Pink knows the deal. It can be bright and bubbly, soft and sweet, or so aggressively neon that you can probably see it from space. It’s a color that really just stands in it’s own category. (Sorry, Green, but it’s true). Of course, that makes it a pretty natural choice for cosplay... not to mention an all-star look for a Pinkoween in October. Sometimes you want your costume to be mysterious. Sometimes you want it to be intimidating. And sometimes you want to walk into the room looking like a full-on Barbie doll. Pink does that in style.
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What happens when you open Halloween headquarters to the people who love the holiday as much as you do? One month ago, on August 29, 2026, we found out. For our first HalloweenCostumes.com HQ Experience, we opened our doors, welcoming over 500 creators, customers, families, friends, and fellow Halloween fanatics into our North Mankato headquarters for a behind-the-scenes look at how we make Halloween happen and then capped it all off with one monster of a party.
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One search term took over a quarter of the country this year.
Not a costume category. Not a classic. One specific, very 2025 search term.
We pulled the top costume search in every state to find out the top costume searches that America has been...
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We ship a lot of things here at HalloweenCostumes.com. Costumes, obviously. Over 12,000 of them, in every size and style we can design. But also decorations. Animatronics. The occasional box so heavy it makes our warehouse team in Mankato, Minnesota do a double-take on the way to the loading dock.
So we got curious.
We pulled our own shipping records and asked one simple question: what's the single heaviest order we've ever sent to each state? Not the average. Not the total. The...
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Few costume themes have stood the test of time quite like Greek mythology. Thousands of years after these stories were first told, characters like Zeus, Athena, Hercules, and Poseidon still dominate movies, books, classrooms, video games, and Halloween parties. Whether you're inspired by The Odyssey, fascinated by the Trojan War, or grew up singing along with Disney's Hercules, Greek gods costumes offer a legendary way to step into the role of an iconic hero, deity, or monster.
One of the...
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There are times in the Despicable Me movies where over 10,000 Minions are shown on screen at once! And with an ever-growing number of films under their little denim belts, keeping track of who is who has never been harder. What are all the Minions' names? What makes each one special? Whether you are a longtime fan or just getting into the franchise, we have got you covered. We put together character profiles for all the major Minion players across Despicable Me 1-4, Minions, Minions: The Rise of Gru, and the upcoming Minions & Monsters. Let's dive in and see how well you really know your favorite yellow guys!
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