100 Halloween Costumes You'll Love

Ranked #3,717 in Squidoo Community, #285,356 overall | Donates to Squidoo Charity Fund

Who (or what) are you going to be this year?

Halloween is the one day of the year that we all get to try out a new personality or alter ego without getting strange looks from our friends and colleagues but sometimes it's hard to choose. You might ask yourself, "Should I be something scary, or funny, or sweet?"

Over the years, the talented lensmasters at Squidoo have shared thousands of costume ideas for you to "try on" all with easy to follow directions and links to help you find everything you'll need to be the best dressed trick-or-treater on All Hallows Eve.

This Best Of Squidoo MonsterBoard features 100 of our favorite brand new Halloween costume lenses to help you narrow down your search for the perfect Halloween ensemble for 2011. Whether you've chosen to dress devilish and demon-like or cute and cuddly, we're sure you'll find something to love.

Browse through the following creative lenses to find cool costumes for everyone in the family in sizes to fit infants through adult. You'll even see some awesome costume ideas to get your pets dressed and ready for the big day. Happy costume hunting!

Photo Credit

A Cornucopia of Colorful and Creative Costume Ideas

Each one guaranteed to net you a bag full of candy!

Browse through each of the following 100 lenses for more super stellar costume ideas than you can shake a stick of gum at!

Best of Halloween at Squidoo Challenge

Stop by on Halloween to vote!

All day long on Halloween (October 31, 2011) we'll be featuring 50 of the best Halloween lenses that were submitted to the HAPPYHalloween Challenge 2011. Please stop by to see if your lens has been chosen as a finalist and to vote for your favorite lens.
5 lucky winners will receive prizes. Read all about it here:

ps... The HAPPYHalloween contest quest was only sent to the top 2000 lensmasters in the Holidays & Celebrations category.
Loading

Say Boo to the Costume Lens Designers Here

Happy Halloween!

And please do tell us which costume you've decided to wear this year.

