Halloween! It’s one of the most fun holidays of the year – and for kids? It’s a day where they can dress up in adorable costumes and go trick-or-treating until they have all the candy they can imagine! What’s really great is when the parents put some thought and creativity into it to make the coolest costumes ever.
Here are 60 kids who had the best costumes of the year.
Perhaps this can be some inspiration for next year if you have a little one in your life
1) Baby grandma
This little girl is dressed up like a little old lady and it’s beyond adorable. Look at her cotton ball hair!
2) Genius Superman wheelchair costume
This young boy got to be a superhero for a day when his parents created this awesome Superman costume to fit over his wheelchair. So precious.
3) When you just can’t choose
She couldn’t decide between The Hulk and a fairy – so, she went with both! And we applaud her for her decision.
4) The sweetest snail on the planet
There is so much amazing stuff happening here it’s hard to know where to start. Her little ‘feelers,’ the shell, and the lights in her trail! So very sweet.
5) Terrifying and impressive at the same time
The parents of this little girl went the morbid route this year. Instead of a cute pumpkin or princess, they went with this ‘headless’ body with the floating head. Genius.
6) Girl power!
“These three girls dressed up as the women portrayed in “Hidden Figures” are winners!”
7) A pretty little jellyfish
How cute would it be to see this glowing jellyfish bobbing up and down the street while trick-or-treating? The hook of the umbrella serves as a holder for her candy bucket!
8) Coolest parents ever.
A 9-year-old with cerebral palsey was dressed up as Beetlejuice for Halloween and there are so many spot-on details, it’s just fantastic.
9) Imitation is the highest form of flattery!
This sweet little girl wanted to dress up like her Grandma for Halloween and we’d have to say she nailed it. Grandma must be so flattered.
10) Two months well spent
“Spent 2 months making Lego Spiderman, my son won first place at his contest.”
11) Well, you gotta play the role!
“I told a kid in my neighborhood I loved his costume. He replied with asking me if I would “bite his shiny metal ass.”
12) Baby President coming through
This is one of the cutest dad and son costumes we’ve seen. The little boy is the President with his dad as the Secret Service protecting him.
13) Almost creepier than the movie!
This 5-year-old girl dressed as Pennywise from ‘It’ is seriously creepy and seriously amazing. The parents nailed so many details about this costume!
14) Maybe just as smelly?
This homemade skunk costume is so sweet! And it will be so fitting once they have a full, stinky diaper that needs to be changed.
15) This kid thinks outside of the box…or…in it.
“So last year my kid wanted to be a mailbox for Halloween. This year, he wanted to be a vending machine. Here are the results…”
16) It was meant to be
This little girl is dressed up like Billy from Stranger Things and we can’t believe how perfect it is. The hair and that mustache! It’s too much.
17) Tiny Edward Scissorhands
This little Edward Scissorhands is too cute for words. The costume is perfect and his facial expression is just like Johnny Depp’s in the movie.
18) Zombie apocalypse in a neighborhood near you
These terrifying trick-or-treaters even got there dog in the mix with their creepy costumes! Hopefully they didn’t scare any little ones in the neighborhood.
19) All too relatable
This girl’s ‘Tired Mom’ costume probably got some laughs from all the real moms out there. The doll tied around the ankle is priceless. And the Target bag with a bottle of wine is fantastic.
20) Worth a moment to appreciate this
This little girl is the creepy girl from The Ring, but not only that, the parents took the costume a step further by actually having her crawl out of a ‘TV’. Amazing!
21) Every parent needs to know how to sew
“I figured out how to use a sewing machine and made my son a Jawa costume.”
22) So innocently adorable
This little boy was dressed up as Calvin while he held his little Hobbes. It’s almost too cute for words.
23) Daddy’s girl
This daddy and daughter duo is too cute it almost hurts. She wanted to dress up as her favorite guy and they couldn’t be more adorable.
24) Mini Jon Snow
With curly dark hair like that, it was pretty much impossible not to dress him up as Jon Snow from Game of Thrones. They used the white Pomeranian as Ghost.
25) Scary!
These parents made their 4-year-old daughter a homemade Xenomorph costume and it’s terrifyingly awesome.
26) He wasn’t into it
A woman shared a photo of her nephew at school. He was not very happy about being a cheeseburger for Halloween. We, however, love it.
27) Have you ever seen a cuter porcupine?
This little guy is a spiky porcupine and we’re loving everything about it. And that’s a porcupine that you want to snuggle with!
28) Cuteness overload
“We’ve watched Beauty and the Beast too many times to count- She is lucky she has the cutest beast that puts up with her shenanigans!”
29) Another wheelchair costume for the win!
These parents used the wheelchair as the perfect set-up for Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s desk. The backdrop is too cute!
