Trick or treat! Halloween is almost upon us, pandas. And if you’re reading for a night full of spectacular spooks and adorable ghosts, kittens and zombies knocking on your door asking for candy, we’ve got the perfect list to fuel your mystical mood!

Bored Panda has scoured the internet to find photos of some of the most creative, impressive and amusing Halloween costumes that people have shared online. If you’re not ready for the big night, perhaps this list will inspire you to go all out with your costume. Keep reading to find a conversation with Deepak from Munchkins Planet, and if you are a connoisseur of captivating costumes, be sure to upvote the looks that you find particularly boo-tiful!

#1 My Roommate And His Twin Brother As The Twins From “The Shining”

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#2 My Niece Wanted To Be A Ghost For Halloween, So I Obviously Had No Choice

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#3 Every Halloween My Girlfriend And I Take A Themed Portrait With Our Cats

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Going to corn mazes, carving pumpkins, drinking hot apple cider and visiting a haunted house that will leave you shrieking. Spooky season is full of wonderful activities! And if you’re planning on donning an awesome costume on Halloween night, you’re in good company, pandas. According to Statista, a whopping 73% of Americans have plans to participate in Halloween festivities this year.

And when it comes to dressing up in costume, US News reports that 47% of Americans have an outfit planned. The top ten most common costumes people search for on Google are witches, Spider-Man, dinosaurs, Stranger Things characters, fairies, pirates, rabbits, cheerleaders, cowboys, and Harley Quinn. But if I had to guess, I would say that Barbie, Ken, Taylor Swift and Oppenheimer will be popular looks this year as well.  

#4 The Serious Throwback – Someone Should Do A Repeat Of This!

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#5 A Friend Commissioned A Headless Horseman Costume From Me

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#6 My Son’s Name Is Vlad, And He Has Asthma. For Halloween, He Created A Costume Called “Vlad The Inhaler”

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Halloween costumes can be for people of all ages, as dressing up is fun for anyone! But if you’re a child who’s hoping to get some great trick-or-treating sweets, you better show up in an excellent look. Apparently, there were a whopping 41 million trick-or-treaters between the ages of 5 and 14 in the US in 2021, and there’s likely to be even more now, as the pandemic has calmed down quite a bit.

Unsurprisingly, California has the most children in costumes knocking on doors, with 5 million, and Texas is not far behind, with 4.3 million. And while Americans spend about $10.6 billion on Halloween annually, about $3.6 billion of that was spent on costumes during 2022. So if you’re planning on entering a costume contest, know that you’re going to have some stiff competition!

#7 Halloween Month Is Here, And I’m Officially Too Weird For My Own Taste

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#8 An Arquillen From “Men In Black” In New York City

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#9 My Halloween Costume For Halloween Party: Oswald Cobblepot, Also Known As Penguin Of The “Batman Returns”

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To learn more about Halloween costumes from a certified spooky season expert, we reached out to Deepak, a content creator at Munchkins Planet who has created many blog posts on Halloween looks. Deepak was kind enough to answer some questions for Bored Panda about what makes an excellent costume.

“The thing that makes a great Halloween costume is based on one’s imagination, you don’t need to find a unique costume idea,” he shared. “Pick something from the existing popular ideas, but give it a personal touch by adding DIY things like the accessories or makeup. Let your creative juices flow.”

#10 My Girlfriend And I Dressed As Adam And Barbara From “Beetlejuice”

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#11 My Kid Is In Love With Huntress. So We Tried Really Hard To Put Her Costume For Halloween Together. It Came Out Really Good

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#12 Family Halloween Costume. Which One Is The Real Chicken? Bet You Can’t Figure It Out

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As far as what factors we should consider when choosing a Halloween costume, Deepak says to keep it simple. “Select a costume that is comfortable to wear and move around in. Stay within your budget, and try to avoid expensive Halloween outfits, instead be creative with DIY,” the expert recommended. “By adding a few accessories like LED lights, makeup, or face paint you can make any boring costume a stunning masterpiece.”

#13 I Finished My Xenomorph Alien Costume. I’ve Worked Months On This

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#14 What? What Did He Say?!?

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#15 The Jacket From Drive Turned Into A Halloween Costume – I Love It

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We were also curious about some of the most impressive Halloween costumes Deepak has ever seen. “One of the best Halloween costumes I’ve come across is the Jack Skellington created by (Royal Goyal) in this article,” he shared. “What makes it special is it’s all DIY. He painted the blazer and pants with white stripes, made the bow tie, and did an outstanding job on the makeup.”

#16 To Me This Is The Ultimate Dad Joke

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#17 Little Bo Peep And Her Bad, Bad Sheep

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#18 My Husband And I Will Be Going To Alfred Hitchcock-Themed Halloween Party Dressed As “Psycho” And “The Birds”

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But if you need even more inspiration, there are plenty of other costumes you can view that have been shared on Munchins Planet. Deepak also shared this article, which includes a weeping angel statue, a jellyfish, a headless boy, a Marshmello costume and many more brilliant and creative looks.

#19 Such An Awesome Patty And Selma For Halloween

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#20 My All-Time Favorite Costume I Have Ever Made – A Headless Marie Antoinette

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#21 My Halloween Costume – A True Classic

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As far as advice for choosing a costume, Deepak says his best tip is to not try to reinvent the wheel. “I’m not discouraging thinking out of the box,” he explained. “What I’m saying is we already have a lot of popular costume ideas from famous Disney characters – Ariel from The Little Mermaid, Beetlejuice, Jack and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas… The list goes on and on. Pick anything from the existing popular ideas, and give it your own DIY touch to look different from the crowd.”

