Some of us slap on a mask, tack some stuff to our t-shirt, sprinkle a bit of tomato sauce on our hands and off we go. Then there are those who don’t just think outside the box but burn that box altogether when it comes to what to wear for Halloween.
Yes, spooky season is upon us. The ghosts, vampires, zombies, skeletons and their scary friends are getting ready to arrive. But time has flown as quickly as a witch on a broomstick this year. So it’s no surprise that many people have been caught off-guard. If you’re lacking inspiration for the 31st of October, you might be in for a treat.
There’s a “megathread” lurking on the internet and it’s filled with epic and creative examples of Halloween costumes done right. There’s a DIY corpse bride, a Britney look-alike, Freddie Mercury (vacuum included), Darth Gaydar and a Batman who looks like he could be AI-generated. Bored Panda has put together a list of the best pics for you to scroll through while frantically start putting your own outfit together.
#1 I Don’t Know If I Will Ever Top This One
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#2 My Daughter Did Corpse Bride, She DIY’d It With A Dress I Saved When I Was Her Age!
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#3 This Will Forever Be My Favorite Costume! It Did Not Make It Long.. But It Was Worth It
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Gone are the days of Scream masks and skeleton body-stockings. People are getting crazy creative when it comes to Halloween costumes. Google recently released its annual Frightgeist. It’s a dedicated interactive website highlighting the top trending searches for Halloween costumes, movies, and more.
“Horror movie characters, TV and movie favorites, country legends, and some out-of-the-box ideas (stress balls?!) top the charts,” reveals the site, adding that “witches brew punch” is the top trending Halloween drink, while search interest in “cauldron crock pot” is at an all-time high.
#4 It’s Britney
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#5 I Want To Break Free” Freddie Mercury, Vacuum Included
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#6 Darth Gaydar
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When it comes to kids’ costumes, Buddy the Unicorn overtook “kids unicorn costume” for the first time this September.
In case you’ve been living under a rock in a stable, Buddy is a large, orange, anthropomorphic talking unicorn with a blonde mane, a red bandana, and a purple heart on his belly. He was the star of a cheesy, 1990s-style public access show called It’s Buddy!
#7 Ned Flanders! Even Made It To Church The Next Morning To Repent
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#8 Awkward Family Photo. This One Made It In The LA Times!
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#9 Here’s My Batman XE Suit I Made. Be Putting It On For A Few Pints Down My Local. And… No It’s Not AI Generated
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In a rather interesting twist, some are choosing to impersonate NeeDoh this Halloween. It’s is a popular line of dough-filled, squishy sensory fidget toys made by Schylling and designed for stress relief and focus. According to Google, NeeDoh is being searched more than ever in 2026.
#10 Pic From Last Year
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#11 I Went As Fuzzy Lumpkins From The Powerpuff Girls For My Kiddos Trunk Or Treat Even
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#12 Carrie
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#13 Best Pregnant Costume Everrrrr. I Won $100 That Night
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#14 All Handmade
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#15 All Handmade
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#16 My Handmade Cruella Costume Won A Competition And I’ve Worn It A Dozen Times Since Then
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#17 Vending Machine. It Was Such A Random But Awesome Costume. Our Kids Only Had Homemade Costumes, I Loved It!
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#18 Took Me About Two Hours To Build This Off A “Pilgrim Costume,” Held Up And Is In A Box
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#19 A Lot Of Work But So Fun
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#20 Mrs. Doubtfire. Almost Everything Thrifted!
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#21 Barbenheimer When Barbie And Oppenheimer Came Out At The Same Time. Held Up Pretty Well All Night
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#22 I Dressed As A Chihuly Sculpture Next To The Actual Chihuly Sculpture!
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#23 My Seven Best Girlfriends And I Have Dressed Up As A Famous Actor For Halloween For Over A Decade!
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#24 Someone Dressed As A CVS Receipt. They Had, Like, A 2-Foot-Long Train Of Paper With All The Coupons And Rewards And Everything Printed On It
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#25 In 2018 My Sister And Her Husband Went As Vito And The Horse Head From The Godfather. Her Costume Was Nearly Impossible To Walk In But Worth It
#26 I Like When People Dress As Octopus With Like A Really Sweet Clear Umbrella Hat
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#27 How Do Y’all Like My Wednesday Costume? Couldn’t Find A Good Enid One, So Wednesday It Is
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#28 Warnado The Tornado And The Weather Man
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#29 I Love Making My Costumes! DIY All The Time!
