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50 People Who Absolutely Won Halloween
Back in the old days, Halloween costumes were worn so ghosts and spirits would think you were 'one of them' and not bother trying to haunt you. If you think that's clever, then bear in mind that without the best Halloween costume, the same spirits and ghosts would have likely brought you back with them to the underworld in a hunt for fresh meat. So basically, the saying about necessity being the mother of invention comes to play hugely when talking about the first Halloween costume ideas.
These days, however, costume ideas have morphed into anything and everything you could imagine, and are as likely to be 'sexy' as they are scary. Are you still looking for last minute inspiration before your Halloween party? Well, these creative Halloween costume ideas, compiled in a list by Bored Panda, are seriously ingenious, and you probably won't have time to pull them off. The ideas though... They show you that if you think outside of the box and are smart about it, the possibilities are literally endless! So get scrolling and start thinking about your own DIY Halloween costume!
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#1
My Super Adorable Headless Maya
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#3
Our Daughter, Claire, Dressed Up As Grandma Completed With A “Granny” Style Clothes, Homemade Wig, Pearls And A Walker Built By Daddy. Claire Walks Well Without Assistance, But Stroles Along With Her Walker
#4
I Am The Pumpkin King!
#5
Halloween Is Christmas For Us Amputees
#6
Halloween Costume Made From Halloween Decorations
#7
Picasso Painting Halloween Costume
#8
My Wife Have Been Waiting For This Halloween Since We First Heard We Were Having Twin Girls
Aaron Kara 7 years ago
They do not look happy, or they're playing the characters...either way, they're doing a good job
#10
I Think My Aunt Nailed This Hocus Pocus (Bette Midler) Halloween Costume
#11
My Daughter’s Wheelchair Made The Perfect Foundation For Her Halloween Costume
#12
Hijabi Harley Quinn
Catherine Hankinson 7 years ago
I think this looks awesome. I love how you've done the "hair" it's really clever. Cosplay is for anyone, anywhere.
#13
The Costumes We Made
#14
Mother And Son 'Black Panther' Halloween Costume
#15
Brought Along My Little Drogon To A Halloween Party
#16
My Daughter's Maleficent Costume Made By My Wife And Mother-In-Law
#17
My Sister Needed A Costume For Her And Her Friends So I Put Together This For Them
#18
Halloween This Year
#19
Our Couple’s Costume
#20
Harry Potter Family Costume
#21
Dressed Up As An Anti-Vaxer For Halloween Party. It Was A Hit
#22
We All Bark Down Here
#23
My Sister-In-Law Made The Best Costume I Have Ever Seen. Mr. Boogey Man. Ironically, She Is A Therapist And Helps Folks With There Personal Boogey Mans
#24
My Name's Borat
#25
My Friend Didn't Really Have A Name For It, But She Made It Herself
#26
Well We Were Supposed To Be Cleopatra And Caesar.. Classic Case Of Miscommunication
#27
Portal Halloween Costume
#28
America In 2018
#29
My First Full Costume Build. My 7-Year-Old Is Thrilled
#30
The Royal Family Aka My Son The Queen
#31
So My Friend Dressed Up As Buddy The Elf For A Halloween Party And Ran Into This Guy On Campus
Crazy Dog Lady 7 years ago
This was just a few days ago at Kennesaw College in Georgia! Will Ferrell was canvassing for Stacey Abrams.
