15 celebrity Halloween costumes you’ll want to copy

It’s time to figure out your Halloween costume! Of course, you should also take some time to enjoy autumn walks, pumpkin spice lattes and the falling of leaves—as long as you’ve already got a killer costume in the works.

If you’re still not sure what you’d like to masquerade as this year, never fear: We’ve rounded up some of the best celebrity costumes we’ve seen in recent years to help inspire you. From “Game of Thrones”-themed outfits to “Star Wars” characters to scary monsters, these Hollywood-approved Halloween costumes are on point.

1. Neil Patrick Harris’ Family’s “Star Wars” Costumes

How cute is this? Neil Patrick Harris, his husband, David Burtka, and their two kids donned costumes that turned them into characters Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Princess Leia and Luke Skywalker. Take a peek Harris’ costume-filled Halloween Instagram shot from 2015:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9hCAiUSTnn/

2. Katy Perry’s “Drop The Mic” Costume

You’ve got to love Halloween costumes that play with words, and Perry’s “mic drop” didn’t miss a beat. Here’s her Halloween costume from 2015:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9huQqGv-SX/

3. Nina Dobrev’s “The Revenant” Costume

Dobrev officially won Halloween 2016 when she and a friend dressed up as Leonardo DiCaprio in “The Revenant,” along with the horse carcass he slept in for warmth:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMIf1E1A-Mt/

4. Joe Jonas’ “Zoolander” Costume

If you’re someone who quotes Derek Zoolander all the time and you have a spare headband and turtleneck, you might just want to steal Jonas’ costume idea from 2014:

https://www.instagram.com/p/u1pWo5D8K2/

5. Beyoncé’s Salt-N-Pepa Costume

Beyoncé kept it in the family when she teamed up with her mom, Tina Knowles, and her daughter, Blue Ivy, to become the Salt-N-Pepa trio in 2016:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMNlfPphiT_/

6. Gigi Hadid’s “Grease” Costume

Hadid nailed it as Sandy from “Grease,” and she even had the attitude to match:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9i7H-njCU_/

7. Liv Tyler’s “Bun In The Oven” Costume

Halloween hit while you’re expecting? No worries, you can simply take a cue from Liv Tyler’s literal “bun in the oven” costume from 2014:

https://www.instagram.com/p/uwZ3OWQQe7/

8. Taylor Swift & Idina Menzel’s “Frozen” Costumes

Swift and Menzel teamed up as Olaf and Elsa from “Frozen” during Swift’s 1989 tour in 2015, and it was an instant crowd favorite. Here’s a short (but sweet) clip of them on stage posted by Menzel:

9. Katy Perry’s Hillary Clinton costume

Feel like making a political statement with your costume? The election might be over, but you can still take a page out of Perry’s book from last year, when she dressed up as presidential candidate Hillary Clinton:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMIzQ8TgsZH/

10. Diplo’s Snapchat Filter Costume

If you’re less about costume clothing and more about face paint, you could try masking yourself as a Snapchat filter, like Diplo did in 2015:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9iL7JpqMtd/

11. Jennifer Lopez’s Skeleton Costume

Lopez made her face paint just a little bit creepier, adding ice blue contact lenses and a skeleton face to create a creepy Halloween costume in 2015:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9hua6mGuA-/

12. Mindy Kaling’s Sully Sullenberger Costume

Kaling dressed up as Tom Hanks’ character, Sully Sullenberger III, from “Sully” last year—and it was actual perfection:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMM73pkDmws/

13. Nick & Vanessa Lachey’s Family’s “Frozen” Costumes

Last year, the Lacheys all dressed up as “Frozen” characters in an adorable family picture:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMQHjZTjRz4/

14. Justin Timberlake’s Family’s “Trolls” Costumes

Timberlake, Jessica Biel and their son, Silas, all turned into trolls last Halloween—and it was a super cute transformation:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BMP3q2jjrzu/

15. Lance Bass’ Creepy Clown Costume

Bass definitely wasn’t clowning around when he chose his Halloween costume in 2015:

https://www.instagram.com/p/9b2K_TRsXr/

Whether you’re into face paint, wild costumes or punny getups, these celebs prove there’s a perfect Halloween costume out there for everybody. And who knows? If you start planning now, you might even outdo your favorite star this year.

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