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50 Of The Best Halloween Costume Ideas We’ve Ever Seen
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 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 Halloween costumes, these outfits prove that a creative mind is 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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#1
I Created A Realistic Sloth Costume
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#2
Ratatouille Halloween Costume
#3
My Daughter And I Are Ready To Terrorize The Neighborhood Again This Halloween
#4
My Friend's Kids Halloween Costumes, Henry The VIII And Ann Boleyn
#5
Three Girls Dressed Up As The Women Portrayed In "Hidden Figures"
#6
Turned My Wheelchair Into The Iron Throne For Halloween
#7
Peter Pan & His Shadow
#8
Beauty With Her Little Beast
#9
I Teach Microbiology. Halloween Plague Lessons FTW
#10
I'm Fat And I'm Pregnant And I Have No Shame
#11
My Little Brother Has Autism, He Thinks A Little Differently Than The Rest Of Us.. This Year He Decided To Be A Formal Apology
#12
It's Sexy If You Love Spreadsheets
#13
My Friend’s Halloween Costume
Aaron Kara 7 years ago
This is the kinda thing I'm looking, something you can do on a budget with only 2 hours before the halloween party
#14
A Little Late But My Wife Dressed Up As Lara Croft For Halloween. She’s An Amputee So She Improvised
#15
It's Child's Play For Him
#16
Russell Is All Grown Up
#17
An Arquillen From Men In Black In NYC
#18
Halloween Banksy
#19
My Local Weatherman Dressed As A Bat For Halloween
#20
My Buddy's Winifred Sanderson Costume He Made For Halloween. Booooook!
#21
I Think My Friend’s Kids May Have Won Halloween
#22
So My Friend Went To The DMV On Halloween
#23
Skeksis Costume, Dark Crystal
#24
My Friend Dressed Up As Gamora From Guardians Of The Galaxy
#25
Since He Has To Wear A Cone, My Friend's Dog Is A Martini For Halloween
#28
I Was The Royal Baby For Halloween
#29
My Husband And I Decided To Mix Up The Usual Mario Costumes! Introducing Drag Queen Bowser And Prince Peach
#30
I Told My Friend His Costume Was Amazing And He Said "Shut Up, Baby I Know It"
#32
Jellyfish Costume
#33
Awesome Lego Costume
#34
Best Halloween Costume
#35
This “Back To The Future” Costume
#36
In Honor Of Beetlejuice 30th Anniversary
#37
If I Could Make A Kid Cry Tonight, I Would Be So Happy
#38
I Told Him To Pick Something Cute For Halloween
#39
Half My Friends Went As Game Of Thrones Characters So I Thought I'd Pick Something Scary... Most Of Them Didn't Get It
#40
Banksy's Shredded Painting Girl With Balloon
#41
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
#42
Lost Dog, Halloween Costume
#43
My Brother's Halloween Costume This Year
#44
My Kids This Halloween. Yes, Plural
#45
This Halloween I Thought I Should Respond To The Comparisons With Disney Pixars Biggest Bully Next Door And Go As Sid From Toy Story
#46
Aliens Power Loader - 1st Halloween
#47
I Heard They Were Remaking Ghostbusters With B*tches But This Is Ridiculous
#48
My Friend Is Going Through Chemo And Decided To Use The Opportunity To Attempt To Win Halloween
#49
My Dad Who Is Blind Dressed As A Pirate For Halloween
#50
Wilt From Foster’s Home For Imaginary Friends
#51
I'm So Hooked For This Halloween!
#52
My Stepdad Really Pulled Off His Maui Costume
#53
This Kid Was A Fart For Halloween
Ethan Daniel Harley 7 years ago
My favourite one. Would be the best when standing behind an adult.
