Sure, you could buy some tacky £20 costume-in-a-box off the internet, but some Halloween enthusiasts would rather die than do so.
For them, a Halloween costume is a labour of love, one that they spend weeks over. We may have run out of time this year, but that doesn't mean we can't ooh and aah at these homespun designs.
Take a look at the halloween tags on Tumblr and Pinterest, as well as our gallery below to get inspired.
(If none of this is for you, you can always just grab a pumpkin spice latte and call it a day.)