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Halloween Is Right Around The Corner, So Here Are 49 Costume Ideas Inspired By This Year

From Shang-Chi to Boris Johnson's running outfit.

Hi, I'm Sam, and I love Halloween! I love it so much, I should really be an American.

So, to celebrate my love of spooky szn, I thought I would start an annual tradition of rounding up costume ideas based on things that have happened this year. Here are 48 things you could be for Halloween 2021 based on the year so far.

1. Starting with, of course, Lil Nas X as the Devil

2. A Squid Game player

3. A Squid Game guard

4. Or the creepy killer statue from Squid Game

5. A petrol pump

6. Cruella De Vil from Cruella

7. Boris Johnson's running outfit

“The closest thing to the Emperor’s New Clothes without actually ‘jogging’ naked through the streets.” https://t.co/29OTIh2f9E

Twitter: @HuffPostUK

8. The COVID vaccine

9. Kim Kardashian at the Met Gala

10. Dan Levy at the Met Gala

11. Troye Sivan at the Met Gala

12. Dogecoin

13. An unshowered Jake Gyllenhaal

14. Ted Cruz on his way to Cancun

Ted Cruz: “America doesn’t leave Americans behind!!” Also Ted Cruz when a major snowstorm hits his state: *flees to Cancun

Twitter: @Ross_Swim14

15. Lucille Bluth from Arrested Development

16. Basically anyone from the ton of Marvel shows and movies we got this year!

17. Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood

18. Ted Lasso

19. Vampire Ed Sheeran from the "Bad Habits" video

20. A soggy popcorn salad

I wish a bitch would bring that shit out 😭😭😭😭😭😭

Twitter: @AudVisuals

21. TIX from Eurovision

22. Harley Quinn from The Suicide Squad

23. Harry Styles at the Grammys

24. Phoebe Bridgers at the Grammys

25. Luca and Alberto from Luca

26. A pregnant James Charles

27. The Sour album cover

28. Laura Dern at the Oscars

29. Alan S. Kim at the Oscars

30. H.E.R. at the Oscars

31. The container ship that got stuck in the Suez Canal

My ambitious plan to free the boat is to push a huge cotton swab up the canal

Twitter: @KarlreMarks

32. Lyutsifer Safin from No Time To Die

33. A weed gummy from SNL

34. The Titanic Iceberg from SNL

35. Or Guaplord and SmokeCheddaThaAssGetta from SNL

36. Doja "chicken" Cat

Fans think @DojaCat wore chicken feet boots to the #VMAs in response to a tweet that went viral last month.

Twitter: @PopCrave

37. Mabel Mora from Only Murders In The Building

38. EITHER a white woman's Instagram, or Bo Burnham himself.

39. Megan Fox at the MTV Video Music Awards

40. Billionaire Rihanna

41. Knitwear era Tom Daley

42. Old Evan from Dear Evan Hansen

43. Cuthbert the Caterpillar

Twitter: @AldiUK

44. Raya from Raya and the Last Dragon

45. The Darkling from Shadow and Bone

46. Blue Shirt Guy from Free Guy

47. Space cowboy Jeff Bezos

48. Candyman

49. And finally, an impeached Trump

Don't ask me how to do some of these – it is a mountain you must climb. And if you do choose to take on any, feel free to lmk by any means necessary.

Press dress up responsibly and don't appropriate cultures that aren't yours.

Do you have any 2021 costume suggestions that we missed? Let us know in the comments!

Psst! Did you hear that Tasty has its very own Halloween TV special? Snoop & Martha's Very Tasty Halloween premieres Thursday, October 21 only on Peacock. Check it out!

Tasty's Halloween special