Last week I shared the best of my annual costume awards and asked you all to submit your pics for Halloween 2016. Well, this year the competition got even tougher. There were over 2,000 submissions. Yes. You read that number correctly. You guys know there is no prize, right? I mean, bragging rights sure, but that’s it!
I did my best to cull all the costumes down and post my absolute favorites. That’s why I haven’t posted anything in two days. This takes a lot of time! It’s also possible I missed some stellar entries. There’s always next year!
The Halloween Costume Awards 2016
1. Most Likely to be Captured by a Phone

2. Most likely to trick or treat in another galaxy

3. Most Likely to Trick or Treat Back in the ’80s
4. Most Likely to Trick or Treat on Abbey Road

5. Most Likely to Trick or Treat on the Yellow Brick Road

6. Least Likely to be able to Sit Down
7. Most Likely to Suck Your Blood

8. Most Welcoming
9. Most Likely to have raided a Flower Shop

10. The “Make JK Rowling Proud” Award

11. Best use of an eyebrow pencil

12. Most Likely to be Sent to the Hospital

13. Most Likely to be cast in the kid version of “The Walking Dead”
14. Family you’d most want around in an emergency

15. Most Likely to Eat Grandma
16. Best Use of a Dad

17. Most Obscure Literary Character (Boris the Dragon)

18. Most Likely to Get Slimed

19. Most Obsessed with Trader Joe’s

20. Most Likely to Carry a Really Heavy Bag of Candy

21. Scariest kids to run into at the Overlook Hotel

22. The “In Theaters Now” Award

23. Most Likely to Kick Ass at Super Mario Brothers

24. Worst Family for the Super Mario Brothers Family to Run Into

25. Least Likely to Open Up his Own Candy

26. The “Big in Japan” Award

27. Most Likely to Get Lost in Your Carpet

28. The “If Alice in Wonderland Met Heathers” Award

29. Least Likely to be effected by Gravity

30. The “Cowabunga” Award

31. Least Angry Angry Birds

32. Most Likely to Get Lost in a Chocolate Factory

33. Most Likely to Sell You Insurance

34. Most Likely to Find Dory

35. Most Likely to Speak for the Trees

36. Most Likely to Ask for Subscribers instead of candy

37. Most Likely to Take Your Money and Leave Your Kid in Tears

38. Most Likely to Paint Some “Happy Trees”

39. The “Benjamin Button” Award

40. Best Contradictory Weather Forecast

41. Most Likely to Steal Your Cheese

42. Most Likely to Be Heated up in the Microwave

43. Most likely to be sprinkled with parmesan

44. Best Tribute to Up

45. Best Tribute to Eleanor Roosevelt and Margaret Thatcher Who are also Named Eleanor and Margaret

46. Most Likely to be Purchase at a Drive Thru

47. Most Likely to Fall Down a Rabbit hole

48. Most likely to be trusted with his trick or treating route

49. Most Likely to Carry Air Crafts along with Candy

50. Most Likely to Cry During Baseball

51. Most in Need of Saving

52. Most in Need of Fries

53. Worst Day of the Week

54. Most Likely to Get Half Off at the Movies

55. Most Likely to Win a Trophy for Best Costume

56. Most Likely to Get Hit By a Dart

57. Most Bizarre Tribute to Hall and Oates

58. Worst Costume to Wear in the Rain

59. Most Likely to Turn Into a Pumpkin At Midnight

60. Most Likely to Go Home in the Mystery Machine

61. Best Theme Music

62. Most Likely to be Blended into a Smoothie

63. Best Photo Backdrop

64. Mostly Likely to get Lost in London

65. Best Cartoon Throwback from the ’90s

66. Most Likely to Have Their House Broken Into

67. Most Likely to Get Adopted

68. Most likely to get lost in her own house

69. Best Use of a Belly Button

70. Least Scary Joker

71. Most Obsessed with “Stranger Things”

72. Most Likely to be eaten for Breakfast

73. Most Contagious

74. Best Will Ferrell Tribute

75. Most Likely to Have Parents Who Watch Dr. Who

76. Least Likely to Get Out of Oz Alive

77. Best Kate McKinnon Impression

78. Best Nanny

79. Best Costume for Twins

80. Most Likely to Drink a Martini (Shaken, Not Stirred)

81. Most likely to Scream Beetlejuice Three Times

82. Most likely not to have watched the movie that he is representing

83. Most Likely to Live in an Animal Utopia