#54
Cousin Gave Birth On Halloween Night. This Was The Doc During The Delivery
#55
Baba-Dook-Dook-Dook! My Daughter's Babadook Costume
#56
I'm Not Fond Of Having The Millenial Stereotype, But I Laughed My A** Off At This
#57
Here Is My Puppy Dressed As Shaun The Sheep For Halloween
#58
Most People Under 25 Had No Idea Who I Was
#59
Last Year Vs This Year.. Glad We’ve Matured
#60
I Hosted A Batman Themed Halloween Party And People Nailed It
#62
In 1994, I Told My Dad I Wanted To Be An Ear For Halloween. He Really Came Through
#63
We Bought Our Daughter Her First Costume For Halloween, An Astronaut Space Suit. It Didn't Fit. Now, She's Going As Space Elvis
#64
When You Go All Out On Your Ratatouille Costume
#65
Ack Ack Ack Ack Ack Ack.... Translation: No One At The Party Knew Who I Was For Halloween
#66
My Friend's Halloween Costume
#68
My Fiancée Spent Weeks Handcrafting Scales For Her Mystique Costume
#69
My Friend And I Decided To Dress Up For The First Time In Years For Halloween
#70
My Son Had A Blast This Halloween
#71
My Daughter Dressed Up Like My Wife's Grandma
#72
My Sisters Halloween Costume
#73
Everyone Loved My Girlfriend's Costume
#74
Best Costume I’ve Seen This Year
#75
Saw This Pilot At The Airport, Yesterday
Anna Lourie 7 years ago
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!
#76
A Bit Late, But My Family's Spaceballs Halloween
#77
My Daughters Halloween Costume This Year
#79
In 5th Grade I Was A Baked Potato For Halloween
#80
Coworker's Halloween Costume "Bert" Reynolds
#81
This Guy Wins Halloween
#82
So My Friend Made Me Michael Jackson For Halloween, Think It Turned Out Pretty Well. I'm A 23-Year-Old Female
#83
My Son Has Cerebral Palsy And Is In A Wheelchair. So My Wife Made Him A Paw Patrol Vehicle For Halloween
#84
Preggo For Halloween And Having Fun With It
#85
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
#86
A Costume Pairing My Son Wanted (And I Was More Than Happy To Oblige)
#87
Feeling A Little Under The Weather This Halloween
#88
Sister Said I Looked Like Him... So I Put Together A Costume
#89
Some Of My Dad's Employees Dressed Up As Him For Halloween. I Think They Nailed It
Just Curious 7 years ago
Looks like they missed the bionic appendage growing out of his head... (in the first pic)
#90
Dad And Daughter Do Wreck-It-Ralph And Vanellope For Halloween
#91
My Boss On Halloween... So Hot Right Now
#92
My Wife As Moana For The Kiddies
#93
My "Lady" Pennywise Costume
#94
Here’s A Pic Of My Costume From Last Year’s Halloween
#95
Halloween At Work
#97
One Night Stand Anyone?
#98
My Marvin The Martian Costume
#99
This Hercules VHS Costume
#100
I Made An Octopus Costume
#101
If You Were Born With Only One Hand, Be A Zombie For Halloween. It Scares People Extra
#102
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
#103
This Guy Was Dressed As Katy Perry's Shark In A Party An This Is Him Kissing A Girl
#106
My Old Cosmetology School Teachers Nailed It
#107
Took A Year Off But We're Back! Presenting, Yet Again, Me And My Besties As Tom Hanks For Best Group Costume
From the top:
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
#108
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
RottieRebel 7 years ago
Everything has a silver lining. Life is what you make it, and you sir make it fun.
#109
Coraline Look
incoherent screaming 7 years ago
We watched that movie in 6th grade and it scared the sh*t out of me
#110
Edward Scissorhands And His Topiary Bush
#111
This Is Fine Costume
#112
My Halloween Costume, I’m Al Borland
#113
My Friend Was Also Cersei For Halloween
#114
My Take On Pennywise The Dancing Clown
#115
My Husbands Costume I Made For Him
#116
I Want To Eat Everything!! (No Face Halloween Costume)
#117
I Ain't Afraid Of No .... Slimer Costume!
