50 Creative People Who Came Up With Genius Halloween Costume Ideas

With only a week until Halloween, you probably already have your costume figured out… right? Or are you just going to cut out a few holes in a white sheet and go as a ghost? Well, just in case you haven’t figured out your costume yet, we might have some inspiration for you.

People online are sharing their amazing Halloween costumes and they will make you think “Man, why didn’t I think of that?” (and the answer is “because you’re lazy”). Zombies, anglerfish, and even horseshoe crabs – some peoples’ creativity never ceases to amaze us. Check out the most creative Halloween costumes in the gallery below and don’t forget – you’re never too old to dress up for Halloween!

#1 9-Year-Old With Cerebral Palsy Dresses Up As Beetlejuice For Halloween

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#2 An 88 Year Old Woman And Her 92 Year Old Husband Attend A Halloween Party

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#3 Daughter Becomes Dad As Costume

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#4 The Little Girl That Was Mesmerized By Michelle Obama’s Official Portrait Last March Dressed Up As Her This Halloween

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#5 My Son Is 4 With Cerebral Palsy. Every Year My Amazing Wife Builds Him A Costume To Go On His Wheelchair

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He’s been obsessed with Polar Express so this year he went as a train engineer. Woo woo!

#6 My Heart Melt When This Popped Up On My Feed

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#7 Tripod Got My Vote At The Costume Contest

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#8 Halloween At The Office

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#9 Best Halloween Duo I’ve Seen This Year

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#10 My 6 Year Old Sister Wanted To Be Coraline For Halloween And For Me To Accompany Her As The Other Mother. Here Is Our Result!

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#11 No, No. Too Scary For Me

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#12 This Kid’s “Tired Mom” Costume

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#13 My High School Art Teacher’s Amazing Van Gogh Costume

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#14 My Nephew Had A Six-Hour Heart Surgery The Day Before Halloween. This Is How They Solved His Walking Restriction For Trick Or Treating

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#15 She Even Giggles When You Poke Her Belly Button

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#16 I Was Asked “Why Didn’t You Dress Up For Halloween?”

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#17 My Daughter’s Preschool Had A Costume Party Last Halloween. There Were 9 Princesses, 2 Super Heroes, And 1 Garbage Truck. She Was The Garbage Truck

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#18 I Don’t Know If The Town Is Ready For My Trick Or Treaters Or Not

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#19 Just In Time For Halloween, Anglerfish Costumes

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#20 She Refused To Smile The Entire Time In Costume

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#21 We Won The Yuk Yuk’s Comedy Halloween Costume Challenge

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#22 A Wild Horseshoe Crab In Its Natural Habitat

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#23 My Wife Was In An Accident About 2 Months Ago Resulting In A Severe Brain Injury. We Thought We’d Make The Most Of The Situation

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#24 Freddy Mercury Halloween Costume

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#25 Pretty Unique Halloweeen Costume – Dead Body On Mount Everest

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#26 Created A Mask Of My Face For Halloween

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#27 Some Cop In My Hometown Winning Halloween

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#28 My Best Friend Handmade A Skunk Costume For My Kid’s First Halloween

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#29 Mexican Climbing A Wall Costume

#30 My Daughters As Maria And Luigia

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#31 I Told A Kid In My Neighborhood I Loved His Costume. He Replied With Asking Me If I Would “Bite His Shiny Metal Butt”

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#32 I Don’t Know Whose Kid This Is But I Love This Costume

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#33 Some Girls Want To Be Disney Princesses For Halloween. Others Walk A Different Path… It’s The Expression That Really Sells It

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#34 My Nephew Was Bob Ross For Halloween

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#35 For Her First Halloween, She Became A Free Elf

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#36 My Friend Won The Halloween Costume Contest. Are You Surprised?

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#37 What A Fun Guy. Get It. Fun Guy

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#38 I Made An Ewok Costume For My Daughter

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#39 My First Halloween As A Double Below The Knee Amputee. Forrest Gump And Lieutenant Dan

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#40 Straight Outta Hell

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The hubs and I are super into the holiday and go all out with months of sfx work. Everything is made from scratch and if it’s not, its been reworked to make a custom piece.