#32
My Daughter Wanted To Coordinate Costumes With Me, But I Was Already Set With A Deadpool Costume. As A Result, Here Is Negasonic Six-Year-Old Warhead
#33
Michael Somehow Found His Way On The Ramp
#34
He’s A Lum-Purr-Jack
#35
My Husband’s Halloween Costume He Made From Scratch
#36
Costume Contest 2018
Marta Puig 7 years ago
that people have the sense of humour to pull out such things is amazing
#37
My Favorite Beanie Baby
#38
My Friend Dressed As Everyone's Favourite Neighbour For Halloween
#39
Best $40 I Ever Spent
#40
My Brother As Edgar Allen Po
#41
So My Wife Did My Son’s Makeup
#42
My Wife And I Announcing Our Pregnancy
#43
I Think My Son Makes A Good Edna Mode
#44
Mojo Jojo Costume
#45
Friend Of Mine Went As Banksy's "Balloon Girl" For Halloween. Decided To Snap This Photo
#46
She Won The Halloween Contest
#47
Me (Fat Guy In Blue) With My Albatross. The 5 Month Obsession Of Using EVA Foam And PVC Pipe To Dress A 17 Hand High, 2000 Pound Horse As An AT-AT
#48
Turns Out Drunk People Have A Hard Time With Puns
#49
My Daughter Shaved Her Head To Be 011 For Halloween
#50
Grandpa Is Ready For Halloween
#51
Our Halloween Party Last Night
#52
Went As A Storm Reporter To A Local Halloween Party
The Girl on Fire 7 years ago
Hahaha, love this. Now all it needs is people walking normally in the background :p
#53
My One Year Old Girl As Mental Hospital Ace Ventura
#54
I’m Your Other Mother, Silly!
#55
Halloween 2018
#56
What Can I Say, Except You're Welcome
#57
Full Costume! It’s The First Time I’ve Thought Someone Of The Silver Screen Looked Like Me
#58
My GF's House Party Was Batman Themed. I Present To You Harvey Dent
#59
My 80 Year Old Grandma Wants Opinions On Her Halloween Costume
#60
Poison Ivy Costume
#61
Married... With Children Halloween Costume
#62
My Wife Went To A Pirate Themed Charity Bowling Event But Decided Last Minute She Didn't Want To Dress Like A Pirate Since She Figured Everyone Else Would Be. So She Went As A Cannon
#63
As A High School English Teacher, I’m Excited That Halloween Falls On A School Day. I Can’t Wait To Teach While Dressed As Arwen From “Lord Of The Rings” This Year. I’ll Take The Book With Me And Hopefully Inspire A New Generation To Read This Classic
The Girl on Fire 7 years ago
You look beautiful! And I especially like how it looks you were basing it off the character as described in the book, not the movies.
#64
My Boyfriend And I Went As Bob Ross And A Happy Little Tree
#65
Mom’s Spaghetti
#66
Omfg
#67
Here To Guard The Galaxy
#68
My Dad And I As The Dude And Walter
#69
Channeling My Inner David Bowie As The Goblin King From Labyrinth
#70
My Drax Halloween Costume. I Was Standing Really Still When I Took It
#71
My Son’s Costume This Year Made By My Wife. About $20 Worth Of Fabric, Cardboard, And 2 Shower Rings
#72
Really Proud Of This. Made My 5 Year Old Wonder Woman An "Invisible Plane" For Halloween
#73
The Only Thing I Had To Ruin Was A $7 Pair Of Jeans. And My Beard, Too, I Guess
#74
The Wet Bandits Halloween Costume
#75
My GF And Me As Hermione And Hismione
#76
We Didn’t Do Too Bad
#77
This Boy's Mom Made His Halloween Costume. He Truly Is The Man Of Steel
#78
Never Half-A** Two Things.... Whole-A** One Thing. My Buddy Was Perfect
#80
Sharknado
#81
Other Mother Costume
#82
Is This A Halloween Costume?