#118
This Halloween, I Went As The "Cool S" We All Used To Draw In Middle School
Renee Schreader 7 years ago
It is a world wide thing. All ages that I work with have done it as well
#119
Taken At A Halloween Party On Friday The 13th... I Won Scariest Costume
#121
Evil Dead Teletubby
#122
A Co-Worker Came As Lego Batman For The Annual Company Halloween Costume Contest And Got 1st Place
#123
My Halloween Costume This Year
#124
My Earth Science Teacher Dressed Up As Kratos From God Of War
#125
"What's My Age Again?"
#126
My Pregnant Belly Helped Me This Halloween. I Present To You: Nacho Libre Maternity Wear
#127
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
#128
Made My Daughter A Darkwing Duck Costume For Halloween
#129
This Halloween I Decided To Go All Out. I Like It
#130
This Costume Wins Halloween
#131
Baby’s First Costume!
#132
Took Me A Bit
#133
Ghost Rider Costume I Made
#134
Found This Costume Under My Bed
#135
Best Costume Ever
#136
My Pink Freud Costume
#137
Felt Lucky This Halloween
#138
My Best Friends' Awesome Halloween Costumes
#139
Not Many People Guessed His Costume This Year,wish We Could Go Back In Time To Change It
#140
How Yall Think We Did?
#141
First Time Making A Home Made Costume For Halloween
#142
Decided To Go Obscure For Halloween This Year. Pizza Pizza
#143
We Tricked Our Friends Into Dressing As Luigi For Our Halloween Party
#144
3 Years Ago, My (Then) 4-Year-Old Daughter Asked To Be “Superman Ghost Tiger” For Halloween. This Is The Result
#145
Taking Sibling Rivalry To A Whole New Level, My Twin And I Dressed Up As Coke And Pepsi For Halloween
#146
A Went As The Whole Sewer Scene From IT
#147
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
#148
I Dressed Up As A Canadian Icon For Halloween Last Night
Erika Jones 7 years ago
Hope you also carried some duck tape. "If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
#149
My Friend’s Costume This Year
#150
My Son Wanted To Be A Dog For Halloween
#151
I Was Happy With Last Year's Attempt
Ryo Bakura 7 years ago
F*****g Hell! Get rid of it! Where's my Bible? Why did I have to be anti-religious right now!
#152
I Think My Dad Is Winning His Costume Party
#153
My Brother Is A Sink For Halloween
Ryo Bakura 7 years ago
"Goddamn, these kids have dressed up as everything but the kitch... oh wait a minute..."
#154
Narwhal Costume, Nearly Ready
#155
Dolores Umbridge, Charmed
#156
Took Layla Costume Shopping Today And She Wanted To Be A Donut.... A Freaking Donut
#157
Full Face Smiley Makeup With Liquid Latex By My Fiance
#158
People Told Me I Look Like T Swift So I Dressed Up As Her For Halloween
#159
Okay Now Ladies!
#161
Another Great Halloween Party In The Books
#162
I Give You My Little Brother's Halloween Costume, Mid-Sized Me
#163
Today‘S Make-Up At Work
#164
Friend Who Lost His Leg To Cancer Got Creative For Halloween
SykesDaMan 7 years ago
For those who don't get the ref, it's Gordon Hayward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deS9cusPN4Q
#165
My Silent Hill Costume This Year
#167
My Moloch Costume (Immortal Masks)
#168
Also Fitting For A Christmas Party
#169
A Few Weeks Late But Here’s Me As Macho Man Randy Savage
#170
My First Halloween Without A Husband, But I Still Have A Good Couples' Costume
#171
Einhorn Is Finkle! Finkle Is Einhorn!
