Popular animal character costume ideas for Cosplay and Halloween

Halloween and cosplay are two of the best times to show off your creative side by dressing up as your favorite animal character. Whether you want to be a fierce lion or a cuddly kitten, there are plenty of options to choose from. Here are a few ideas to get you started.

Mordecai's Costume from Regular Show

Mordecai's costume can be DIY-ed with a blue shirt, bird feathers, leggings, and blue hair dye.

Shari Lewis' Lamb Chop Costume

Wear a sheep costume and style it with mittens and red buttons.

Mouse in a Trap Costume

Mouse in a Trap’s costume is a long-sleeved gray T-shirt, gray sweatpants, white running shoes, mouse ears, a nose and a tail, and a giant cardboard mousetrap with foam trap bars.

Foghorn Leghorn's Costume from Looney Tunes

Rock the Foghorn Leghorn costume look with this chicken or rooster hoodie and the yellow chicken feet slipper!

Dragon's Costume from Shrek

You can do the dragon's costume by wearing a red dragon onesie or scale dress then add a dragon mask and wings to the look.

Donkey (Shrek) Costume

Donkey’s costume is a donkey-inspired shirt, straight-fit gray jeans with a gray donkey tail attached at the back, dark brown sneakers, and a donkey mask.

Mr. Snuffleupagus Costume

Mr. Snuffleupagus’s costume is a brown fleece onesie, fuzzy fleece brown slippers, long fuzzy brown socks, giant wiggle eyes with several streaks of black yarn, and a brown elephant nose.

Manta Ray's Costume

Manta ray costume can easily be recreated with a onesie or jumpsuit and a hat. You can also wear a manta ray kigurumi for a more detailed look.

Amaterasu from Okami's Costume

For Get a white Kimono and style it with a red obi, furry leg warms, and a fox mask.

Lilo and Stitch (& Angel) Couple Costume

Lilo’s costume is very laid-back. When she’s not in her hula class, she wears a red hibiscus-patterned dress and slip-ons. Stitch is a furry, blue alien.

Swoop Bald Eagle Mascot Cheerleader Costume

The DIY take for the bald eagle mascot costume can be started with a bald eagle mask and an eagle onesie.

Angler Fish's Costume

The Angler Fish costume can be recreated by wearing an orange onesie and an angler fish head piece.

Jiminy Cricket Costume

Jiminy Cricket’s costume is a yellow scarf, a red vest, brown pants, a black tailcoat, and a blue top hat. He is also known for bringing along a red umbrella.

Raichu's Costume from Pokémon

Raichu's costume can be recreated with a DIY mask, an orange hoodie, and paw slippers.

Spike the Dragon's Costume from My Little Pony

Spike the Dragon's outfit features a green shirt with stripes, a purple zip hoodie, a spiked headband and tail, and purple pants.

Donkey Kong's Costume

Donkey Kong's costume is a jumpsuit, tie, and character headpiece.

Sandworm's Costume from Beetlejuice

Capture the essence of the Sandworm with a black and white jumpsuit, Sandworm hat, or do it yourself with a striped onesie for a complete look.

Pete the Cat's Costume

Pete the Cat's look features a yellow sweater with groovy buttons, blue arm sleeves, pants, cat ears, tail,and comfy blue slippers.

Road Runner & Wile E Coyote Costume (Looney Tunes)

Road Runner and Wile E Coyote’s costume is a blue long-sleeved shirt, a blue tutu skirt, orange tights, a fake bird bill, and a blue leather headband for Road Runner, and a brown long-sleeved shirt, brown pants, and a wolf mask for Wile E. Coyote.

Baloo Costume from Talespin

Character’s costume is Grey bear onesie, grey bear claw slippers, loose khaki full-sleeve button-down shirt, and red captain hat.

Chopper's Costume from One Piece

Chopper's costume features a Chopper hat, striped shirt, orange shorts, and reindeer gloves and hooves.

Slug's Costume

The Slug costume features a mask or hairband, and a sweater and pants combo.

Blastoise's Costume from Pokémon

Blastoise's DIY costume can be recreated with a blue unitard, khaki shirt and shorts, a mask, and a shell backpack.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Costume

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' costume can be DIY-ed with a turtle shirt, green long sleeved-shirts, and tights. Then, get a TMNT backpack, eye masks, and pieces of clothes to wear on the limbs.

Shadow the Hedgehog Costume from Sonic the Hedgehog

Shadow the Hedgehog's look can be recreated with a Shadow-inspired cap and hoodie. Then, style it with black pants, white gloves, and multi-colored shoes.

The Fox and the Hound Costume

The Fox and Hound’s costume is an orange long-sleeved shirt, orange pants, and orange fox ears for the Fox, and a brown long-sleeved shirt, brown pants, and floppy brown dog ears for the Hound.

Kanga and Roo Costume

Kanga and Roo’s costume is a brown long-sleeved shirt, brown leggings, brown kangaroo ears, and a brown baby sling for Kanga, and a brown onesie and a blue shirt for Roo.

Puss in Boots Costume from Shrek

Puss in Boots’s costume is an orange long-sleeved shirt, orange pants, a black cape, black renaissance boots, a tricorn hat, and a musketeer sword.

Cubone Costume from Pokemon

Cubone’s costume is a brown onesie, a Cubone-inspired helmet, and brings along a bone as its club.

Ender Dragon Costume from Minecraft

Ender Dragon’s costume is a black long-sleeved shirt, black pants, black shoes, a pair of black dragon wings, and a cube-shaped dragon head.

Rango Costume

Rango's costume can be DIY-ed with a chameleon mask, a green pajama set, a tail, and a red Hawaiian shirt.

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer Costume

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's costume features a brown onesie or a set of furry sweaters, pants, and a red nose prop.

Scar's Costume from The Lion King

Scar's costume features a lion onesie styled with a black wig and make-up to recreate his scar.

Corduroy the Bear Costume

Corduroy the Bear’s costume features a bear onesie with green overalls and a missing button.

Boris the Wolf Costume from Bendy and the Ink Machine

Boris the Wolf's costume can be recreated with a DIY print-out mask, black turtleneck top, and white overalls. He also has black shoes and white gloves.