Kids Whose Bizarre Costume Choices Made Their Parents Scratch Their Heads

Most times on Halloween, parents can take their kids to the store and let them pick out a costume of their choice—a superhero, a princess, a ninja, or a pirate.

However, some children go out of their way to come up with unique (and strange) costumes that leave their parents bewildered.

I Feel Sorry For His Parents

child wearing a mixture of brown and green tulle holding a toy megaphone
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This child was absolutely adamant that he dress up as a "fart" for Halloween. I truly feel sorry for these parents who had to find a way to make his dream a reality.

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Hit The Road, Jackie!

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little girl wearing rectangular two-lane road costume
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This little girl decided that she wanted to dress up as "the road" for Halloween, so her aunt spent hours carefully crafting this custom costume for her. Frankly, she looks great.

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Let's Hope Peter Piper Isn't Hanging Around

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little girl dressed as a pickle
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In this young girl's defense, who doesn't love a good pickle? They're crunchy, tasty, and can act as a nice little snack or actually be used as a condiment on a sandwich. They're perfect.

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Her Dad Really Listened To Her Wishes

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girl dressed as ear holding large q-tip
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For some reason, this little girl really wanted to be an ear for Halloween, and her father heard her out and decided to find a way to make it happen.

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You're Toast, Buddy

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boy dressed up as slice of bread
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This 9-year-old boy decided that his ideal Halloween costume was a piece of toast, so he painstakingly spent hours trying to make cardboard look like one. He really said, "Get that bread."

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He Could Barely Climb The Front Steps

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kid dressed as tri-color traffic light next to child dressed as a clown
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This kid was hellbent on dressing as a traffic light for Halloween, and he spent the whole night struggling to walk up stairs to ring doorbells while trick or treating.

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You Know It's Bad When You Need A Sign

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boy in homemade monkey costume (wearing all brown) with paper on stomach reading
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There are a lot of unique, niche, or pun-based costumes that the average person might need a little extra explanation in order to understand, but if you need a sign to tell people what you are, it's just a bad costume.

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This Is Highkey Adorable

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little girl with fake walker wears matching outfit to grandmother
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When you're a little kid, there is no one you love more than your grandma—I mean, all she does is give you treats. Naturally, this little girl wanted to dress up as her grandmother.

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He's Ready To Box You Out

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child wearing upside-down cardboard box with eyeholes and armholes cut out
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This child told his grandparents that he really wanted to be a box for Halloween—truly, just your standard cardboard box. It might be ridiculous, but at least it was easy to make.

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She Wanted To Be A Crazy Cat Lady

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little girl wears pink robe with stuffed animal cats glued to it with hair half up in curlers
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When you ask children what they want to be when they grow up, most will say something like "astronaut" or "doctor," but this little girl knew that she wanted to be a recluse with lots of feline pals.

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A Very Seasonal Selection

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young boy wearing orange-painted pie slice made of cardboard with fluffy swirl hat on head
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To be fair, one of the best things about autumn is the prevalence of pumpkin things: pumpkin spiced lattes, pumpkin scones, and pumpkin pie. This kid was just enjoying the season.

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Just What Every Little Girl Wants To Be

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girl with shell-structure on back so when she lies down, she looks like a horseshoe crab
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Most little girls, when asked what they want to be for Halloween, will name their favorite Disney princess. This little girl, however, was bent on dressing up as a horseshoe crab.

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Tag, You're Itt

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little girl covered in long, yellow streamers wearing sunglasses and a hat
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This little girl told her mom that she wanted to dress up as Cousin Itt from the Addams Family television show, and her mother was more than happy to oblige.

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Not Logical, But Definitely Cute

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I just want everyone to know that my two-year-old insisted on being
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I love that toddlers have about six brain cells and only two of them can function at a time, because they come up with the wackiest ideas and have the weirdest fixations. You look great as pants, buddy.

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Better They Wear Them Than Eat Them

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girl dressed up as orange and blue tide pod laundry detergent
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Remember that weird period of a few months where teenagers were just eating Tide Pods? Anyway, this girl wanted to commemorate that time by dressing up as a Tide Pod, to her mother's dismay.

