Halloween Costume Riddles: 30 Dress-Up Riddles with Answers

I’m the easiest costume there is: an old white bedsheet with two holes cut out so you can see. What am I?

Wrap me round and round in long white strips (toilet paper works in a pinch) until only your eyes peek out. What costume am I?

I wear a patch over one eye, a striped shirt and a hat with a skull on it, and I might carry a toy parrot on my shoulder. What am I?

I wear a black cape with a tall, stiff collar and a pair of plastic fangs. I say “I vant to suck your… juice box!” What am I?

My costume has a cape, a mask and a big letter on the chest, and I stand with my fists on my hips like I’m ready to save the day. What am I?

Two pointy ears on a headband, whiskers drawn on my cheeks with an eyeliner pencil, and a long tail pinned to my pants. What am I?

I’m made of cardboard boxes covered in kitchen foil, with bottle-cap buttons and a dryer hose for arms. What am I?

I’m black pajamas with white bones painted on them, from my skull all the way down to my toes. What am I?

I wear a puffy white suit, a big round helmet and a flag patch on my arm, and I take giant slow steps on my trick-or-treat route. What am I?

I wear a red helmet, a heavy coat with yellow stripes that shine in the dark, and big boots, and I carry a toy hose. What am I?

I cover your face so nobody knows who you are. Superheroes wear me, and so do people at fancy masquerade balls. What am I?

I’m hair you can take off. I might be green, rainbow, or long and curly, and at the end of the night I go back in the costume box. What am I?

I can turn your cheeks into a tiger’s stripes or a butterfly’s wings, and at bedtime I wash off with soap and water. What am I?

I’m light and empty at the start of Halloween night, and heavy and full at the end. What am I?

I wear straw sticking out of my sleeves, patched overalls and a floppy hat. In real life I stand in a cornfield all day. What am I?

My costume is ripped clothes and greenish face paint. I walk slowly with my arms stretched out and groan, “Braaaains!” What am I?

In Scotland and Ireland, children in costume once went door to door and had to tell a joke, sing a song or say a poem before they got a treat. What was this called?

Ava, Ben and Cal dressed up as a dinosaur, a fairy and a chef. Ava’s costume has no wings. Cal’s costume came with a tall white hat. Who wore which costume?

A costume shop sells masks for $4 and capes for $6. Lily buys three things and spends exactly $14. What did she buy?

What do you call a kid in a dinosaur costume who fell asleep before the party?

She glued paper butterflies all over her clothes and spent the whole party chatting with everyone in the room. What was her costume?

He wrote “GO, CEILING!” on his T-shirt and spent the night cheering at the roof with pompoms. What was his costume?

She dressed in a black-and-white spotted cow suit and wore a gold halo on a headband. What was her costume?

He dressed as a big white egg with a yellow circle on his tummy and little red horns on his head. What was his costume?

She pinned dozens of small, colorful candy rolls all over her pants. What was her costume?

Two little brothers dressed in pink pig costumes and spent the party wrapped up in a fuzzy blanket. What was their costume?

She wore a shirt with a giant 3.14 on the front and pinned paper hearts around it. What was her costume?

He dressed as a big round cookie and added thick glasses and a graduation cap. What was his costume?

He dressed as a brown, lumpy vegetable and carried a sofa cushion and a TV remote all night. What was his costume?

He wore a fuzzy dog costume with sunglasses and a little battery fan around his neck, and he kept saying how warm it was in there. What was his costume?