11 Clever and Creative Halloween Costumes

No matter how many great Halloween costumes we post, there are always more creative people thinking up ways to be someone—or something—they aren’t for Halloween. Aren’t we glad they share them with us! I don’t know if you have the skills or the time to replicate any of these before October 31, but if you do, you better get to work. See all eleven costumes in a list I posted at mental_floss.

Animal

(via Bad Newspaper)

Corporate Greed

(via reddit)

Eyeball Costume

(via Collectors Weekly)

Doorknob

(via Pleated-Jeans)

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Massive Oak

(via Bad Newspaper)

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(via reddit)

The Neighborhood Gang

(via Buzzfeed)

Graffiti

(via Pleated-Jeans)

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(via Daily Picks and Flicks)

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Self-Portrait

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(via reddit)

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