Halloween’s right around the corner, and we honestly can’t wait! The celebration is a bright orange spark in the middle of a season of rain, muck, and the blues, and embrace it with all that we have every single year.
Fortunately, we’re not the only ones who enjoy the holiday. The internet is chock full of folks who love Halloween in all of its glory—from the candy and costumes to the downright weirdness that happens throughout the month, leading up to October 31.
Our team here at Bored Panda has collected some of the wittiest, most outrageously funny Halloween posts to ever grace Twitter. And odds are that you’ll find these incredibly relatable, Pandas! Scroll down for the best of the bunch, and don’t forget to upvote your fave ones. (We assure you, we’re all dressed up in our costumes right now. We hope you are, too!)
Meanwhile, we got in touch with blogger Samantha Scroggin, the founder of 'Walking Outside in Slippers,' for a chat about relatable social media posts, popular content, and what Halloween is celebrated like in her neighborhood. She also shared her most popular Halloween tweet ever which had us laughing way harder than we'd like to admit.
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I dressed as a cat working her way through her nine lives. I hissed at all the dogs I saw.
What kind of country is that, when people (men, women, apache helicopters, whatever) tell other people to "smile"????
That has nothing to do with a country, people are awfully sexist and believe that women should look pretty, by their standards. One of those standards is smiling. If you want someone to smile, make them happy, tell them a joke, compliment them. Don’t do this.
Load More Replies...This is for 2023. It's Sunday and I'm not putting this all together tomorrow lol
"In my experience, humor, luck, and relatability of course matter in successful social media content," blogger Samantha, from 'Walking Outside in Slippers,' told Bored Panda.
"But it really comes down to relationships with other content creators, and taking the time to share the content of other successful content creators and interact with them so they're inclined to share your content and help you gain traction and a loyal following," she said.
I've seen this every October for 3 years (apparently), and it still makes me smile.
That’s how you know the golden tweets from the rest. They make you laugh every time.
Load More Replies...My forecast says high temperature of -7°C or about 19°F. Low is -12°C. Dont think im going in shorts.
Load More Replies...*looks down at my oversized sweatpants* i feel called out - TuT
Sweatpants, a bag of Doritos, a baggy 3 day worn shirt, and barefoot. 😶
Pajamas for me. I took it as a vacation day from work, so I have no intention of putting clothes on all day.
Yep. Except, I'll probably throw on jeans or a skirt, because I'm gonna hand out candy. Kids in costumes make me smile.
What are you gonna wear? Dude, you're lucky I'm not asleep on my floor.
i got a better one. a toilet paper store that ran out of toilet paper!
"We live in a small, old-town neighborhood, and Halloween has always been fun on our block. Most of the houses put out decorations and hand out candy," Samantha shared.
"Some adults even sit outside on their porches to visit with neighbors. It's been pretty consistent year to year, with a little dip for the pandemic. But I look forward this Halloween to another festive night in the neighborhood," the founder of 'Walking Outside in Slippers' told us what the Halloween spirit (pun not intended) is like in her neighborhood.
Exactly! Like who thought this would be a good Idea: Tell a bunch of people to knock on strangers doors and ask for candy like ????
The same people telling their kids not to talk to strangers and never accept candy from them?
Load More Replies...Naw, we're kind of out of the way. We get, maybe, the 10 or so kids on the street and maybe their friends (if mom drives them to our street).
Lucky. I live next to an elementary school. Literally hundreds of kids. I now shut my lights off. It's soooo expensive. But I hate being that person with no lights.
Load More Replies...Thank God the kids in my neighborhood don't knock. If my neighbors and I aren't sitting on our step, the kids skip our house. I love it
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO my worst nightmare!
Load More Replies...At least one needs a cat in the background, or the blur of a child breaking the sound barrier
I'll be going to work in a straight jacket, so I'm not wearing a costume.
Reminds me of the Halloween I dressed up as an escaped mental patient in a fake straightjacket and had my friend lead me around on a retractable dog leash. I clotheslined a few people, it was awesome.
Load More Replies...For some reason, the most drunk of all are the ones dressed as the grim reaper. Twice in different years the grim reaper just sat down at our table at the bar and fell asleep. Another asked, swaying very drunk, if we had seen his scythe. I didn't dare to ask if it was his day off or a busy evening.
same with cons! like, i saw pyramid head from silent hill waiting in line for the bathroom once (to his credit, the guy was on stilts and had a speaker playing ominous music)
I just went by my local tattoo parlour and there was a vampire out the front just chilling in between greeting customers.