84. Most likely to wreak havoc in Gotham City

85. Most Likely to Sell You a Big Mac

86. Most Likely to be in Search of her Squad

87. Best Tribute to Old School Star Wars

88. Most Likely to Call on the Exorcist

89. Best Tribute to the Big Lebowski

90. Best Interpretation of my favorite Snapchat Filter

91. Most Emotional Family

92. Best Tribute to a Young Malificent

93. Least Able to Use their Hands to Get their Candy Into their Mouths

94. Most Likely to Eat Dinner at 4:30pm

95. Most Likely to win the School Science Fair

96. Most Likely to Get His Reality Show Renewed

97. The “Longest Obsession with Frozen” Award

98. Most Likely to Be Hit with a Baseball Bat

99. Best Kids to have on a Dark Street

100. Best Chance at Getting an Endorsement Deal

101. The Current Potus Award

102. The Scariest Potential Potus Award

103. The Hopefully Future Potus Award
104. The Debate Breakout Star Award

Before I end the awards, I need to acknowledge a few kids who had their own original ideas for costumes with awesome parents who did not stand in their way. I’d like to present…
THE “THIS WAS MY KID’S IDEA” AWARDS
1. The kid who wanted to dress up like his dad

2. The kid who wanted to dress up like her mom

3. The kid who wanted to be a bat and insisted that her dad hold her upside down the whole time

4. The kid who wanted to be Sebastian but insisted he had to be the “Broadway version”

5. The girl who really loves goldfish

6. The kid who is really obsessed with Captain Smith from the Titanic

7. The kid who wanted to be the floor of a movie theater

8. The girls who wanted to be pillows

9. The kid who wanted to be the kitchen counter

10. The sisters who wanted to be their own cats

And lastly… we’ve got a few costumes that need a little brain power to understand and I’d love you guys to guess who they are in the comments. I’m calling these…
The Riddle Awards
1. His name is Jack.

2. She is a fast food princess.

3. They are representing Dad’s favorite thing. And something all parents want actually.

Give your best guess in the comments and tell me what was your favorite costume too!
As always, thanks for submitting your photos!
That’s officially the end to Halloween!
















Love Taco Belle and Jack in the Box…
Nice post Ilana!!!!
jack in the box, taco bell, peace and quiet,
Love all these.
1. Jack in a box
2. Taco Belle
3. Peace and quiet
1. Jack in a box
2. Taco Belle
3. Peace and quiet
Jack in the box is funny, taco belle funnier, peace and quiet… I wish!!
Love each of these, thank you so much for compiling them all and for featuring my sunshine and raincloud! So much inspiration for next year!
Jack in the Box, Taco Belle, and Peace and Quiet!
These were so cute! I loved A Bad Case of Strioes and all the kids dressed as old people.
Jack in the Box ,Taco Belle, and Peach and Quiet – lol. So many great costumes. I especially love family costumes. Thanks for including us with our Frozen obsessed daughters (they were in your “real life” Christmas card series a while back and my family still shares it every year)
I’m sorry but the Bob Ross (#38) was my favorite one!!
1. Jack in a box
2. Taco Belle
3. Peace and quiet
Thank you so much for putting these together–they are all fantastic. So much love and happiness! One of my favorites is the pair of Nemo and Marlin hugging.
Love the baby mousetrap, the avocado and the piñata! There were so many good ones, it was hard to choose any! Also love the Trader Joe’s family!
How do I submit my pic?
Jack in the box,
Taco Belle,
Peace & Quiet!
My fav is #69 the avacado! That belly button is too stinkin cute!
Thanks great post!!!
Jack in a box
Taco Belle
Peace & Quiet
So hard to choose just one favorite. So many amazing, creative costumes!!!
Those riddles were too easy! ? Jack in the box, Taco Bell, and peace and quiet! My faves were the avocado, the crane game, and the piñata! 🙂 and also the one of the kids dressed as their parents! ?
These are so fun! It’s too bad there isn’t time for all of them lol. Hallowern is so fun!
I’m guessing that the first one is:
Jack in the Box
The second one is:
Taco Belle
And the third one is:
Peace and Quiet
🙂