#172
I’m A Feature Not A Bug
#173
I Made All My Kids Led Stick Figures For Halloween
#174
My Pregnant Wife Went All Out For Halloween
#176
Costumes Against Humanity
#178
I'm Ol'Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeggggg
#179
My Friend's Halloween Costume (With Dry Erase Board Labels)
#180
Friends Of Mine Were Invited To A Fairytale Themed Party
#181
Just A Fun Look Amongst All This Violence In The World. My Spin On Squidward
#182
In 1st Grade My Dad Made Me A Baseball Bat Costume. Here I Am Wearing It A Few Years Later
#184
My Cousin Erica Transformed Into Prince For Halloween
#185
Mermaid Man And Barnacle Boy, At Your Service
#186
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
#187
Me And My Best Friends Costumes This Year
#188
My Friend Cosplayed As Gritty Of The Flyers... Nailed It
#189
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!
#190
For Halloween I Dressed As Doctor Poison From Wonder Woman
#192
I Was Carrie For Halloween
#195
My Cousins Costume Officially Wins Halloween
#196
I Was A Sexy Viking For Halloween
#197
My Son Got To Choose His Costume This Year
#198
Chipotle Burrito Costume
#199
So I Think I Nailed My Post Malone Halloween Costume
#200
My Boyfriend Dressed Up As Princess Leia For Halloween
#201
I Finally Found The Man Inside Me, It Was Tobias Fünke, And I Blue Myself Away (Tobias Costume)
#202
Chiquita Banana
#203
I Dressed Up As A Bulldozer For A Jungle Themed Party This Week
#205
Won First Prize For This Costume Back In The 90's
#206
Do You Guys Like This Mask? Maybe Wearing A Cloak Would Be Better
#207
Had A Fun Time Haunting The French Quarter
#210
Test Run
thepotatogirl 7 years ago (edited)
still need the wig, but awesome otherwise! (or should I say PENNYwise... :P)
#211
Did Someone Say... Chocolate???
#212
My Friend Went As Blake From Workaholics For Halloween. She Nailed It
#213
Our Prices I Hope Aren't Too Low - My Nightmarish Attempt At An 'Ants In My Eyes Johnson' Halloween Costume
#215
Bride Of Frankenstein
#216
My Laura Dern Costume (Jurassic Park)
#217
i HavE tO resTarT my poTaoEsss
#218
Halloween Got Me Like...
#219
I Went To Work As Disco Batman. The Platform Shoes Are Real And Damn-Near Impossible To Manage On Stairs
#220
Jaime’s Hand And Lady Olenna Tyrell At A Halloween Party Last Night
#221
Since Halloween Is Fast Approaching I️ Present To You Our Trailer Park Boys Costumes
#223
Be Yourself Because Everyone Else Is Not Trash...
#224
My Sister Told Me She Dressed Up As A Zombie For Halloween And Then Sent Me This Pic
#225
My Halloween Costume Is All Set
Kerri Russ 7 years ago
I am a goddess, a glorious female warrior. Queen of all that I survey. Enemies of fairness and equality, hear my womanly roar. Yeah!
#226
Make America Great Again
#227
For A ‘Naughty Nintendo’ Themed Party - We Went As A Leather Dom ‘Controller’ Based On The Original NES
#228
If I'm Gonna Be A Princess For Halloween, I'm Definitely Gonna Be A Taco Princess
#229
Gandalf The Slay
The Girl on Fire 7 years ago
I foolishly thought that characters like Gandalf would be left out of the "make every costume sexy" craze. Sadly, I was wrong.
#230
Last Minute Costume... I’m... Chance... The... Frapper
#231
I'm Regretting My Decision For Rufus As Halloween. Update
#233
Got My Jagerbomber Costume All Ready For Another Halloween
#234
Me And My Pal Dressed As Fupa Lord And His Carer For Halloween
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Naomi Armitage 7 years ago
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.
Susann Campbell 7 years ago
I got it. Thanks for sharing because I too have done similar stuff and no one got it.
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Person2638 7 years ago
I come here for inspiration and I leave feeling even more incompetent and unoriginal than before. Great job to those people, though.
Naomi Armitage 7 years ago
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.
Susann Campbell 7 years ago
I got it. Thanks for sharing because I too have done similar stuff and no one got it.
Load More Replies... Person2638 7 years ago
I come here for inspiration and I leave feeling even more incompetent and unoriginal than before. Great job to those people, though.
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