This is one of the reasons I love going to conventions. It's always fun to see characters doing mundane things.
A few years back I ran into Thor, Wonder Woman and Spiderman buying chips & salsa at the grocery store. Nice to see they're just like the rest of us.
"As for candy, we limit our kids to a piece or two a day after dinner most nights. Except they get more on Halloween. The problem with this is, they keep their Halloween haul all year and add to it from birthday pinatas and Easter baskets. They're still munching on their candy from last Halloween! But I'm going to have them dump the old stuff before they trick or treat this year."
Halloween used to be known as the Celtic festival of Samhain in ye olden days. It was celebrated in Britain and Ireland on November 1, and was then moved to October 31 to make space for the Catholic celebration of All Saints’ Day. Because of this, some of Samhain’s traditions spread culturally and formed the foundations of what we now know as Halloween.
Back then, people carved turnips and pumpkins to have demonic faces, so as to ward off the spirit of Stingy Jack, a man who’d tricked the devil and was later on barred from both heaven and hell.
The white cat we had when I was a kid we named "Spook".
Load More Replies...My dog’s fur is very light so we like to put her in a pumpkin sweater for Halloween. It’s not uncomfortable at all, like a pair of pajamas
Load More Replies...Im still recovering from scratches from two weeks ago but I will get her in the pumpkin outfit. I will. I'm the human.
wait only hosplatiation and not death> wow this cat is very generous :D
My cat to a tee. I could wear chain mail and she would still shred me with her murder claws.
I know we're all freaking out over fentanyl being handed out this year (which is pure nonsense!), but were folks supposedly handing out weed last year and I missed out?! Dang.
I mean, why do people still lose their sh!t over this myth that people are giving out drugs to kids at Halloween - "They hand it out free so they get addicted and will come back to them to buy!!!!" First, just because free samples work at Costco, doesn't mean it works for drugs. Second, the kid would need to know WHAT it was, WHO gave it to them and HOW they could get more from that person. No drug dealer is going to give out free samples and make it known to come back to this address for more! And I doubt most kids of trick or treat age (prob 11 and under?) would even remember where they got it, even if they told them to come back for more later. Worst case, they would only give it to older kids (maybe 14+?) Who might understand about drugs, but most likely, If they are into drugs at that age, they probably already know where they can get it, or know someone who knows.
Well considering that the drug in question is fentanyl and the kids are dead... they were probably counting on that? (i heard this from my mom so I don't have all the details) but they sound like psychopaths to me... they don't care about the consequences. whether its true or not, you should still be careful
Load More Replies...Weed. Marijuana. Pot. Devil's Lettuce. Should I keep going?
Load More Replies...Recently, pumpkin carving expert Alex Wer, known around the globe as The Pumpkin Geek, shared some of his hard-earned wisdom with Bored Panda. What started as a desire to be “the cool neighbor on the block at Halloween” grew into hundreds of celebs carved in pumpkin form, collaborations with major companies like Sony and Paramount, and a lifetime of adoration at Comic-Con.
"I had become a bit 'obsessed' about pumpkin carving and my wife asked me to carve a logo for a company she worked at that was having a Grand Opening in October, about 12 years ago. I decided to try the artificial pumpkins I had seen at Michael's, so her boss could keep it from year to year. I got 35 orders that night and The Pumpkin Geek was born!" the artist shared his roots.
Artist and carver Alex works with polyurethane pumpkins, meaning they last pretty much forever. Each pumpkin design takes 4 to 6 hours to finish, using a handheld drill.
"Start with the Halloween kits you can find at stores. They give you an introduction to more intricate carving. Then, search online for sites and patterns, there are many out there to help you take it to the next level!" he advised anyone hoping to start their own pumpkin carving story.
oops commented on the wrong one lol sorry had to edit this x
Load More Replies...I work with data and SQL coding. One year, I came in with two small tables looped through my belt on each side of me - I was a Join.
My sister's Rovers group dressed up as bible characters (I can't remember why) and she wore a name tag with Simon crossed out and Peter written next to it. She had to explain why to everyone except the older caterers.
This actually happened to my aunt, it split her tongue and cut the roof of her mouth, she’s still traumatized and so is my mom, because she was with her, we have to cut chocolate in half to check, and no pouring candies into your mouth, like nerds or pop rocks, pour them into a bowl first and sort through them, also no suckers or fruit or raisins
My neighbors gave out ten pennies to each kid that came. No candy , the pennies.
