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Kept only on this device, nothing leaves your phone.
Start after dinner, done before bed. Drying time shown honestly.
Know what you want?
Search all 169 costumes directly.
Three easy builds to get you going.
Kid favorites
The classics kids ask for every Halloween. Tap one to see the plan.
🌙 Bedtime stories
Short tales for the night before Halloween.
More ways to explore
Costume games
Guess who’s hiding, pair the pieces, or build a costume from a mystery basket.
Popular costumes
Ice Kingdom Crew
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Little Pig Family
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New costumes
Beekeeper & Bee
✨ New
Little Prince
✨ New
Block Party Duo
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Little Lifeguard
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Fossil Hunter
Own last year’s costume? Tick the parts you already own and we rank all 169 ideas by what you can reuse.
Need a handout? One-page printables for teachers, waiting rooms, libraries, and party hosts.
Wander all 169 ideas as a galaxy map, then tap any costume for the plan.
Buy day, build day, dress-up day: a simple plan for your Halloween.
Dealing out group roles? Deal them fairly.
👕 What materials or clothes are already in your house?
Tick what you own: cardboard, old sheets, face paint, last year’s costume. We rank all 169 ideas by what you can build tonight.
Take the 2-minute quiz: 5 quick questions, one pick matched to your vibe and timeline. Every pick comes with a free DIY build guide that shows the build time and full supplies list up front.
The Make Tonight list is purely time-based: 30 minutes or less of hands-on work, two hours or less including drying. 126 of the 169 guides qualify. Separately, the Pantry page lets you tick off what you already own and ranks costumes by how many materials you are missing.
Take the quiz as a couple. Every build guide lists what you need before you start, and the ideas are designed around thrift-store and closet basics.
Yes. Take the quiz for your kid to get age-appropriate picks, and every guide includes safety notes for little ones.
Yes. No account, no ads, no checkout. It is a hobby project, free forever.
No account, no signup. Your quiz answers stay on your phone, and we only track anonymous usage stats.
Question 1 of 5
Your costume
This is our top pick for you. Tap “Plan this costume” to save your pick and start planning, or see the other ideas below. We keep your pick on this device, so it is here when you come back.
Costume duel
Two quick questions and we will pick yours, then see how you match up.
Who is the costume for?
Costume duel
Be honest. Your couch will know.
Costume duel
Every idea in the bank
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About this site
Answer a few quick questions. Get your top costume pick, plus two runners-up, each with a one-line how-to. For yourself, your kid, your partner, your group, or the whole family.
Example
You answer: couple, funny, couch-level.
You get: Ketchup & Mustard: red bottle tunic and cap for one, yellow for the other.
Tap “Plan this costume” to save your pick, text it to your partner, and get an AI plan for putting it together.
Your answers are scored against 169 hand-picked ideas. No account, no email required. Your answers never leave your phone; we only track anonymous usage stats.
Questions or a costume we should add? Email [email protected].
Halloween by the numbers: Half of Americans plan to dress in costume this year, and nearly half are using AI to help with Halloween shopping. (Source: NRF's 2026 Halloween survey, Sept 2026.) Google's Frightgeist tracks the most-searched costumes each October; ideas marked Trending follow Frightgeist's top searches, and each card shows its lane.
Halloween countdown
Pick a costume. We work backwards from October 31 and tell you when to buy, when to build, and what goes on each day.
Group tool
One tap deals out the roles for your group costume. No more arguing about who gets to be the cool one.
Who is playing
Kid / grown-up matters: some roles only fit one or the other, and the dealer respects that. Names never leave this page.
Closet first
Tick everything you already own. We show you which costumes you can build tonight, which need one purchase, and which need two.
Closet first