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One Box Of Donuts, Coming Right Up!

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little girl dressed as box of donuts
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I won't lie: I've seen a couple of donut-related costumes in my day, but most people dress up as a donut itself, not the box they come in. I'm not sure why this girl wanted to rock a 12-pack for Halloween.

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Can I Adopt This Kid?

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toddler in foreground dressed as a turtle and boy in background with zombie face paint and shirt that says
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The older son in the background was in charge of picking costumes this year and he decided to pay tribute to the viral video of the kids dressed as a zombie saying, "I like turtles."

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I'll Admit: This One Is Pretty Clever

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little girl dressed as witch with two pieces of bread on each arm sandwiching her in
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Being a regular witch for Halloween is a little too cliché, so this little girl told her parents that she wanted to be a "sand-witch" by adding a little bread to the costume.

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I'm Terrified Of This Girl

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little girl dressed up as coraline and mother dressed creepily as the
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This little girl decided she wanted to dress up as Coraline, which would have been fine on its own, but she also insisted that her mother dress up as the terrifying "Other Mother."

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Introduce Him To The Pants Kid

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child dressed as a plaid shirt with a jack o lantern shaped basket
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I already know that this kid, who demanded that he dress up as a shirt, would get along swimmingly with the kid who wanted to dress up as a pair of pants.

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...Can I Have A Bag Of Cheetos, Though?

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child dressed as a vending machine with chips inside
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The year prior, this kid wanted to dress up as a mailbox. This year, he upped the ante by deciding he wanted to be a vending machine for Halloween, and honestly, this is a very impressive costume.

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I Love This Girl's Energy

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when i asked my daughter which costume she wanted for halloween, she chose this (black clothing, white face paint with red accents). It seems the other kids aren't happy (little girl next to her crying)
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This little girl wanted to dress up as a character from the popular anime film Spirited Away, and she wore her costume to class on Halloween. Unfortunately, her classmates were less enthusiastic.

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It's A Choice And He Made It

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child in eerily realistic rocket raccoon costume suit
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Due to the prevalence of Marvel films over the past 10 years, there has been a resurgence of children wanting to dress as superheroes. However, most choose Captain America, Iron Man, the Hulk, etc.—not Rocket Raccoon.

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I Swear, Kids Are Getting Creepier

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girl dressed as pennywise and holding a red balloon
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Back in my day, the scariest thing that a kid dressed up in was a poorly created Jason costume; these days, the kids are getting more into the gruesome scary stuff.

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What A Scary Little 4-Year-Old

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girl in black xenomorph costume from Alien
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Rather than buy a costume at the store like the other kids, this little girl was adamant that she dress up as a Xenomorph from the Alien franchise, and had her parents DIYed the costume.

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Paint Me Like One Of Your Spanish Girls

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girl covered in cubism-inspired paint on clothes and face with picture frame around her body
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This 9-year-old girl decided to think outside the box and instead thought inside the frame when she dressed up as a Picasso painting. I think it's safe to say that she has a future in the arts.

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It's So Perfectly Accurate

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child dressed as a baked potato using brown paper, tin foil wrapping, and a cardboard square
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This kid chose to dress up as a baked potato, and I have to admit that the costume really turned out pretty impressively. She definitely stood out in the crowd.

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This Is Straight-Up Nightmare Fuel

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little girl made up to look like marionette doll
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In general, I think dolls are creepy, and I also think puppets are creepy, and marionettes are the unholy terrifying combination of the two of them. Yet a marionette was this girl's costume of choice.

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Not Quite A Costume, But...

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girl in carseat holding and playing with giant tarantula  prop
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While out shopping during October, this little girl stumbled upon this giant tarantula prop decoration and decided that she absolutely had to have it. Out of everything in the store, this is the only thing she wanted.

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However, Some Parents Get The Last Laugh

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woman dresed up to look just like her teen son
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Rather than dress up as a pop culture reference or more traditional costume that you can get at the store, this mom decided to dress up as her son for Halloween.