Hey, women's razors are expensive, and I need to keep my good boxcutters.
we didn’t have to worry about this kind of thing when we were kids, my brother and i, we were hoping that ppl wouldn’t hold us up for too long asking who our dad is and then telling us stories of the 💩 he did as kid… i’ll tell you what, my dad was an a*****e as a kid too 😂
I give everyone candy. I don't care how old you are. If you even half-as*ed a costume, you get candy.
Leave Susan alone, she pushed a kid out her body so she deserves some God dang milk duds if she wants 'em
See, this is the issue. I wanna trick or treat, but I don't wanna get side eyed or asked "Aren't you a little old for this" by people.
Say "no one is too old for candy and costumes" with a straight face and walk away. Fwiw, I think it would be extremely wholesome if I got 80 year old trick or treaters. Oh my God, that would be the best thing ever!
Load More Replies...Aww, that's sweet! We're taking our lil kiddo out trick'r'treating this year for the first time. It's more just to get the experience than the candy. And show off her adorbs costume. :)
Load More Replies...It was the perfect way to get free candy for ourselves the first 2 years of my kid's life. 😆
I heard about someone - probably a former co-worker - who had three tiers of Halloween treats. Kids in great home-made costumes got the best treats. Kids in store-bought costumes got the middle tier. Teens in street clothes, claiming to be bums or zombies or the like, or parents who brought a costumed baby got little bags of candy corn or that nasty taffy wrapped in orange and black wrappers.
There are so many other different aspects of Halloween that we absolutely adore. For one, seeing so many people excited about dressing up as their favorite characters from pop culture is a feast for the eyes. And it also gives everyone who’s into cosplaying but might be feeling a tad shy, the encouragement to spread their wings and fly. It’s the playfulness that we so thoroughly enjoy.
Something else that we’re huge fans of is candy. Look, we’re not gonna sugarcoat it (pun definitely intended), we have quite a penchant for sweet stuff. So it’s nice when we can indulge a bit more without all of the usual guilt.
Though it’s fine to indulge in candy every once in a while, you shouldn’t make a daily habit out of it. It’s important to get enough daily movement if you enjoy sugary treats.
Love the FB meme: Aw, Fall - where other girls look so cute in their boots and flannel shirts & I just look like I've misplaced my axe.
Happened to me many years ago. It's halloween, just got home from work, needed a drink. Doorbell rings, little girl dressed as a vampire said: "I am a vampire. And you are, too." Honey, that's my business suit.
reminds me of a joke by Pierre Dac about a man that had a tatoo (in a place that I can't name here but you know what I am alluding to) where you could see, when the guy was in a very good disposition, on one side "an episode of the sack of Abd El Kader camp by the soldiers of Duc d'Aumale in 1843" ( smala.jpg
), and on the other a depiction of the harvesting of olives in Provence.
When you don’t teach your children at home they have to learn it on the streets.
I’d believe this happened before I believe about razor blades in apples. ;-P
You think that's bad? I found the three musketeers inside a three musketeers
Ppft. Parents are crazy. Nobody is wasting assassinations on kids candy.
Nope. You couldn't stop either of us dressing up if you tried. Tonight we are going to the pub dressed as Victorian undertakers
There’s a right balance to be had between complete rigidity and no self-control. Recently, fitness coach Anna Armagno Toussaint explained to Bored Panda that if you want to make progress in terms of fitness, you have to “love yourself enough to do better.”
She added that “punishing yourself or starving yourself will not last and it will be so bad for your mental health,” especially if you’re just starting out with exercise.
I cried once cause I was like 8 and it was one of those jumpscare clowns
Its even more fun the next year when the same group is making the rounds and refuse to come into the yard because they " remember how yall scared us last year!"
*as long as you're in costume. The age is negotiable. If you time it right as a teenager, they've already given out all their candy. We just got loose change, and $50 from one guy. Ended up with $150+.
Load More Replies...Tried last year in "crazy cat lady" costume!! Apparently in this neighborhood banging on doors and demanding Margaritas is like a felony !!!!
*whEeZe* i’m saving this- this made me laugh so hard for no reason-
When they were young, my sons wanted to be vampires for Halloween. My wife dressed them up and put makeup on them, and they looked awesome. They got scared when they looked in the mirror.
