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

    From the brilliantly simple to the marvellously intricate.

    Ellie Bate
    by Ellie Bate

    BuzzFeed Staff

    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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    – Laura Heras

    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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