Every year, people search and save more than 200 million Halloween ideas on Pinterest. Our insights team dug through the data and narrowed it down to 101 trends in our top categories. From creepy costumes to food and boos, our 2017 Pinfrights report has everything you need for a killer time.
But first, take a walk through the interactive Pinterest Haunted House to see and save trends featured in this report (and more!) one room at a time. Go on, it won’t hurt a bit.
Costumes to DIY for
Sure, you can buy your guise, but we’re partial to homemade. Whether you need a group getup, canine costume or pretty creepy makeup, we’ve got you covered.
Group costumes
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Daenerys (+91% YoY) and Jon Snow (+280% YoY) from Game of Thrones
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Baywatch (+147% YoY)
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Stranger Things (+40 saves)
Kid costumes
Family costumes
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Beauty and the Beast (+680% YoY)
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Jurassic Park (+100% YoY)
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Mother of Dragons (Daenerys) (+91% YoY)
Couple costumes
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Bob Ross and tree (+25k saves)
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Rick and Morty (10k saves)
Maternity costumes
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Milkman and housewife (15k saves)
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Pregnant Pooh (+20k saves)
Pets costumes
It’s hard to resist dressing up our four-legged friends every day, but on Howloween, it’s a MUST with searches for pet costumes up 67% year-over-year. Here are some of our favorites.
Solo costumes
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Wonder Woman (+60k saves)
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Hippie (+131% YoY)
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Girl scout (+450% YoY)
Makeup
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Unicorn (+110% YoY)
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Giraffe (+1200% YoY)
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Spiderwoman (+100% YoY)
Sink your fangs into these
If you’re too old for traditional trick-or-treating, you can still get in on the fun. Make these tasty bites at home and share with your ghoulfriends and family.
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Mini caramel apples (1.4m saves)
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Poison apples (+650k saves)
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Eyeball pong (+75k drinking game ideas)
Haunt your house
Looking for new ways to creep your peeps? Take a stab at these witch-crafty ideas.
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Packing tape ghosts (+60% YoY)
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Stranger Things pumpkin (4k saves)
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Coffin photo booth (2.5k saves)
See all 101 trends featured in the 2017 Pinfrights report.
Got a killer idea? Share your spookiest snack, fake blood pro tip or last-minute costume hacks, with #MyPinterest for a chance to be featured on our Instagram.
—Amy Sims, currently saving ideas to out of this world