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
🙂