In 2nd grade I was a witch and I was about 5 minutes late for class. The teacher looked at me and said "You're tardy" and I replied "No I'm not, I'm a witch". I didn't know what 'tardy' meant at that age and thought it had to do with someone who was developmentally disabled.
When I was little I dressed up as a vampire a bunch and couldn't look at myself in the mirror.
"When I first got into exercise I did a dance cardio program because I didn't want to feel like I was working out. That plus the goal of one serving of veggies per day (I wasn't always getting that) and I lost about 5 pounds after 3 weeks. That was enough proof for me to push a little harder," the fitness coach told us.
The other day these parents passing by thought me and my friends were celebrating early dressed as vampires. nay we are emos.
Says the one who was afraid of me cuz I had a skull on a stick that one time...💀😁😉
Load More Replies...My parents are going to a Halloween party... As goths. Tonight. The good thing is I'll get all the goth stuff they wear afterwards because they'll never wear it again but I will. Lol.
I’m dressing up as a skeleton now, just so I can say “I’m a bone Oreo with skin frosting” to little kids when I open the door
But the frosting is on the inside of the cookie, not the outside, like skin! This should be reversed.
That sounds like it came right out of Wednesday Addams' mouth.
Load More Replies...Bros making me wanna become a cannibal when he says it like that
Do you know that the only chance you ever have of cleaning your own skeleton is when you brush your teeth?
I TOTALLY agree. I want to hear Alvin, Simon, and Theodore take on Michael Jackson's "Thriller"!
Look up on YouTube, Monster Mash by Geoff Castellucci. Also look up any song by Voice Play. Absolutely incredible
The presenters of my local radio station did a cover of that (despite not being musical at all) but they also had The Buoys and Alex the Astronaut who really did all the work :)
"But setting small goals is a great start. So even if it is a 10-minute workout from YouTube or stretching or 10 squats and lunges. Any small step in the right direction is still progress," she said. That’s one way to burn off the extra calories and move more. If you love what you do, it never truly feels like a chore.
What’s also important is to stay hydrated throughout the day, whether by drinking regular “boring” water, consuming electrolytes, seltzer, or tea. If you do those things, you shouldn’t feel too bad about indulging in some delicious post-trick-or-treating choco-binging.
Another annual smile. I'm pretty sure this image is a retweet. This is much older than 2021?!?! RIGHT??!!?
Once, I was the only one in costume at an event… It was a performance of a friend of a friend’s band. They were goths so they didn’t mind the grim reaper turning up unexpectedly lol
I showed up to work the year they decided NOT to do the Halloween costume contest. No one bothered to tell me. I spent a small fortune on my "Captain Cordelia Crowe" costume (she's Jack Sparrow's cousin). 001-636381...53ff8b.jpg
Why don’t you go and take a closer look down there, I mean, who doesn’t like red balloons…
Load More Replies...Imagine walking/driving by at night and just randomly seeing a flat child staring at a red ball…
One time someone brought string and a red balloon and tied it to the sewer grate at the bus pickup/drop-off at school
I have severe scoliosis and I dressed up for a contest at our Assisted Living . I dressed as a gypsy. ( My standard go-to Halloween outfit) when asked what I was( I thought it was obvious) I said , "can't you tell? I'm the entire main cast of hunchback of Notre Dame!"
My personal fave is definitely "condescending online man" it's so true 😅🤣
'Aging My chemical Romance Fan' - Hate to admit but I love this one and can totally relate lol
"Condescending Online Man" where do they even come up with these names lol
Do you enjoy celebrating Halloween, dear Pandas? What spooky season traditions do you have in your family, neighborhood, and circle of friends? Have you already picked out this year’s costume? What candy do you love munching on the most once October hits? We’d love to hear your thoughts, so drop by the comment section to voice yours!
I was terrorized at 14 by 5 girls in a mental institute on Halloween night.
My friends mom worked at a nursing home thing, one Halloween she went as the grim reaper ;-;
The last time I did a Halloween costume I was a mushroom so I think I did the sneaker ghost category!
"sir, Please do not taunt a cop. Do you have an ID or drivers license?"
Load More Replies...We all like a cosplayer who method acts...well, sometimes, anyway.
Dad- "And wear some odd clothing! maybe carry a gourd of some type".
And hollow it out. Then cut some extea holes I it. Add fire.
Load More Replies...Disguise yourself. That way you can change to a new costume and go back for seconds.
