The season of the witch has come to an end, Pandas, and Mariah Carey has defrosted for the holidays once again. But we still have one more treat for those for whom Halloween is the most magical time of the year — the ultimate compilation of the best Halloween costumes people came up with this season.

Like Bill Hader’s character Steffon from SNL used to say, this Halloween had everything: from joke outfits like the recalled lettuce or student loan bills, to examples of exceptional craftsmanship when people dressed up as iconic popular culture characters or even as Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Check out the most interesting and creative costumes that went viral this year, and let us know what you dressed up as this Halloween!

#1 “Votes For Women”, I’m Going As A Suffragette For This Year’s Costume!

You know…just because.

#2 Happy October 31st To You All From Our Family To Yours. Be Safe And Enjoy Your Day

#3 My Backrooms Still-Life Cosplay!

A few people told me to post this here, even though my country doesn't celebrate Halloween this is definitely what I would have worn.

Suit is from AliExpress, I added the buttons, wig is an old lace front I had, and I sculpted the mask out of foam clay on a regular base mask!

IG: @leiasfx

#4 My Sister Told Me My Costume Wasn’t Giving Scary. The Hell It Ain’t

#5 No Trending Music. No AI. Just NYC During The Halloween

#6 One Of The Best Costumes I Found

#7 Uncle Fester

#8 I Was Princess Pinhead

#9 Jimothy

#10 Used Free Will And Decided To Be A Movie Poster

#11 My Doris Costume For The Shrek Party Tonight!

Doris if she were to dye her hair red, I should add… otherwise, ta-daaaa!

#12 My First Halloween Costume Of The Year… Princess Fiona

#13 Van Gogh's Starry Knight For Halloween 2026

#14 I’ve Always Wanted To Be Barf

I don’t claim to be a normal person, but since I was a kid I’ve wanted to dress up as Barf. This year I finally got to make that dream come true. Not sure if any of the little kids and their millennial parents will know who we are though.

No one can compare to the late and great John Candy, but I hope he’d approve!

#15 I’m Something Of A Big Cheese Around Here

#16 Victor. Richard. Costume Swap!

#17 Singing Jolene Tonight 4 U @dollyparton

#18 Halloween. Never Thought I’d Become The Mom Who Prefers A Family Costume , But I Do. This Is Who I Am Now. Hold My Calls

#19 Happy Halloweekend

#20 Social Media And Reality

#21 Nerds

#22 Ratatouille Dress

Made with a hoop skirt, tube top and lots of felt.

#23 I Was Surprised By How Many People Knew Who He Was

Couldn’t get the hair right though, and it didn’t really help that it rained almost all night!

#24 I Got Dressed As Gollum For My Work Halloween Party

I didnt even win the best best fancy dress.. surely that was rigged right?

#25 Halloween 2026: Kernel Sanders

It may sound corny, but every year I do a mashup/pun costume, and this year I went for something finger-licking good. I think it turned out a-maize-ing!

#26 We’re Taking Our Jobs As Scarers Very Seriously

#27 Got Stone For Halloween

#28 My Kid’s Headless Halloween Costume Is So Sick

#29 Won A Costume Contest And Delivered My Baby 2 Days Later

Love Halloween! Always have. When I learned I was having a baby during the spooky season, I could not be happier. One thing made me sad though. The thought that I would not be able to dress up for Halloween. So a couple of days before my induction, my husband and I decided to reuse our costumes we built from scratch. We hit up a costume contest and WON! I started my induction on a high. Now I'm a momma. What a wonderful year this has been!

#30 First Time Really Trying For Halloween

#31 Serving Major Halloween Inspo Cause This Body Is The Tea

#32 First Halloween Party Of 2026

#33 My Son Wanted To Be Doc Ock This Year!

Whew this one took awhile but so worth it in the end!

#34 She Just Keeps Going And Going And Going…

#35 Gladys

Theme for the party was villains. Gladys was an obvious choice. I sewed my own tops and made the jewelry. Hunted down the rest. Embodying Gladys on the dance floor was iconic. She definitely claps while she dances.

#36 Flying Monkey Time

Super budget mostly DIY flying monkey costume for an event at my significant other's work. They aren't gonna be ready for me and my monkey business.

