Pick My Costume

Quick DIY Costumes from Your Closet.

Tell us who it’s for. We pick a costume you can make with what’s at home.

169 DIY builds, all timed · 2 minutes · no signup

Make it tonight

126 costumes you can start after dinner and finish before bed.

Use what you have

Tell us what you own. We rank all 169 by what you can make.

– Nothing else needed – 1 thing away – 2 things away

169 costumes. One galaxy.

Zoom, wander, find something new.

The costume galaxy: glowing star clusters of Dinosaur Land, Princess Castle, and more Explore the galaxy →

Know what you want?

Search all costumes directly.

Kid favorites

The classics kids ask for every Halloween. Tap one to see the plan.

Costume games

Guess who’s hiding, pair the pieces, or build a costume from a mystery basket.

New costumes

Tools

Plan your days:

Good questions

Take the quick quiz. One pick, free guide, build time and supplies up front.

Make Tonight means fast. 30 minutes of work or less. 126 of the 169 costumes make the cut.

Take the quiz as a couple. Builds use thrift-store and closet basics, listed up front.

Yes. Take the quiz for your kid. Picks fit their age, with safety notes.

Yes. No account, no ads, no checkout. It is a hobby project, free forever.

Yes. Add Pick My Costume to Claude and ask for costume ideas right in your chat.

No account, no signup. Your quiz answers stay on your phone, and we only track anonymous usage stats.

Your top pick. Tap “Plan this costume” to save it.

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

Your friend
VS
You
The verdict

Every idea in the bank

Prefer browsing to quizzing? Here is the whole shelf.

Filters

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About this site

What this is

Answer a few questions. Get one top pick and two runners-up.

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.

Questions or a costume we should add? Email [email protected].

Halloween countdown

Your 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

Who's-who shuffler

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.

Storytime

Build this costume →

Closet first

What is in your closet?

Tick everything you already own. We show you which costumes you can build tonight, which need one purchase, and which need two.