47 Punny, Clever Halloween Costumes That — I'm Not Even Gonna Lie — I'm So Damn Jealous I Didn't Think Of First

Angelica Martinez
·3-min read

Generally speaking, I think it's fair to say that most Halloween costumes fall into one of three categories: sexy, realistic, and funny. If you're someone who tends to gravitate towards the latter of the three, you've come to the right place!

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Halloween is right around the corner, and if you're a chronic procrastinator like me, you perhaps have "concepts of a plan" when it comes to what you're gonna wear...but that's about it. Fear not, because I come bearing a whole bunch of punny and clever costume ideas from BuzzFeed readers just like you! So, without further ado, let's get into them:

1.A Bumble bee:

A woman dressed like a bee

2.The friend zone:

Two people wearing caution and construction clothing

3.Hawaiian punch:

Woman in a floral shirt and boxing gloves poses playfully in front of a plumbing service sign

4.A dill-doe:

A woman with deer face paint and ears, and a green shirt that says "dill"

5.A formal apology:

A woman in a formal gown with a sash reading "apology"

6.Fantasy football:

A woman in a football uniform with a long gray beard and a staff stick

7.Curiosity killed the cat:

A woman dressed as a bloody cat and a man with a knife wearing a shirt that says "curiosity"

8.American Gothic:

Two goths taking off the American Gothic painting, with overalls and pitchfork

9.A white claw:

A woman in a red dress dressed as a lobster with white claws

10.A fly S.W.A.T.-ter:

A man wearing a SWAT shirt and swatting a woman's backside

11.French Kiss:

A man and woman with Kiss face paint wearing berets, striped tees, and holding wine and a baguette

12.A copy cat:

A woman dressed like a cat

13.A Freudian slip:

A woman wearing dresses with Freudian terms

14.Nun of your business:

a woman wearing a habit and dressed business casual

15.A pumpkin Spice Girl:

A pumpkin Spice Girl

16.Bee-yoncé:

A woman dressed like a bee

17.A web server:

A woman dressed as a waitress in a spiderweb themed outfit with classes saying "404" "500" and "200" errors

18.Taco Belle:

A woman dressed as Princess Belle with tacos at the bottom of her dress

19.A chilly dog:

A person in a hot dog costume with two winter jackets and a beanie over it

20.Cereal killers:

Five people dressed as bloody cereal brand mascots

21.A spice rack:

A woman with a board around her neck and barbies for each spice girl

22.Ghost Malone:

"Ghost Malone"

23.A Moosician:

A woman in a cow-print dress carrying an ukulele

24.A Black-Eyed Pea:

A woman with black eye makeup and a green blanket wrapped around her to look like a pea

25.It's raining men:

A person poses in a raincoat with celebrity photos and a rainbow umbrella hat, smiling with arms outstretched, wearing casual jeans and boots

26.A chicken strip:

"chicken strip"

27.Darth Slayder:

Someone dressed as darth vader in a corset, cape, and high heels

28.Tequila Mockingbird:

A woman with a tequila shirt, a bottle, a boa, and the "to kill a mockingbird" book

29.A deer in headlights:

a woman dressed as a deer with headlights on her chest

30.When Life Gives You Lemons:

Woman in an off-shoulder dress holding a lemon, smiling. Her name tag reads "Life." Basket of lemons in her other hand

31.A deviled egg:

a woman wearing devil horns and a yolk on her belly

32.Old (mer)maids:

two women dressed as old mermaids

33.A Zom-bee:

A zombie bee

34.Guy and Gal Fieri:

A woman and a man in black button downs and shorts with short blonde wigs, sunglasses, and tattoo sleeves

35.Probiotics and antibiotics:

a man wearing a cardboard yogurt and and holding a probiotics sign with a woman wearing a cardboard pill bottle and holding an antbiotics sign

36.A blessing in disguise:

—claireelizabethl2

37.Beauty and the Beastie Boys:

a lady dressed as Belle and a man and baby dressed like the Beastie Boys

38.An acute angel:

a woman dressed like an angel

39.50 shades of gray:

a woman with various shades of paint samples on her dress

40.A Stormtrooper:

A woman dressed like Storm and a stormtrooper

41.Wonder (Bread) Woman:

A woman in a wonder woman costume with wonder bread bags as arm hands and a headband

42.The Adams/Adam/Atom/Addams family:

People dressed like atoms, Adams, and Addams

43.Adorable (aka a-Dora-bowl):

A woman sits on grass, smiling, wearing a pink shirt, red shorts, and yellow socks with silver sneakers, next to a bright green bowl

44.Spider Sense & Sensibility:

Someone dressed as a regency era Spider Gwen

45.Deer Evan Hansen:

A man with deer makeup, antlers, a blue shirt, and a cast that says "Donnor"

46.Hell on wheels:

A woman in a wheelchair with devil horns on her head

47.And last but certainly not least, this person showed up in their "birthday suit:"

a suit with birthday celebration print

Have you ever worn a punny, clever Halloween costume like these? Are you wearing one this year? If so, share a picture of it in the comments below!

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