#37 Mayor Mccheese

Every year I get asked, what are you gonna be for Halloween, and I start building things Nov 1st for the next year. Had 2 costumes built since May. Two weeks ago, I changed my plan. 1983 Mayor McCheese from McDonaldland. 3d modeled in blender. Helm took 8 days of printing, installed a camera system to see out of it. Don't forget to vote me as your Mayor in Nov.

#38 Sugar. In Water

#39 Going As The Big Bad Wo-...Grandma!

#40 I Am The Terror That Flaps In The Night!

#41 Friday Night Caption Contest

#42 Jack & Wendy Torrence

#43 First Halloween Party Of The Year Ft. Grandpa Who Ate Paint

Ngl I was pretty proud of this one. The paint on the lips was real paint so it flaked off pretty fast. I put my drink in my paint/yogurt container for the night which made for a fun prop.

#44 Rosie From The Jetsons

#45 My Doug Dimmadome Costume From A Few Nights Ago

#46 My Punny Costume: Handsome Squidward Games

#47 Vote For Oswald

#48 Matt Damon

#49 Color Drenched Monochrome Witches

#50 Linda And Bobby Belcher

Happy Halloween everyone!! I had a great year putting our Bob's Burger set up together this year!! I have my smiling bats, Burger of the day board, and some extras for the table. We had over 200 trick or treaters stop by today!!

#51 The Phantom Of The Opera & The Chandelier

#52 Effie Trinket

#53 Neverending Halloween

(The dog is ok)

#54 Crochet Long Furby Costume

#55 My Fire Giant Costume For Halloween!

#56 I Made Myself A Dandelion Costume And I Never Felt Prettier

#57 I Made My Dog The May Queen For Halloween

#58 My Halloween Costume This Year

#59 How Did We Do? Happy (Early) Halloween!

My wife crafted both costumes from scratch (with the exception of Katara's water pouch and her boots). She also did my bald cap and makeup.

I've wanted to be Aang since I was in middle-school/high-school. Some 20 years ago. I turned my wife into a fan during the pandemic. I've been trying to convince her of dressing up as Aang and Katara since. And after the new movie came out she said we could pull it off for Halloween this year.

A bit or a dream come true for me. Ngl.

#60 Ghosts And Goblins, Goblins And Ghosts, Yeah

#61 Finally, I Dressed Up As My Dream Halloween Costume... Vicar Amelia

#62 First Big Project Was This Years Costumes!

#63 My Daughter's Amazing Skull Kid Costume

Extremely proud Dad of all the hard work, sweat and tears my daughter put into creating her Skull Kid costume for Halloween. She's an amazing artist that spent a lot of time and detail to make it her own! The mask has the most hours in it but almost every part of the costume was custom made, all the way down to the pieces of bark individually glued to the morphsuit. Mom help with a some of the sewing as well.

#64 I Made A Samurai Darth Vader Costume In Time For Halloween

#65 My Barn Owl Costume

#66 Ready For Halloween

3D printed the Knight, Hornet and Pure Vessel helmets and weapons as a family costume.

#67 My Cad Bane Costume

#68 My Evil Man Ray Costume This Year

#69 Do You Like My Halloween Costume ?

#70 Since Everyone Is Posting Their Burgler Costumes For Halloween, Here's Me And My Mom

#71 4 Kids Showed Up With Spider-Man Costumes. So Naturally We Had To Recreate The Meme

#72 I’m Law She’s Roach

#73 Dot & Barf. Wifey Was A Real Sport This Year

#74 Hehe

I went as hot Patrick Star.

#75 I've Been Wanting To Do Jessica Rabbit For A Long Time!

#76 My Take On A Seraphim

#77 Mine And My Wife’s Costumes

#78 I Made A Postmodern Clown Costume

#79 3D Printed Halloween Costume Finished For My 10 Y/O Son

#80 I Made A Libra Costume For Halloween

#81 My Shaak Ti Costume!

#82 Halloween 2026

#83 One In The Stink

#84 I Am An Architect!!

I was determined to be the backrooms this year for Halloween. I traced a stencil out and spray painted the body suit and an accent on the hat. I ordered a bunch of dollhouse furniture and learned how to saw it to create the illusion. I’m super proud of how it all turned out!!

84 Of The Best And Most Interesting Halloween Costumes From 2026