Usually, the most popular Halloween costumes every year are inspired by the biggest moments and movies that happened just prior to it. With Wicked and K-pop Demon Hunters blowing up in 2025, it’s predicted that people will spot many an Elphaba, Glinda, Rumi, Mira, and Zoey trick-or-treating on the streets this October 31st.
While there’s nothing wrong with going with the popular choices, our Bored Panda team wanted you to have an option to do something unique. That’s why we compiled a list of goofy, spooky, and genius costumes you might want to take inspiration from this year. To find them, all you have to do is scroll down.
#1 Every Halloween My Fiancé And I Dress Up And Create A Movie Themed Poster With Our Cats
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#2 These 2 Divas With Places To Go
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#3 Best Halloween Costume I Saw On The “Big Gay Halloween Cruise”
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#4 Spent The Last Month Making This Biblically Accurate Angel Costume! Happy Halloween
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#5 My Superb Halloween Costume
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#6 Statue Makeup Look
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#7 My Mom’s Halloween Costume
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#8 Went As A Cow Abducted By A UFO For Halloween
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#9 Moth Interpretations For Halloween
Last year, I did an interpretation of a Rosy Maple/ Dryocampa rubicunda moth for Halloween based on a certain picture of one by using items in my wardrobe along with other thrifted or handmade items! It was so much fun to dress up that I decided to do it again this year, which I chose to interpret a Chlorhoda metamelaena moth, which is a member of the tiger moth group of the Arctiinae subfamily! I was inspired after seeing a photographer’s shots of this species (junglediamonds on Instagram!)
I included pics of last year’s look as well as where mine is so far for this year! (Not sure what to flair dressing up as, so did artwork!)
For this year, I still need some yellow to add in there, which I’ll try pairing a scarf or a belt I have, add the black markings to the jacket or whatever I end up using for “wings”, then possibly add more layers and fluff with a cape or feathers since this moth is so fuzzy yet see-through (and depending on how the weather plays out here in Minnesota on Halloween,) then play with makeup more, and finally fade and style my hair for the look!
Always exciting to study a moth and try to capture its essence through dressing up and playing with makeup!
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#10 I Turned Myself Into A Comic Book Character
I hope Steve Ditko would have liked this.
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#11 Took Home The Gold For My Audrey 2 Costume
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#12 Cruella De Vil: Halloween Edition. I Feel Like A Discofied Cruella
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#13 My Favorite Makeup I’ve Ever Done. One Face = Two Faces
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#14 Cat Lady Costume, Or A Window Into My Future?
Costume generally based on the cat lady from The Simpsons, but I was fully committed to the bit this year and even had plush cats to throw at kids who asked. My one real cat was unimpressed, however.
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#15 My Home-Made Billy Bass Costume
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#16 AI-Generated Human
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#17 Tony Hawk Dressed As Larry David For Halloween
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#18 Homemade Tooth Fairy
I put blood, sweat, and tears into making this mask! It is the first mask I’ve ever made, and I’m pretty proud of how it turned out! Hope y’all like it!
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#19 Corpse Bride Costume
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#20 Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice: Our Barbara & Adam Maitland Costumes
Masks were purchased from an artist. We created the rest of the costume elements.
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#21 I Was My Dog
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#22 My Edward Scissorhands, From Last Year
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#23 My King Ghidorah Costume , Happy Halloween!
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#24 Our 6th Year Making Our Halloween Costumes. The Kids Loved Them! Tell Us What You Think
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#25 For The 90’s Nickelodeon Kids. Our DIY Oblina & Krumm Costumes
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#26 My Pennywise Costume
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#27 My Take On A Biblically Accurate Angel
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#28 Got To Debut My Witch Queen Of Angmar Costume Tonight (Helm And Flail Were 3D Printed)
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#29 I Am Baby Moo Deng!
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#30 My Rosy Maple Moth Costume In All Its Glory. 2,075 Sewing Pins & Sequins Later My Headpiece Finally Came Together!
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#31 My 13-Year-Old Niece Made This Entirely On Her Own! Happy Halloween
She just turned 13 last month but has been artistic and crafty since Day 1. She decided to make this Halloween costume based from 5 Nights at Freddy’s, and I think she did such an amazing job!! So proud of this kid and can’t wait to see some of the stuff she’s working on for ComicCon!
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#32 My Best Work
I’ve come close, but I haven’t been able to top this costume in my opinion. In 2014 I made myself a shrimp tempura roll out of cardboard, painted craft foam (shrimp/ cucumber/ crab/ avocado), packing peanuts (rice), pom poms (tobiko), and felt (nori). Bonus accessory: wasabi/ ginger headband LOL.
The best part is that I used biodegradable packing peanuts, then walked around San Francisco in it. By the end of the night they all shriveled up in the mist.
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#33 My Girl Agreed To Be The Shark From My Favorite Movie
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#34 I Work At An Accounting Firm And My Team Had A Little Halloween Lunch Today. I Came As A “Net Prophet”. I’m Crying. I Won A Prize
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#35 My Buddy And His 5 Kids Always Do It Up For Halloween
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#36 “Mars Attacks! Ack! Ack! Ack”
Martian Girl – Mars Attacks – 1996 film directed by Tim Burton.
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#37 My 2024 Halloween Creation – Coraline’s Other Mother
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#38 Is The Bob Ross Costume Played Out??
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#39 Worked So Hard On This I Wore It Twice, This Year I Won Multiple Awards
I’ve seen this done a lot but here’s my version. I make my costume every year but she’s truly been my pride and joy, and the enjoyment other people got was so touching. I won three contests including the grand prize two night hotel stay at a costume ball and last night I wore her at Disneyland where I was awarded cast favorite among thousands of amazing costumes. I’m sad I’ll have to retire her, but I do see bringing her out again in my future. I’ve really enjoyed seeing other people’s costumes, thank you for keeping the Halloween spirit alive! Hope everyone had a wonderful spooky season, I’m already counting the days until next year.
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#40 Wife(Middle) And Her Sisters
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#41 My Mario Costume For This Halloween
Had an early Halloween party this past weekend and put together a Mario costume on short notice.
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#42 My Late Grams Wig
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#43 My “Scary” Halloween Costume
Went with the top worst candies to receive… Dress is made out of licorice, candy corn, Raisinettes, good and plenty, Necco, peanut butter kisses, Circus peanuts and peeps. Also made jewelry to go with it.
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#44 My Daughter Is Obsessed With Opossums, So I Made This For Her Last Halloween
My daughter has been obsessed with opossums for years, and I thought I’d try making her a cool costume of her favorite marsupial! It was impossible to find a decent mask, so I had to make my own. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! Also made a posable tail but you can’t really see it in these photos.
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#45 Last Year’s Costume But I Didn’t Go Out So This Year’s Costume
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#46 If You Can Do The Voice This Costume Is Sooo Fun! “Help Is On The Way Dear!!!”
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#47 This Is My Oldest Kid’s Costume This Year. Proud Dad Moment
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#48 Omg
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