These 17 Costumes Will Make You Want To Go As A Harry Potter Character This Halloween

From the brilliantly simple to the marvellously intricate.

We recently asked members of the BuzzFeed Community to show us their best Harry Potter-inspired Halloween costumes. Here are the adorable, impressive, and totally magical results:

1. This beautifully illuminated stag Patronus:

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"The light packs made me 10 degrees hotter all night, but being a Patronus was AMAZING!" – KLB90

2. This totally inspired Professor Quirrell:

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"After losing my hair to Alopecia, I got to go as two Harry Potter characters in the same year: S-s-s-stuttering Professor Quirrell and Voldemort." – brittneypasekel

3. This adorable mini Harry and Hermione:

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"My family is OBSESSED with Harry Potter. My kids went as Harry and Hermione, complete with hand-whittled wands." – romelial2

4. These characters you love to hate:

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"Umbridge, Bellatrix, and Fluffy." – hollyh4f4af2be0

5. As well as these fabulously stylish villains:

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(L-R: Gilderoy Lockhart, Rita Skeeter, Professor Umbridge, Lucius Malfoy, Bellatrix Lestrange, and Narcissa Malfoy.)

6. These ~fantastic~ costumes:

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(L-R: Percival Graves, Tina Goldstein, Newt Scamander, Queenie Goldstein, and Seraphina Picquery.)

7. This totally misunderstood pair:

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"Moaning Myrtle and Sirius Black." – catherinemaryb

8. This professor who can foresee winning the costume contest:

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"Professor Trelawney." – erinc4c3eac7a5

9. This Harry and his feathery companion:

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"Harry and Hedwig at a Potter-themed Halloween party. I was finding feathers in my apartment for a good year after making that costume." – Kbshaw89

10. And their way-too-adorable miniatures:

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11. These Weasley twins and their Wheezes:

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"My sister and I went to PotterCon as Fred and George Weasley (in their Weasley Wizard Wheezes uniforms, of course!). We also had a trunk full of 'wheezes', if you will, although we weren't allowed to bring it into the venue." – MrsHelmick

12. This group costume that looks like way too much fun:

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"Dumbledore, Hagrid, Moaning Myrtle, and Bellatrix." – jennyl4d95d7e28

13. This friendly-looking Mandrake, complete with a warning to wear earmuffs:

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14. This unlikely group of friends who'd definitely have fun:

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"Luna, Bellatrix, and Rita!" – ciarag

15. This baby Harry, with a house-proud blanket:

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"The boy who stayed up past his bedtime." – shannonshere

16. This pair of House Elves, complete with odd socks:

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"My best friend and I are huge Harry Potter nerds. We've dressed up for midnight movie premieres, but this Halloween as Dobby and Winky is definitely my favourite." – avaccher

17. And this brilliantly simple broomstick:

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"I once dressed up as a Firebolt." – laurav49049ea8b

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