30) The happiest train conductor
Here’s yet another genius and creative wheelchair costume – this time, it’s a train! Apparently he’s a big fan of ‘Polar Express’.
31) A very dedicated weatherman
Kids come up with the darnedest costumes sometimes – like this one, a weatherman. He’s really going over-the-top with the theatrics and we’re obsessed.
32) Stranger Things fans are melting
Here’s another Stranger Things costume that is almost too good. This mini Dustin is so cute and it’s so spot on with the missing teeth and everything.
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33) Kids + ‘It’ = Internet gold
This baby and big brother ‘IT’ costume might be one of the best things to ever exist. The sewer grate and those eyebrows are too hilarious.
34) When you ace ‘Ace Ventura’
This young man absolutely nailed his ‘Ace Ventura’ costume and he’s clearly been practicing his facial expressions as well.
35) A sweet horseshoe crab
Here you are seeing an adorable horseshoe crab in her natural habitat. Her little feet sticking out the back is just too funny.
36) Well-played, Mom. Well-played.
When it’s Halloween and your daughter is teething, you play to her strengths.”
37) The sweetest little Hobbit you ever did see
You know that feeling when you just want to pinch the cheeks of a cute toddler? It’s hard not to have that urge when you see these photos.
38) Adult-child costume combos are the best
“My 6 year old sister wanted to be Coraline for Halloween and for me to accompany her as the Other Mother. Here is our result!”
39) Tyler Perry fans will love this
Ladies and gentlemen, this little boy’s parents dressed him up as Mr. Brown from Tyler Perry’s “Meet The Browns” – and she’s Cora.
40) It Crowd costume
While other girls were dressing up as Elsa – she was going to do her own thing as Moss from the show It Crowd.
41) So cute you could shed a tear
This little girl was absolutely mesmerized by Michelle Obama’s famous portrait. So? That’s who she dressed up as for Halloween. Our hearts!
42) Michael and…Waldo?
Look closely at these two amazing costumes. Yep, you read that right. There are two kiddos in this photo!
43) Precious princesses
“This girl in my town has spinal muscular atrophy, and her parents made her a Cinderella carriage around her wheelchair.”
44) Rugrats!
If you ever watched the hit cartoon ‘Rugrats!’ from the 90s, you’ll definitely get a kick out of these two cutie pies. They look just like them!
45) Pillsbury Dough Girl
This smile could melt the coldest of hearts! I wonder if she giggles when you poke her in the belly. We bet she does!
46) Her legs are the flames!
This astronaut with a jet pack costume is far more than meets the eye. Her little legs are actually the flames! So creative and cute.
47) This kid is going places
We have to give this kid a round of applause for his creative and definitely one-of-a-kind costume! People are probably a bit taken aback when he knocks on their door.
48) Not everyone can handle it
Little Miss No-Face showed up to school but her classmates weren’t really loving the idea. But at least it made for some great photos.
49) Can he breathe in that thing?
This young man came up with this unique and creative costume. We just hope he can breathe okay in that plastic jar.
50) Young kids as Pennywise is just fantastic
Here we have yet another perfect Pennywise, definitely winning ‘best costume’ in the classroom.
51) The perfect costume for infants or toddlers
This 5-month-old baby is perfectly dressed up as a Cabbage Patch Kid with the stroller as the box. So amazing and sweet.
52) Kids these days
This 7-year-old little girl dressed up as pop star Post Malone for Halloween and completely nailed it. Face tattoos and all!
53) It just doesn’t get old
Here, this Pennywise happens to be a 5-year-old little girl. She’s really worked on that scary facial expression.
54) A couple of cute Rubik’s cubes
These two are just too cute for words with their solved Rubik’s cube costumes. Good job, mom and dad.
55) Goonies never say die!
Goonies fans will love this little guy’s costume. He’s the unsightly but lovable Sloth! Yes, it’s a mask, but it’s still amazing.
56) Princess Fiona is the sweetest
This tiny little girl is a perfect Princess Fiona from Shrek and we can’t even handle how adorably cute she is. Mom really did a great job!
57) Simple and sweet
Sometimes you just feel like being your favorite thing – McDonald’s french fries. I mean, can you blame the girl?
58) Tiniest Rocketman
This baby dressed up as Elton John is the best thing we’ve seen in a long time. We see a rockstar in the making!
59) A family of winners!
Here we have a family of achievers all dressed up as gold sports trophies. That had to take a lot of gold paint!
60) You want to roll your eyes but you’re also impressed
This young lady thought it would be funny to dress up as a Tide Pod for Halloween – and we’d have to agree.
Whether it was the parents’ idea or the kids – these Halloween costumes are award-winning! Which one was your favorite?
H/T: Bored Panda