Posted on Oct 16, 2021

47 Halloween Costume Ideas That Are Actually Good

I promise you'll find your next Halloween costume here.

by Spencer Althouse

BuzzFeed Staff

Depending on your location and vaccination status, Halloween may look a little more "normal" for you this year compared to 2020. Please continue to follow CDC guidelines for holiday celebrations.

Someone dressed as Casey being attacked by Ghostface in "Scream"

A woman dressed as Dorothy from "The Wizard of Oz," but half of her is in black and white and the other half is in color

Someone dressed as Lara Croft...while holding Kraft mac 'n' cheese noodles

A woman wearing sweats that have removable cardboard body parts labeled, and grilling tongs as the tool

A woman dressed as Chocolate Lady from "SpongeBob," pushing her "mom" (a limbless skeleton) in a wheelchair

Someone dressed as Evan Hansen (arm cast, blue shirt) from the Broadway Show, but also wearing antlers to look like a deer

Dobby the Elf...but posed sexily

Someone wearing a Starbucks apron and another wearing a brown dress with white feathers at the top as whipped cream

Someone dressed for a New Year's party with 2020 sunglasses in one pic vs. the next pic where the 2020 has now become blood

Two people wearing matching sweaters with name tags while pushing a shopping cart and carrying a giant ice cream inflatable

A woman dressed as a strip of bacon, holding bacon, wearing a name tag that says "Kevin"

Four people, each dressed as a differently colored MM

A woman holding a fake Oscar while wearing a robe with stuffed bunnies attached to it

A woman dressed as Ruth Bader Ginsburg...but holding a lightsaber with a gavel on the other end of it

Two people with green lace flowing down as a tress with working lights attached

A man dressed as a basketball player while wearing an inflatable tube donut

Someone dressed in red with their face cut into the backdrop of the "CrazySexyCool" album

A little kid dressed as Forky from "Toy Story 4"

Someone dressed as Beetlejuice

Someone dressed in Penny Proud's signature outfit

Someone with a poster board with "Floreda" written on it and an orange taped to the front

Someone dressed as Voldemort while wearing Lorde's dress and wig

Someone in a red dress while holding a sandwich

Someone with a hockey puck sticking out of their face and fake blood streaming down

Someone painted red, with horns, holding a Runway magazine and a Prada purse

Two people dressed as Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart, holding a tray of brownies, and wearing shirts that read "bakers gonna bake"

Someone dressed as Leela with a giant fake eye on their forehead

Three teachers dressed as the Sanderson Sisters from "Hocus Pocus"

Someone dressed up as a moth and another person dressed as the lamp from "A Christmas Story"

Someone dressed as Dooneese in a yellow dress

Dooneese in a yellow dress on "SNL"

Two people dressed as the monster parents from "Beetlejuice"

Someone dressed as a bloody bee while holding a knife

One man wearing a robe with a rug-burned mustache, and a woman wearing censored leotard and glasses

Someone sitting at a table, molding clay, with a blow-up doll of Patrick Swayze behind them

Two people dressed in all-denim, perfectly matching Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake's 2001 red carpet look

One person wearing red sweats with a hood as a dragon's mouth, and another dressed as the Matchmaker from "Mulan"

Four people painted green and posing as toy soldier toys

A woman dressed as a Publishers Clearing House winner (robe and face mask and all), and a spokesperson with a giant check

Someone dressed as Guy Fieri (goatee, dyed hair, flames t-shirt), standing next to an open fridge

A couple dressed as Tom Hanks' character and Wilson the volleyball from "Cast Away"

Someone in a giant pink robe with a pig's nose on their face

A man in a pickle costume and his partner dressed as a doe

Someone dressed as a still painting with a text bubble coming out of their head

A group of friends dressed as painter Bob Ross and some green trees

A side-by-side of a drunk Meredith from "The Office" and a woman dressed just like her

Someone dressed as Mrs. Doubtfire with singe marks over their breasts

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