Led Stick Figures For Halloween
My Pregnant Wife Went All Out For Halloween
Dwight Schrute
Costumes Against Humanity
Donald Trump's Hair
I'm Ol'Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeggggg
My Friend's Halloween Costume (With Dry Erase Board Labels)
Friends Of Mine Were Invited To A Fairytale Themed Party
Just A Fun Look Amongst All This Violence In The World. My Spin On Squidward
In 1st Grade My Dad Made Me A Baseball Bat Costume. Here I Am Wearing It A Few Years Later
My Halloween Costume This Year
My Cousin Erica Transformed Into Prince For Halloween
Mermaid Man And Barnacle Boy, At Your Service
Last Year's Costume And The Most Patient Mare Ever. Still Didn’t Win Company Halloween Costume Contest, But There Are Big Things In Store For This Year
Me And My Best Friends Costumes This Year
My Friend Cosplayed As Gritty Of The Flyers... Nailed It
For The Last Decade I've Worked At A Local Haunted House. My Costume Is Almost Done For This Year And I'm Real Happy About It!
For Halloween I Dressed As Doctor Poison From Wonder Woman
This Is Fine
I Was Carrie For Halloween
Handmade Mystique Costume
I Think I Did Halloween Right This Year
My Cousins Costume Officially Wins Halloween
I Was A Sexy Viking For Halloween
My Son Got To Choose His Costume This Year
Chipotle Burrito Costume
So I Think I Nailed My Post Malone Halloween Costume
My Boyfriend Dressed Up As Princess Leia For Halloween
I Finally Found The Man Inside Me, It Was Tobias Fünke, And I Blue Myself Away (Tobias Costume)
Chiquita Banana
I Dressed Up As A Bulldozer For A Jungle Themed Party This Week
Won First Prize For This Costume Back In The 90's
Do You Guys Like This Mask? Maybe Wearing A Cloak Would Be Better
Had A Fun Time Haunting The French Quarter
My Kim Kardashian Costume Last Night
Test Run
still need the wig, but awesome otherwise! (or should I say PENNYwise... :P)
Did Someone Say... Chocolate???
My Friend Went As Blake From Workaholics For Halloween. She Nailed It
Our Prices I Hope Aren't Too Low - My Nightmarish Attempt At An 'Ants In My Eyes Johnson' Halloween Costume
Last Year I Went As Leather Face, But I Made A Mask Of My Face
Bride Of Frankenstein
My Laura Dern Costume (Jurassic Park)
i HavE tO resTarT my poTaoEsss
Halloween Got Me Like...
I Went To Work As Disco Batman. The Platform Shoes Are Real And Damn-Near Impossible To Manage On Stairs
Jaime’s Hand And Lady Olenna Tyrell At A Halloween Party Last Night
Since Halloween Is Fast Approaching I️ Present To You Our Trailer Park Boys Costumes
My Cactus Jack Costume. Bang Bang!
Be Yourself Because Everyone Else Is Not Trash...
My Sister Told Me She Dressed Up As A Zombie For Halloween And Then Sent Me This Pic
My Halloween Costume Is All Set
I am a goddess, a glorious female warrior. Queen of all that I survey. Enemies of fairness and equality, hear my womanly roar. Yeah!
Make America Great Again
For A ‘Naughty Nintendo’ Themed Party - We Went As A Leather Dom ‘Controller’ Based On The Original NES
If I'm Gonna Be A Princess For Halloween, I'm Definitely Gonna Be A Taco Princess
Gandalf The Slay
I foolishly thought that characters like Gandalf would be left out of the "make every costume sexy" craze. Sadly, I was wrong.
Last Minute Costume... I’m... Chance... The... Frapper
I'm Regretting My Decision For Rufus As Halloween. Update
A Man Of True Culture
Got My Jagerbomber Costume All Ready For Another Halloween
Me And My Pal Dressed As Fupa Lord And His Carer For Halloween
One year, I was working at a warehouse, so I took a big cardboard box and wrapped it all up in Christmas paper. I wore it over a white sweatsuit, wore white face makeup, and sprayed my hair white. I was the Ghost of Christmas Present. No one got it.
I got it. Thanks for sharing because I too have done similar stuff and no one got it.
Load More Replies...I come here for inspiration and I leave feeling even more incompetent and unoriginal than before. Great job to those people, though.
BP should post these in July so we can plan ahead! I always do the last minute cheap thing and always regret it.
Load More Replies...Aw man, i am so jealous! Here in France, people are so uncreative when it comes to Halloween costumes. Last year, I went to my brother's party as Virginia from the movie "Spider Baby" (because she is so cute, even if she believe she is a spider and stabs people to death.), but no one got it! :(
Wow! Really creative and innovative! (the only thing is, Halloween is about the world of death, ghosts, horror and so on...so some costumes always do not make sense....) Stll awesome :)
Agreed - some of them are just Fancy Dress - but brilliant all the same
Load More Replies...One year, I was working at a warehouse, so I took a big cardboard box and wrapped it all up in Christmas paper. I wore it over a white sweatsuit, wore white face makeup, and sprayed my hair white. I was the Ghost of Christmas Present. No one got it.
I got it. Thanks for sharing because I too have done similar stuff and no one got it.
Load More Replies...I come here for inspiration and I leave feeling even more incompetent and unoriginal than before. Great job to those people, though.
BP should post these in July so we can plan ahead! I always do the last minute cheap thing and always regret it.
Load More Replies...Aw man, i am so jealous! Here in France, people are so uncreative when it comes to Halloween costumes. Last year, I went to my brother's party as Virginia from the movie "Spider Baby" (because she is so cute, even if she believe she is a spider and stabs people to death.), but no one got it! :(
Wow! Really creative and innovative! (the only thing is, Halloween is about the world of death, ghosts, horror and so on...so some costumes always do not make sense....) Stll awesome :)
Agreed - some of them are just Fancy Dress - but brilliant all the same
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