12 of the best Halloween costume ideas

Halloween is a time for spooky things, like ghosts, ghouls, zombies, space caterpillars, and Captain Marvel. But the scariest Halloween fiend of all? Not having a great costume in time for the big day!

Peruse our list of the best new Halloween costume ideas. You'll be so full of ideas by the time you finish the list, the only difficulty will be just choosing one. Whether you need Halloween costume ideas for men, Halloween costume ideas for women, or even Halloween costumes for kids, we've got you sorted.

Here at Blossom Costumes, we don't just have Halloween costume ideas — we also stock the actual Halloween costumes themselves. Read on, pick your favourite costume, and have it delivered to your home almost as quickly as you can say "thankfully my costume has arrived before Halloween".

Best Halloween costume ideas for men

Seed Of Chucky Doll men's costume

Here's a novel costume idea: there have been so many remakes of horror movies in recent years, so dress up like a chap who hasn't been reinvented in a while. Show you're a true OG with a Seed of Chucky Doll men's costume.

Thanos Infinity War men's costume

Dress up ideas for somebody who wants to look big and purple are limited. There's

• Grimace
• A fat man choking on something

And that's about it! Except, of course, for the best big, purple dress up idea of them all: a Thanos from Infinity War men's costume. And, of course, we stock many other kids and adults superhero costumes, too.

Cell Block Psycho Prisoner men's costume

Here's a Halloween costume idea: turn yourself into the perfect rebuttal to a prison abolitionist with the Cell Block Psycho Prisoner men's costume. They need to lock that guy up and throw away the key!

Miyazaki Hayao Spirited Away Haku cosplay costume

Ah, a Haku costume! You can look just like the mysterious and mercurial river spirit from the classic Spirited Away. This truly is only of the best Halloween costumes on the market, especially if you're able to transform into a flying dragon.

The Riddler men's suit

Riddle me this: who is the best Batman villain to wear a suit covered in question marks? No, it's not Captain Question, even Señor Questiono. The answer? Why, it's the Riddler, of course.

Best Halloween costume ideas for women

Zombie Nurse Fancy Dress women's costume

Sure, you could dress up like a nurse for Halloween. Alternately, you could dress up like a zombie. Or, even more alternately, you could dress up in a sexy outfit. Most alternately of all, dress up like a sexy zombie nurse for Halloween.

Harley Quinn Birds of Prey women's costume

A Harley Quinn costume from the film Birds of Prey. Need we say more? If we were to say more, it would only be to emphasise how delightful this costume truly is.

Leg Avenue Kandy Korn Witch women's costume

Dressing up like a haggard old witch is not an especially exciting Halloween costume idea. But dressing up like a sexy orange German witch? Now we are talking!

Best Halloween costume ideas for kids

Star Wars costumes

Kids these days sure do love Star Wars, even though they weren't around for the 'good' movies. At Blossom, we've got all the Star Wars costumes you could ever ask for, including Han Solo costumes for all the OGs who like to keep it real. You'd have to go to a galaxy far, far away to get dress up ideas better than that.

Deluxe Descendants girl's costume

Your daughter doesn't want to dress up like your favourite Disney villain. She wants to dress up like the daughter of that Disney villain. That was the thinking, at least, of the bright spark who came up with the Deluxe Descendants girl's costume.

Child Dinosaur T-Rex inflatable costume

Who says the dinosaurs are dead? Not us! Check out this incredible and terrifying Child Dinosaur T-Rex inflatable costume. An inflatable dinosaur costume for Halloween? Maybe we've got an 'inflated' sense of self, but that sounds like a pretty terrific Halloween costume idea to us.

Twisted Twin Child girl's costume

Obviously, small children shouldn't watch The Shining. It's a deeply inappropriate film for the youth, and they lack the nuanced approach to cinema required to really appreciate the shock, twist ending. That said, how cute is this Twisted Twin child girl's costume?

Got the right idea? Now check out our online store to see the incredible Halloween costumes on sale at Blossom Costumes.