50 People Who Took Halloween Costumes To a Whole New Level Of Awesomeness
They must have invested so much time and effort into their costumes!
Life is usually pretty boring; most places have dress codes, and even when they do not, it's not like you can dress up as Batman and just walk around without everyone suspecting that you are completely insane. If you are confident enough, maybe you could pull it off, but everyone will still think something's wrong with you if you do it enough times.
That is why the best time of the year is Halloween. It is one of the few times in the year when you can express yourself as you wish and impress people with your amazing costume-making skills. You could always buy a ready-to-wear costume, but it kind of takes some of the fun out of it, and most prebuilt costumes are either way too expensive or too inexpensive and cheap-looking.
That's why most people prefer to do it on their own so they can customize their costumes as they wish. The people in the photos below managed to pull off some of the coolest Halloween costumes, either individually or as a complete group.
They invested a lot of time and effort into their costumes and received the attention and praise they deserve. Scroll down and check them out for yourself!
1. "Scooby Doo Halloween Family"
noahbodty2. "Imagine Seeing Someone Wearing This On Halloween"
*Instantly starts to run like a crazy person*
reddit.com3. Freddie Mercury Krueger
jared531
4. The Most Perfect Yet Creepiest Halloween Costume
Kelsey Brooke
5. "Entering A Costume Contest Next Weekend"
crazy-chicken-chick
6. She really thought about every detail.
BettyBish
7. "My Medusa Build Using Foam Mats From The Dollar Store"
sheilaszilagyi
8. "Halloween Is Coming"
DmitriyBragin
9. She even got the lights on it and everything.
dorkspawncos
10. "Rosey The Robot From The Jetsons. Handmade Costume By My Roommate"
evemarieee
11. "A Krampus A Day Keeps The Xmas Away"
Chance_the_Author
12. "Never Gonna Give You Up"
Ahmitts
13. "My Very 2020 Halloween Costume. An N95 Fits Inside The Mask, And The Atomizer I’m Holding Is Filled With Hand Sanitizer"
AleaLudo
14. "Happy Halloween From Zamunda To Queens"
Ntuggle
15. "A Happy Belated Halloween From Our Artsy Family"
Al_Eltz
16. Adam's Family Halloween
rgr33572
17. "We Are Venom"
Garrettmckean
18. "My Halloween Costume: Mary Poppins! I've Been Working On It All Summer In Quarantine"
breathcue
19. "After Getting Hit By A Car This Year, I Thought This Was The Only Appropriate Costume For Halloween"
sushicats
20. "I Was A Victorian Ghost For Halloween"
doodlesinthedark
21. "Was Told My Wife's Halloween Makeup Belonged Here"
Doug_E_Fresh_1385
22. "Covid Ruined My Halloween"
MrYaksha
23. "My Wife Made Her Own How To Train Your Dragon Costume From Scratch For Halloween"
mageosnsu
24. She has every right to be excited; it looks amazing!
cutiepiesensei
25. "My Friends Airbender Halloween Costume"
cupcakesloth94
26. Danny Devito's Penguin
goaheadblameitonme
27. "Put Me In Coach, Just Give Me A Chance"
jackabone
28. "But Remember, We’re The Wet Bandits"
rstan25
29. "A Local Bar Holds St. Patrick Swayze Day Every Year For His Birthday; Here Is My Costume"
thetallgirll
30. Family Costume Halloween 2020
cynhtwe
31. "I Decided To Dress Up As A Vampire For Halloween"
Justokayscott
32. "HELLO OCTOBER 👀🎃"
aannggeellll
33. Vice Presidential Debate Fly
CmR85x2
34. "Got A Little Groovy This Year As A Lava Lamp"
shineadigans
35. "Can’t Believe We’re In October Already. Who Remembers When I Pulled This Prank On My Brother 2 Years Ago? 😂"
jaysstylefeed
36. "This Year I Decided To Be A Murderous Mermaid For Halloween! It Took Me About 4.5 Hours"
petfreak
37. "My Friend Rae Has Her Own Latex Company; This Is Her Handmade Costume This Year"
LeoGreywolf
38. "I’ve Come To The Realization That Dressing Up As The Opposite Gender For Halloween Is Significantly Underrated"
habaroa
39. "Thought I'd Share My Family's Halloween Costumes Pre-Covid. It Sucks So Bad That Halloween Festivities In My Area Have Dwindled Even More"
mrypopabtch
40. "Post Malone For Halloween. Turned Out Better Than Anticipated"
crepuscularalex
41. "My 13-Year-Old Wanted To Be A Creepy Rabbit, So I Made Him This"
Flierfli
42. "I Cannot For The Life Of Me Understand Why Small Children Take So Long To Grow Up. I Think They Do It Deliberately, Just To Annoy Me"
pinkmanpaul
43. This guy absolutely nailed Sweeney Todd.
S Nicole Photography
44. "I'm Doing A Costume A Day For October. Today Is Day 1/31: Lumiere From Beauty And The Beast"
josiemarcellino
45. "I’m Up For Tenure Today And Figured This Was The Best Way To Put A Spell On My Admins. Fingers Crossed"
TerpinOne
46. "My Doom Suit I Made For Halloween This Year"
DansJungle
47. Morticia And Gomez
Kenziejayne
48. "My Daughter's Bat Morph Suit"
mountainmorticia
49. "Happy Halloween From The Torrance Family"
johannasburg
50. "My Brother As 'The Dude' "
luvgun21
52. People love swiping, so his costume probably received a lot of attention.
The creative side of the internet is pretty much the best category there is. It reminds you just how talented and imaginative some people really are. Halloween costume making is a field where you could really prosper if you happen to be a creative person with a lot of different ideas in your head.
The amount of detail in some of the costumes above is just amazing. It must have taken some of them a significant amount of time to get these costumes ready and looking as good as they ended up looking. They definitely deserve all the attention they're getting.