Halloween Tricks and Treats: Costume Edition
November 7, 2025 2025-11-07 9:12Halloween Tricks and Treats: Costume Edition
By Noah Coss
One of the biggest traditions of Halloween is dressing up in costumes, and in fact, it is one of the longest-running traditions that exists during this season. According to Children’s Theatre Company, “The origins of Halloween began over 2,000 years ago with the Celts celebrating the pagan holiday known as Samhain, which marks the beginning of winter. This time of year was believed to be when the veil between the dead and the living was the thinnest, and people would wear disguises to ward off spirits.” As of today, people usually dress up as famous singers, slasher movie villains, superheroes, and other famous characters as something fun to do with friends and family. But as years have gone by, people have chosen more creative costumes to wear during the season of Halloween.
A costume that many of us have probably seen is the classic T. Rex dinosaur costumes that inflate up to six or seven feet. Innovation Academy Senior Gael stated, “I’ve seen a lot of characters from cartoons and anime… The most creative one was the dinosaurs… Those big inflatable ones. It makes me laugh, like how they can come in with the big costume inside.” It’s a classic that’s been seen everywhere, but have you ever seen a walking Waffle House sign?
During Skelebration, a family dressed up as Waffle House was seen by Russell M (freshman), who stated, “So there was someone with a Waffle House sign costume.” Sam Adrianza (senior) also noticed this, as well as a bunch of other standout costumes. He stated, “I saw somebody dressed up as Johnny Joestar and they looked exactly like him… Somebody came in as Hatsune Miku… Lego Batman… a really neat Fall Guys costume… There was one kid dressed up as the Six Seven Kid; they had the same hair, ice cream shirt, and shorts.” Never in my wildest dreams would one of those costumes be inspired by the kid who started the 67 meme.
Anika Singh and Kathy Nguyen dressed up in medieval costumes
I myself have seen some interesting and cool costumes, especially at Skelebration were many kids, teens, and adults, dressed up as popular tv and movie characters. The table I was co-running for the AVTF club even had a medieval theme where our club leaders dressed up within the timepiece. The list goes on into the next evening when my friend dressed up as a victim from the Saw movies, his dad as Art the Clown from Terrifier, and my other friend who’s whole costume was a Victor Wembanyama basketball jersey.
For hundreds of years, wearing masks and disguises has been a staple tradition in many cultures, and in today’s society, wearing costumes has been just as important. Every year, friends and families of all ages just jump into the characters they so idolize for the sake of scares and fun in the name of Halloween. At IA, we do the same thing, but sometimes, our costumes get a little bit more and more creative every year.
Ethan Maciel as a victim from a Saw film, and Andrew French as Victor Wembanyama.
