Some people take Halloween decorating very seriously. They dress up the outside of their house with spooky decorations, flashy lights, and scary sounds. One the inside, they transform their space into a makeshift haunted house. It makes for some great trick-or-treat memories for kids.
For a select few, decorating their car is more than just taking part in festivities, it's an art form. Halloween isn't just for kids, it's for kids of all ages. Whatever your car or budget, these are the top 10 best car Halloween costumes for your spooky consideration.
10 Jack o Lantern
There's nothing scarier than being tailed by a huge, fast-moving Jack o Lantern. If you own an orange car, this is your time to shine. People will be expecting your pumpkin-colored car to change Transformers style into a Jack o Lantern.
With a bit of imagination and a little car performance masking tape, you can kick up your Halloween spirit. Don't be afraid to have some fun!
9 Ghostbusters Car
Many Halloween costumes are dedicated to the Ghostbusters movie. This Halloween you'll probably see at least one of the scientist characters with a Proton pack strapped to their back, ready to fight supernatural ghosts. It's one of the most popular sci-fi movies of all time.
The only caveat with this car costume is, it requires a 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance/hearse or an equivalent boat-sized station wagon. The rest of the Ghostbuster tech will be pretty easy to source, minus the Super Slammer Trap, which is an enhanced capacity ghost trap on the top of the roof. Happy hunting!
8 The Haunted House
If you've ever been to a haunted house, you know just how terrifying they are. In-spite of knowing it's all completely made-up, it's impossible not to feel genuine terror. You can't see anything through the dark passages. It's hard to hear anything over the eerie sounds. As well as the preposterous uncertainty of when something is going to jump out at you.
This car Halloween costume is inspired by that feeling and puts it in moving form. Sure, it isn't as daunting in the daytime, but the second it's trailing you on a cold, night and those haunted house memories will overcome you. Boo!
7 Star Wars Droid
This BB-8 droid is one of many robot models, with the most notable being C-3PO and R2-D2. For those in the dark, a droid is a fictional robot from another sci-fi movie fan-favorite Star Wars. Most notably, droids are used for remedial work that's considered too dangerous for a human and in the movie make pretty kick-ass companions.
With the Mazda's curved lines, it makes for a great BB-8, which in the movie is a spherical, rolling ball topped on a spherical dome head. I wonder if this version of BB-8 will make it into the series one day?
6 Scary Accident
This costume is bound to creep people out and get you unwanted police attention. It looks a little too much like there was a terrible accident. Since it's one of the easier costumes to do, requiring only a few creative splashes of washable paint, fake blood or ketchup, it's quite popular. There are versions with child-sized bloody handprints and clowns strapped to the hood, which are straight out of horror movies.
In this case, the makeshift teeth in the front of this Mitsubishi Evo, make it a little more obvious it's a Halloween costume and not a killer car that went rogue. That's what you were thinking, weren't you?
5 Reindeer
This is a great Halloween car costume for someone who is thrifty. As a dual-purpose design, you have a cute Halloween costume on one hand, and as soon as the snow starts or December kicks off, you have a delightful Christmas car costume.
No one can fault you for it being cute anyway, with so many princesses, spacemen, and cuddly animal-related human costumes. Plus, by adding a few spider webs and fake blood, you have a zombie reindeer.
4 Back To The Future's Delorean
The Delorean is another famous car from a sci-fi movie called Back to the Future. It has fascinated the likes of regular Joe to superstars like Jay Leno. Made by DeLorean Motor Company, it was the only model the company produced before going defunct.
Best known for the gull-wing doors, it was featured in all three movies as a time machine made by eccentric scientist Doc Brown. This is a great costume for car owners with a light-colored coup or those with deep pockets that can afford one of the few originals still out in the wild.
3 Spider
Sure, you can wrap your car in a super expensive vinyl wrap, or get it professionally painted for Halloween. For the select few that can do that, all the power to you. For those of you who are more of the economical crafty type, this costume is for you.
Hack together some pool noodles and you've got legs. Cut out some fabric into triangles and you've got teeth. You'd be surprised at what you can accomplish with a bit of time, a creative spirit and some basic supplies like black garbage bags and ducktape.
2 Jurassic Park Jeep
Re-create some of the greatest cinema moments with a Jurassic Park Jeep costume. Famous moments include joyriding alongside Brontosaurus in the park and then speeding along a muddy road while being chased by a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
If none of your friends are willing to dress up as a dinosaur, you can always don a paleontologist uniform and carry some fake bones and paintbrush. This costume works best for owners of a 1992 Jeep Wrangler YJ Sahara model like the movie, generic Jeep or SUV.
1 The Rally Driver
There's no time like the present to live out your race and rally driver dreams. Since in some states it's illegal to drive around with racing numbers and decals, this car costume is something you might just get away with, at least on the days leading up to and on Halloween. Keyword, might. Just be sure to don a race car suit and have a helmet nearby to complete the look.
Accomplish the design by using vinyl stickers, washable paint or magnetic signs. While pretending to be Lewis Hamilton or Colin Mcrae, be sure to stick to the speed limit and save that adrenaline for a real track day.