#22 We Are Staying Safe This Halloween. Are You?

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#23 My Grandma Dressed Up For Halloween

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#24 Harry, It’s Our Calling Card. All The Great Ones Leave Their Marks. We’re The Wet Bandits

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Are you feeling inspired to create a magical costume for Halloween this year, pandas? We hope you’re enjoying all of these impressive pics, and please remember to keep upvoting your favorites. Let us know in the comments what you plan to dress up as this year, and then if you’re interested in checking out even more amazing costumes, you can find Bored Panda’s article on the same topic from last year right here! 

#25 My Wordle Costume – Try To Solve. Hint: It Is Halloween-Themed

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#26 Every Night, The Same Dream. Every Morning, The Same Nightmare

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#27 My Doctor Octopus Halloween Costume

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#28 My Mom’s And Her Boyfriend’s Costumes This Year. Always Coming Up With Something Ridiculous

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#29 Just A Pilea And Her Pup

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#30 Our Daughter’s Blonde Bangs Inspired Our Family Halloween Costume This Year. How Could I Not Have Her Be Tinkerbell This Year. Happy Halloween

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#31 I Normally Don’t Make Halloween Costumes, But I Love The Way This One Turned Out

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#32 Halloween With Dr. Garaki From “My Hero Academia”

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#33 Britney Spears “Slave 4 U” Costume

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#34 My Wife And Her Handmade Lipton Costume On Halloween

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#35 She Got It – Pearl Krabs From Spongebob

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#36 What’s Your Favorite Scary Movie?

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#37 My Halloween Costume This Year – 12 Feet Tall

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#38 My Giant Dinosaur Pinata Costume

This has to be my favorite project and probably my best Halloween costume ever. It took about two months and cost only 50 dollars. I had a lot of help from a buddy of mine, whose help was invaluable.

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#39 My Harry Potter-Inspired Halloween Costume

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#40 Bubbles From The “Powerpuff Girls”

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#41 My Costume This Year

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#42 Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair

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#43 Easiest Costume For Anyone With A Corgi

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#44 As Cute As I Can Be This Halloween

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#45 My Girlfriend’s Halloween Costume. Creepy Pumpkin Lady And Her Little Dolly

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#46 I Will Wear This To The Office For The Employees’ Children’s Halloween Party

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#47 Awe-Inspiring Egyptian God Costume

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#48 Marge Simpson Costume Idea For Halloween

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#49 My Nazgul Costume From “Lord Of The Rings” For Halloween So Far

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#50 This Year’s Halloween Costume

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#51 My Costume Is Ready For Halloween

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#52 Happy Halloween From “Anchorman” Channel 4 News Team

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#53 Timm’s Family Halloween Costumes. I’ve Been A Kiss Fan All My Life And Have Always Wanted To Do This. Kids Are Finally Old Enough To Pull It Off. So Much Fun

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#54 Diva Plavalaguna From “The Fifth Element”

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#55 Marvelous Halloween

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#56 I Dressed As Michael Myers, Looking For A Job At My Work Halloween Party

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#57 This Is My Halloween Costume

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#58 Corpse Bride For Halloween

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#59 Halloween Costume Idea – Eric Draven The Crow. Or You Can Say That You’re Sting Or Lobo From DC. Either Way You’ll Look Terrifying And Interesting

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#60 Mr. Clean Made “Sponge” Cakes To Help Clean Up All The Blood This Halloween

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#61 This Halloween, My Daughter Picked Our Family Theme

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#62 This Halloween Costume

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#63 I’m Delivering Chinese Food Tonight And Thought I Could Bring Some Smiles To My Customers. Tough Crowd So Far

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#64 One Of The Best

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#65 Happy Halloween, Everyone

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#66 If You Know, You Know. Happy Halloween

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#67 My Entry To Company’s Halloween Costume Contest

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#68 My Girlfriend And I As Mugatu And Katinka From “Zoolander” For Halloween This Year

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#69 For This Halloween I’m Not A Cat

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#70 Creep It Real

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#71 Looking For Halloween Costume Inspiration? At Your Service. I Present To You This Chic Cruella De Vil Costume

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#72 Me And A Friend At A Halloween Party

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#73 Makeup Test For My Clicker Halloween Costume. What Do You All Think?

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#74 My Halloween Costume. I Had To Do Some Thinking On The Pattern, But It Turned Out Great

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#75 I Made A Victorian Pinhead Costume For Halloween

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#76 “The Wizard Of Oz” Costumes

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#77 Michael Jackson And Queen Nefertiti

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#78 To Say We Go All Out For Halloween May Be One Of The Biggest Understatements Of The Year

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#79 We Dressed Up As A Real Housewives Of Transylvania But Make It Pink

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#80 Chrissy… It’s Time

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#81 Makes My Heart Smile Knowing My Kids Get Excited To Do A Family Halloween Costume Every Year

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#82 This Is Fine

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#83 My Girlfriend And I Made Huntress And Trapper Costumes For This Halloween

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#84 I Planned To Go To A Halloween Party, But Turns Out It’s Going To Be A Surprise Wedding. Either Way This Is My Wedding Attire

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#85 We Are “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” Switch Controllers

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#86 Ate And Left No Crumbs

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#87 My And My Girlfriend’s Halloween Costumes

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#88 My Brother And Niece On Halloween

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#89 Happy Halloween From My Family Of Lokis

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#90 Go With The Flo

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