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#30 I Love Making My Costumes! DIY All The Time!
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#31 I Was Nothing Beats A Jet2 Holiday
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#32 I Went As The Potter’s Wheel Scene From Ghost! I Rigged My Costume To Play Unchained Melody As Well
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#33 My Friends And I Dressed As The Guys From The Hangover. I Was The Baby
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#34 Happy Halloween
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#35 L-R Taco Belle
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#36 I Was Ebola In 2014 And Won A Bottle Of Whiskey At A Costume Contest
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#37 I Once Dressed Up As A Bag Of Groceries
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#38 A Formal Apology (In Many Languages
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#39 Made It Through The Night But It Was Very Hard To Pee As Spring Fling Regina George
#40 DIY
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#41 I Was Pretty Proud Of These
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#42 Milo And Kida From Atlantis. I Was Freeeeezing But It Was Worth It
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#43 2010 Halloween NYC. Facebook’s Wall. Everyone At The Party Wanted Their Photo Taken
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#44 I Was Pretty Proud Of Myself That Year…
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#45 My Britney Spears Costume From 6ish Years Ago Was The Best Costume I Ever Wore
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#46 I Absolutely Ate This Costume
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#47 I Made A Weeping Angel Costume For My Daughter Many Years Ago
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#48 A Bunch Of Grapes. It Did Not Make It Though The Night
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#49 My Kid Told Me He Wanted To Be A Zombie 3 Days Before Halloween One Year. He Scared Some People
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#50 With Grandchild
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#51 My Son Was Obsessed With Wind Turbines After Driving Through Iowa
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#52 My Partner And I Were Shrek And Fiona One Year, All DIY!
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#53 Per My Daughters Request… She Wanted To Be Lenny From Toy Story
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#54 Two Years Ago
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#55 Over The Garden Wall Enoch. Handmade In A Week. Maybe More Enoch’s Long Lost Silbing. I Reckon My Colleague Will Think I’m A Pumpkin Scarecrow!
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#56 Patty & Selma Bouvier – Thoh Edition! I Made The Masks Myself!
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#57 Hard At Work Today
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#58 It’s Showtime!! Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice!!
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#59 Madam Crow And The Crow
#60 New Boot Goofin
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#61 Scarecrow Costume Done
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#62 Goo Goo GA GA
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#63 What Do We Think Guys?
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#64 My Favorite Childhood Halloween Costume
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#65 Tomb Raider!!
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#66 You Can’t Resist Us, Mr Powers!
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#67 All Handmade
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#68 We Went As Mamá Imelda, Héctor & Miguel From Coco One Year
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#69 I Made It
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#70 Happy Halloween
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#71 Happy Halloween
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#72 Thing
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#73 Homer Simpson
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#74 Little Richard. But I’m Gonna Try My Best To Out Do It This Year
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#75 I’ve Made A Good One
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#76 Showed Up Like This To What Ended Up Being A Living Room Party Of Ten People With Full Lights On – Not A Huge Dark Party Like I Imagined – So I Just Rolled With It
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#77 My Wife And I Made These! Pretty Happy With How They Turned Out
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#78 My Husband Used A Mattress Crate Thing To Make This Gem
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#79 Pop Art Zombie- The Brain Is A Purse I Made!
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#80 Our Favorite Halloween Costume, 30+ Years Ago
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#81 My Roommate’s Dog. It Was A Wake And Bake DIY Thrown Together The Morning Of Halloween
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#82 This Will Forever Be My Favorite
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#83 My Kid As Moira. We Made The Dress Out Of Duct Tape And Trash Bags And She Walked Around Telling Everyone To Fold In The Cheese
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#84 For My Daughter 2016 – Highly Doubtful I’ll Ever Top It
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#85 My Son Loved His Empty Child Doctor Who Costume
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#86 Did Stranger Things With My Dogs A Few Years Ago. They Were So Serious, So I Was Too
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#87 Our Costume Entry Was: What Happens Under The Sea, Stays Under The Sea
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#88 We Speak For The Trees!
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#89 I’m A Twin So… This Was Years Ago, We Host A Halloween Party
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#90 Made This In Under An Hour. Lasted Until The Bonfire A Week Later
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#91 My Super Last Minute Diys. The Tyrone Biggums Won Me $200
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#92 Doneeze Snl
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#93 Earnie And Bert
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#94 My Friend Kristin And I Were American Girl Dolls Of Our Namesakes! All Thrifted Or Handmade
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