#83
Our Miguel And Hector Costumes From Coco
#84
My Sister Just Sent Me This And Said Her Costume Is “Reverse Cowgirl”
#85
Turned Myself Into A Nurse From Silent Hill. Lifegoal Achieved
#86
Daenerys And Drogo. Happy Halloween
Marta Puig 7 years ago
again, thumbs up for the spirit of celebration and the sense of humour lol
#87
My Buddy Dressed Up As Barf From Space Balls
#88
Thank You For Being A Friend
#89
Heeeeeeere's Johnny
#90
My Friend And I Are Both In Wheelchairs So We Did A Mario Kart Group Costume This Halloween
#91
Brave Costumes
#92
My Best Boy Was Magneto For Halloween
#93
When I Learned The Bar I Was In Didn’t Serve Straws, I Yelled “Bigots!” And Stormed Out/Angerly Forced Myself Through A Doorway
incoherent screaming 7 years ago
straw: *bends* me: kinky (Im sorry but ive wanted to make that joke for a month)
#94
My Husband And I Winning "Best Couple" At The Casino
La Petite Morte 7 years ago
I'm Mister Green Christmas, I'm Mister Sun. I'm Mister Heat Blister, I'm Mister Hundred and One...... I'm Mister Icicle, I'm Mister Snow. I'm Mister White Christmas, I'm Mister Ten Below. https://youtu.be/IGhT_ylXN8s
#95
Rolling The Dice On This Selfie So... You're Welcome
#96
Dressed Up As A ‘Drinking Problem’ And Got Virtually No Laughs
#97
Morton's Salt Girl
#98
My Cousin Lost His Arm In A Motorcycle Accident, So He's The Part In The Movie Where Woodie's Arm Starts To Rip
#99
Showed Up To A Party And Blue Myself Halfway Through
#100
I Made Myself Into A Bushcamper
#101
My Tony Stark Costume For Halloween
#102
My Halloween Costume
#103
Bears, Beets, Battlestar Galactica
#104
Deadgar Allan Poe & His Lost Lenore
Foxyloxylou 7 years ago
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a ghostly tapping, As of some one dead gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “dead-ly tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more.”
#105
We Own A Restaurant Who Specializes In Burgers And This Is How We're Showing Up To Work Until Halloween
#106
Monty Python's And The Holy Grail Costumes
#107
Anakin Skywalker Female Version
#108
Three Years Of Convincing My Now Wife And It Finally Happened
#110
Spooky Treat
#111
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
#112
My Family And I Love Dressing Up For Halloween This Is Our 7th Year And Decided To Do Something Old School. I Was A Plague Doctor, My Wife Dressed Up As A Victorian Ghost And Keeping With The Whole Theme We Made Our Son A Home Made Costume Of Tomas From El Orfanato
#113
Ewok Baby!
#114
White Walker Cersei And The Night King
#115
“I Like Beer” Judge Kavanaugh Halloween Costume
#116
Brannigans Law Is Like Brannigans Love: Hard And Fast
#117
Wishing You A G.R.O.S.S. Halloween!
#118
DIY Beetlejuice Costumes
#119
Come On Grab Your Friends
#120
This Costume Took Multiple Hours To Sew, And A Few Good Friends To Help Sneak Into Disneyland (They Have A Rule, No Disney-Themed Costumes Allowed Beyond The Staff), But Oh So Worth It For A Photo As My Favorite Disney Character In Front Of Sleeping Beauty's Castle
#122
After Avoiding Halloween For Several Years Then Losing 70 Lbs, I Decided To Try And Sport My Best Alex Vause
Pudingovina 7 years ago
Wow, I had to re-read the caption cause I actually thought it was the actress. :O
#123
Fairly Oddparents
#124
Darla “I’m A Pa-Ran-Nah!!”
#125
My Costume For This Year
#126
Gettin Spooky Monty Python Style
#127
The GF And I As Eustace And Muriel Bagge
#128
Neo And Trinity Of Matrix Reloaded
#129
Angela Anaconda And Johnny Abatti
#130
We Won Best Couple's Costume
#132
My Wife And I Went As Patty And Selma
#133
Clue Crew
#134
My Pyramid Head Cosplay That I Wore For Halloween
#135
Best Costumes Ever
#136
What’s The Difference Between Jelly And Jam?
