As the countdown to Halloween begins, are you looking for some great dog costume inspo? Check out this list of dog Halloween costumes that fit all sizes!

Top 17 Dog Halloween Costume Ideas

Whether you’re going for cute, funny, sexy, or spooky, who doesn’t love playing dress-up come Halloween?! Along with finding my own costume each year, I really love getting the dogs involved. Throughout the years, we’ve done a family superhero theme, skeletons, witches, and tacos & hot sauce (where the dogs dressed as tacos while my husband and I wore hot sauce shirts). This year, the dogs will be spiders and we’ll be webs. If you’re looking for some family Halloween inspiration (costumes that include the dog), check out these ideas! 


A Quick Note on Canine Costumes

While it’s fun to dress up our dogs, just make sure their costume is comfortable, fits properly, doesn’t restrict their movement, doesn’t cover their eyes to cut off vision, and isn’t too tight around their neck to potentially restrict breathing.

I’ve been dressing my dogs in shirts and sweaters from the time they were just young puppies, so they’re used to wearing clothes. If your pup is uncomfortable or resisting the costume then it’s best to let them run around naked … just say they dressed up as a streaker this year!


1. Superheros

Super dog, bat dog, and spider dog — if you’re planning to dress up as your favorite comic superhero this year then you can easily find a coordinating pet costume for your pooch. These costumes range in size, so there are plenty of options for small and large breeds.


2. Disney Cartoon Classics

You can’t go wrong with the Disney classics!


3. Disney Princesses

Little girls and grown women alike — who doesn’t love dressing up as a princess for the day? Well, with these pet costumes, your pet can be one too!


4. Toy Story Characters

Your family can be Woody, Buzz, and Bo Peep.


5. Let Your Pup Be The Toto to Your Dorothy!

It’s like you and your dog were born to play these roles.


6. Cute Enough To Eat!

As I mentioned earlier, one year, my dogs dressed up as tacos and my husband and I wore hot sauce shirts (THESE). Coordinate with food-dressed fido: If they’re a hotdog, why not be a ketchup or mustard bottle? If they’re a piece of sushi then you can be a bottle of sriracha sauce!


7. Skeletons

One year, my dogs dressed as skeletons and the hubby and I wore skeleton pajamas. I loved it because I was able to wear the jammies again throughout the spooky season!


8. Spiders & Webs

Oh, what a tangled web we weave. This year for Halloween, my dogs are dressing as spiders and I can’t wait for them to get stuck in my web (AKA give them big hugs!).


9. Family Pumpkin Patch

Get your pooch a pumpkin costume or jack-o-lantern sweater and yourself a matching pumpkin shirt. The best part? You can wear your pumpkin shirt as a sleep shirt after … so you don’t feel like you’ve spent money on something you can only wear once.


10. Baby Shark, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo

Are you singing that catchy tune in your head too? Join your baby shark by dressing up as mommy shark and daddy shark with some cozy adult onesies!


11. Dinosaurs

If you’ve got kids (the two-legged kind) that are obsessed with dinosaurs then you and your pup can join in on the pre-historic fun!


12. Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice

Gotta say the name 3 times!


13. You’re a Wizard, Puppy

Where will the sorting hat put you and your family?


14. Witches

Between Hocus Pocus and Halloween Town, who wouldn’t want to be a witch?!


15. Lion & Lion Tamer

After all, you are your pup’s trainer!


16. Buzzing Bees

There are plenty of creative ideas with this one. You can either all dress up as bees, maybe your dog is the bee and you’re a pot of honey, or look into beekeeper costumes!


17. Postal Workers

If you’re looking for something super simple then you can just throw on some khakis with a brown shirt or some blue dress pants with a blue button-down and carry a box … voila!


Happy Halloween!