Find your costume

Pick one to buy, or make your own — every guide cross-checked across the stores that carry it. (Filter coming as the catalog grows.)

Buy the right one

We compare the stores we’d buy it from, then name the one to buy.

Anger Costume The licensed kit vs. the DIY flame build Anxiety Costume The adult jumpsuit vs. the kids' kits Art the Clown Costume Complete kit vs. screen-accurate mask Beetlejuice Costume The striped suit, costume-grade to tailored Chucky Costume Overalls, mask, and the makeup route Coraline Costume The raincoat kit vs. the screen-exact coat Disgust Costume The full green set vs. the cheaper tiers Dog Man Costume Official costume, licensed hoodie, or DIY it Embarrassment Costume The hood-up build, wig and pink makeup Ennui Costume The indigo sweatsuit build, plus the wig Envy Costume The teal build, plus the licensed headband Fear Costume The five-piece kit vs. the two-piece Freddy Krueger Costume Replica gloves and the green sweater Ghostface Costume The robe-and-mask kit compared Gomez Addams Costume The pinstripe suit and mustache, compared Harley Quinn Costume The classic jester over the movie eras Jason Voorhees Costume Screen-accurate masks, by film Joy Costume The dress-and-pixie-wig look, compared Killer Klowns Costume Licensed mask plus the alien-clown suit Leatherface Costume The killing mask plus the butcher build Michael Myers Costume The coveralls-and-mask build Morticia Addams Costume The black gown: mass kit or Etsy velvet Pennywise Costume 2017 vs. 1990, compared Pierrot Costume Classic Pierrot for women and men Sadness Costume The blue-sweater set vs. the cheaper tiers Wednesday Addams Costume The Nevermore uniform, store by store

Make it yourself

See all easy-DIY guides →

From your closet plus a cheap buy or two — with the store to get it from.

Costume collections

Themed roundups and coordinated sets — browse a whole theme, with the one to buy named inside each.

Coordinate a group Couples Costumes Franchise Addams Family Costumes Costume roundup Book Character Costumes Browse by theme Clowns Franchise Inside Out Costumes Browse by theme Scary Costumes

Know before it’s too late to order

We name the pick. The list tells you when it stops being possible to get it in time. Get the printable order-by calendar — the last safe day to order at every major store, on one sheet — then the confirmed dates and a couple of reminders as the deadlines hit each October.

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