#137
“I’m Not Bad, I’m Just Drawn That Way”
#138
Made Myself A Moana Costume This Year
#139
The Mayor Of Halloween Town
#140
Lara Jean Croft: To All The Tombs I’ve Raided Before
#141
My Sister And Her Friends This Weekend
#142
My Kid Wanted To Be Beefsquatch... But My Kid’s Mom Made A Better Bob So I Was Linda
#143
Sparkle Like A Wealthy Woman's Neck
#144
I Was Steve Harvey. This Has Been A Dream Of Mine For Some Time. Just Wanted To Lighten Up The Timeline. Enjoy. Kate Was “Now That’s What I Call Music 5”
#145
Made These FNAF Costumes For My Son And Nephew
#146
Don’t Have A Doug, But I’m Loving My DIY Patti Mayonnaise Costume
#147
You Know Us. I Mean... I Was Famous In The 90’s
#148
Happy Halloween, From Sorcerio And Bean
#151
Arthur Fist Meme Halloween Costume
#152
I’m So Obsessed With My Friend Aaron And His BFs Couples Costume That I Had To Share It
#153
Me As The Dude, Picking Up Some Half & Half At Ralphs
#154
Our Bob’s Burgers Costume
#155
Halloween Meme
Claire Hoyt 7 years ago
I watch WWE, and most of the time, this is pretty damn accurate. Its like violent theater but most of the storylines are kinda s**t.
#156
Keeping Halloween Safe From Them Covies
Neurotic_Octopus 7 years ago
I don't understand people who keep and display their empty liquor bottles. Can anyone explain the thought process behind that?
#157
Thotnos Ready To Make The Hard Decisions And Look Good Doin' It
#158
My Krang Costume, Halloween 2018
#160
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica
#161
Believe It Or Not, It's Ripley... Mostly
#162
Jack And Sally Costumes
#163
American Gladiator Costume 2018
#164
Skyrim Chitin Light Armour
#165
What Kind Of Costume Is This?
#166
Run Away!
#167
Minimal Effort And Maximum Comfort
#169
After Twelve Years I Finally Got My Husband To Dress Up
#170
My Friends Killing It This Halloween
#172
Dr. Krieger And His Hologram. I Think We Nailed It
#173
My 6' 6" Friend And I Went To A Halloween Party Over The Weekend As Ed Kemper And Holden Ford From Mindhunter
#174
It’s Morphin Time
#175
Trailer Park Supervisor
#176
Eleven, Dustin, And A Box Of Eggo’s
Nostalgic Hyena 7 years ago
Haha! I could've definitely went as Dustin this year too - a bit disappointed I didn't
#177
Gravity Falls Family
Lassie Lavender 7 years ago
Yaaaaaassssssssss (I hope the fandom gets rekindled with another series of this awesome show)
#178
This Halloween, I Went As A Cringeworthy Pun
#180
Oh My God
#181
Sploosh
#183
F Is For Friends Who Do Stuff Together
incoherent screaming 7 years ago
F IS FOR FIRE THAT BURNS DOWN THE WHOLE TOWN U IS FOR URANIUUUUUM N IS FOR NO SURVIVORSSSSSSS down here in the deep blue sea
#186
It’s Not Therapy, It’s Science ?
#189
It’s Ok That No One Guessed My Costume For The Second Year In A Row
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Avery Belisle 7 years ago
I was the TARDIS! And so proud of it! Nobody got my costume, but I loved it anyway! TARDIS-cos...720abb.jpg 
The Girl on Fire 7 years ago
So many Bob's Burgers costumes! And Beetlejuice. But otherwise, very creative and well done!
Person2638 7 years ago
All these amazingly talented and creative people make me feel like unoriginal poop.
Avery Belisle 7 years ago
I was the TARDIS! And so proud of it! Nobody got my costume, but I loved it anyway! TARDIS-cos...720abb.jpg
The Girl on Fire 7 years ago
So many Bob's Burgers costumes! And Beetlejuice. But otherwise, very creative and well done!
Person2638 7 years ago
All these amazingly talented and creative people make me feel like unoriginal poop.
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