  • molometer Nov 13, 2011 @ 6:38 pm | delete
    Cool lens
  • River88 Nov 9, 2011 @ 3:49 am | delete
    Thanks so much for choosing my 7 Silly Costumes To Tickle Your Funny Bone lens! I'm honored!
  • mermaidlife Nov 4, 2011 @ 2:58 am | delete
    Wowee thank you for listing my Sea Creature Infant Costume lens here! What an honor!
  • PacificTransfer Oct 31, 2011 @ 1:02 pm | delete
    Amy Winehouse Holloween costume? Are we being serious here?
  • TNThompson Oct 31, 2011 @ 11:30 am | delete
    Yay! My Cool Halloween costumes is on here! :) Thanks!
  • michellemuggli Oct 31, 2011 @ 9:12 am | delete
    Cool! My Sexy Scary Halloween Costumes lens is here. Happy Halloween everyone!
  • Oct 29, 2011 @ 8:48 pm | delete
    cool!
  • Oct 29, 2011 @ 8:43 pm | delete
    best lens for halloween for me!
  • Upon-Request Oct 29, 2011 @ 10:15 am | delete
    Thanks for adding my fairy costume lens!
  • jembie Oct 29, 2011 @ 8:18 am | delete
    WOW! I can't believe I got in! AWESOME!!!
  • Duane_Jackson Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:48 pm | delete
    It's an honor to be among all these wonderful lensmasters! I'm humbled.
  • ArtByLinda Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:26 pm | delete
    What a wonderful group of costume lens ideas, thank you for choosing my Unique and Fun Halloween Costumes lens. I really appreciate it!
    Linda
  • terrapin719 Oct 28, 2011 @ 7:24 pm | delete
    Thank you for including me here!!!
  • Jolene_Belmain Oct 28, 2011 @ 5:52 pm | delete
    These are all fantastic lenses... thank-you so much for adding my lens to this, it was an awesome surprise to see :) You made my day!!
  • kindlegeek Oct 28, 2011 @ 5:24 pm | delete
    Great selection! Thanks for adding my Couples Costumes lens
  • InSearchOf Oct 28, 2011 @ 4:52 pm | delete
    I'm honored to be among these great lensmasters. Thank you for including my Amy Winehouse Halloween costume lens.
  • StacyBirch Oct 28, 2011 @ 4:22 pm | delete
    Thanks for putting me on here.
  • boutiqueshops Oct 28, 2011 @ 4:16 pm | delete
    Wow ~ thank you for featuring my Red Skull Costume from Captain America lens! I'm truly honored!
  • Kimbesa Oct 28, 2011 @ 4:15 pm | delete
    I haven't chosen a costume yet...Thanks for including my Steampunk Halloween Gear lens. I'm honored to be in such company. Maybe some Squid Glitz will rub off! Thanks!
  • egosney78 Oct 28, 2011 @ 2:06 pm | delete
    I was flattered to receive the invitation to the Happy Halloween SquidQuest, and I am even more honored to see I made it to the top 100! Thanks for selecting my Mother and Daughter Costume lens!
  • howdoyouspellstupid Oct 28, 2011 @ 12:55 pm | delete
    Yay!! Thank you for featuring my Zombie Face Paint lens!!
    I'm actually going to be Zombie Tinkerbell for Halloween, so I was able to use the research I did for that lens! It's great!
  • kidgrifter Oct 28, 2011 @ 12:51 pm | delete
    My Glee lens made the cut! Thank you!
  • WindyWinters Oct 28, 2011 @ 12:49 pm | delete
    Thanks for including my Scream Costumes and now I'm going to Scream if I see one this Halloween!
  • pepys Oct 28, 2011 @ 12:20 pm | delete
    I am a pirate at hearts, so its Davy Jones for me. And thank yoy for including my scariest halloween costumes lens.
  • Starving_Artist Oct 28, 2011 @ 12:12 pm | delete
    wonderful lens, great idea and thanks so much!
  • Frischy Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:29 am | delete
    Thank you for including my Amazing Halloween Costumes lens! You just made my day!
  • cgreen7090 Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:25 am | delete
    Thanks for including How to Make a Civil War Costume in your collection. It is a unique idea for those who are tired of the same ol' same old.
  • cocopreme Oct 28, 2011 @ 11:24 am | delete
    Awesome roundup. Looking spooky. Thrilled my mad scientist costume lens is on this. Thanks!
  • Amkatee Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:59 am | delete
    It's not ranked very high, but you've included my Muppet Costume Lens. Thank you so much!
  • Serenia Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:48 am | delete
    OMG. Thank you so much for choosing my sons cute scarecrow costume. This is truely an honour. What makes it better is that this lens was the very first and so far is the only halloween lens I have made.
  • stylishimo Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:47 am | delete
    Yay! Thanks for featuring my French Revolution costume lens, and congrats to everyone else.
  • sandyspider Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:39 am | delete
    Way Cool! Thanks for featuring my Happy Halloween Dog Costume lens. Congrats to everyone being featured.
  • Koupie Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:35 am | delete
    Wonderful lenses, so many great ideas :) Thank you for featuring my Owl Costume lens.
  • KonaGirl Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:34 am | delete
    WhooHoo! Thanks so much for featuring two of my Halloween costume lens and a Happy Halloweenie to All.
  • jptanabe Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:32 am | delete
    Love it! And thanks for featuring my Scary Legendary Creatures Costumes!
  • plrsource Oct 28, 2011 @ 10:22 am | delete
    What a great list......Thank You for putting up my Inflatable Costumes....... :>)
  • vallain Oct 28, 2011 @ 9:40 am | delete
    What a great selection of costume pages and I'm not just saying that because you included my Bloody Weapons lens. The lensmasters are getting quite creative in coming up with topics.
  • pramodbisht Oct 28, 2011 @ 3:20 am | delete
    :)
  • kab Oct 27, 2011 @ 8:54 pm | delete
    Very nice list. My Bruno Mars made it!
  • _Joan_ Oct 27, 2011 @ 5:30 pm | delete
    What great-looking costume lenses! Thank you for including Milhouse!
  • LyricalVenus Oct 27, 2011 @ 3:51 pm | delete
    So many great ideas!
  • Susan52 Oct 27, 2011 @ 3:27 pm | delete
    Love the creative topics!
  • paperfacets Oct 27, 2011 @ 1:59 pm | delete
    I am honored that Belle Starr has been given a space here. I have just finished a bio and thought a few links in getting a side-saddle would be helpful for the Starr costumer. A few buckshot wounds in the back could complete the Halloween effect.
  • Sylvestermouse Oct 27, 2011 @ 1:47 pm | delete
    Totally awesome! Thank you for including my Victorian Costumes. These are all Most Excellent choices.
  • mamabush Oct 27, 2011 @ 1:42 pm | delete
    Awesome! Thanks for featuring my Bigfoot Costumes lens! :)
  • Heather426 Oct 27, 2011 @ 1:36 pm | delete
    Thank you for featuring mine!
  • rbarfield1980 Oct 27, 2011 @ 1:11 pm | delete
    Great lens! Couldn't have done it better!

by

rms

Robin Svedi is a Community Organizer and the QuestMaster for Squidoo. You can keep up with her at rms on Squidoo. She's also the author of Eye Popping... more »

Feeling creative? Create a Lens!