It must be. Bananas have no other useful purpose.
Load More Replies...You're talking to sl_tty girls then m8 my friends are wearing gas masks
But it's not like most womens costume don't look slitting.... they don't have much choice.
A 50 year old overweight redneck in a Hambuglar bikini. Try getting that image out of your head now.
Load More Replies...My oldest brother won second place wearing his girlfriend 's waitress uniform. He got $50.
oof. ig this applies to me too... good thing I'm being a carnival clown
well it was in 2019, so it's actually possible that was the top answer
Load More Replies...yeah, I even went the extra mile and have constantly cold hands and feet! :D
Load More Replies...Knew a woman, born on Oct.32. her parents named her Halloween Wall . It that weird or is it just weird to me ?
Load More Replies...All I could think at first is "but we're 4 to say them" lol
Me, too. I was desperately trying to make it work but just couldn't. Hahaha
Load More Replies...I`m tired and I understood "2 high 2" because I read over the "to" that followed and could not remember the word "squared". I need sleep...
Inspired Christmas idea. You're in a living room, all the actors are grandmas, there's a coffee table with 3 cookie tins. Two tins have sewing supplies in it, and only one has cookies. Pick the wrong one, and you only get butterscotch candy for Halloween.
*shrieks* I CAN MY HEAR MY ENGLISH TEACHER TELLING ME TO WRITE 5 PARAGRAPHS… NOOOOO
Fr, America has gone downhill and scarier since then
Load More Replies...and it ends up spilling everywhere and knocking over others in the process.. truly terrifying 😭😭
That feeling when you've bought your things and are trying to put your change back into your purse, as the line behind you stares in *hurry the f**k up*
Or your card gets declined, with $250+ bill. The couple ahead of me. In the ONL Y line open, out of 16 in the store. Ice cream melting as they argue with the manager.
One hand is also occupied holding a water bottle, phone, and keys
I was just reading that story on cnn the other day
Load More Replies...My windows are covered with spider webs. We have a contract. I don't mess with them and they take care of the flies for me.
Covered with webs? Remind me to stay away from whatever Country you live in 😱
Load More Replies...We have a really big one named Bruce. I'm not opposed to getting rid of the OTHER webs, but we leave Bruce alone. He's eating all those other weird bugs I just discovered we have in Oregon (USA). Rock on Bruce.
Ik, I'm so sad because David the Daddy Long legs who lives in my bathroom died. R.I.P David
I live in a garden cottage so I have cobwebs, normal webs, and their occupants to spare regardless of the time of year.
Milk crate challenge from a few years ago. Very painful videos
Load More Replies...Same makes me feel pushed into something I do not wish to do. F**k Christmas buy your own s**t!
Load More Replies...It hurts even more before Thanksgiving. I mean you couldn't even wait a month, you sad m***********s
Halloween is before thanksgiving…. That’s why it stings
Load More Replies...It’s midnight. I should be asleep rn. Instead I’m looking at this. Thank you BP.
Some people wear that costume every day and don't know it.
Load More Replies...I do nothing as well, just enjoy having the cool decorations up, before the Xmas c**p
Haha! I am Danish but as a little kid I used to watch The Children's Channel -not understanding any words but I still enjoyed it a lot. I have accidently sung the "I love you, you love me, we're a great big family"-song to my kids a few times. That song is just forever stuck in my mind. 🙈🙊🙉 recently found the lyrics for the intro song as well. Hopefully I will never sing that to my kids. Wish me luck!
I remember the year Aladdin came out and my friend was Jasmine and it was pouring rain and she was so upset she had to wear a big coat over her costume. I'm on West coast of Canada, very likely to have torrential rain for Halloween every year
I was doing the jacket thing in Colorado it was like bruh I was really exited to wear this costume now I gotta wear a jacket it wasn't even cold so I was overheating in this huge a*s winter coat
My marathon training team gave out prizes for runners who dressed up on the Saturday before Halloween. You had to be able to run 25 kilometers in the costume, so people got really creative. One year, I wrote lines from famous poems all over my shirt and declared myself "Poetry in Motion." I tripped and fell on my face while trying to collect my prize.
I love that costume idea!! (Sorry that you fell though) 🎃
Load More Replies...I once saw someone running in a pizza slice on a regular afternoon. Thought I was hallucinating
what’s the problem with this? Some kids are allergic to gluten and they should still enjoy Halloween.(/genq, plz don’t downvote me)
