Cutie Cats in Costumes Inspiring Ideas for the Upcoming Spooky Season

Giuliana Tiscioni • Writer

Sep 19, 2026 3:30 PM EDT

Who's in the mood for being purrfeclty spooked today?

If there's one thing cuter than our furbabies, it's our furbabies in a little costume. If you're skilled enough to get them to stand still while you put the costume on without getting scratches all over you, you'll be left with a fluffy furball in a cute little dress looking at you like you've just disrespected all its ancestors. I wouldn't be surprised if, from one moment to another, they started speaking out of nowhere and said, "This is preposterous, Karen" (insert squeaky voice here).

For us, seeing our kitten cities all dressed up is something that nearly makes us explode with cuteness. Our gallery of photos is already running out of space from all the pictures we take of them; the last thing we need is to make them look even cuter, fluffier, and more pawdorable than they already are. We're going to need a second phone to contain only their photos and not worry about other non-important things taking up space on our phones, when what we really want is to have it full of our fluffies' photos. Or maybe we could go vintage and get a real camera, and use it exclusively for our furbabies' photo album. That's another idea! A real photo album of all the cute stuff our cats do. We could have it all ordered by date, like, "On October 5th, he curled up on the couch beside me," with the photo on the side. People used ot do those albums for their children when smartphones weren't a thing, so what's stopping us from doing the same for our feline children? After all, they probably are the only children we're going to have. We might as well just spoil them now, and use some of our free time for an artistic project. Those albums take quite a bit of work, and if we want it to look nice enough to be worthy of or cat's cuteness, we're going to have to put a lot of effort into it. But for now, while we get all the materials we need, we can get inspired for the next Halloween with these photos of kittens in costumes!

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Underworld Cuteness

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Shy Shark

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A hotdog or a Hot-cat?

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All aboard! Choo choo!

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Princess Purri-ella

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Furry Flamingo

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Meowing Mermaid

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A Dark Cat-Fury

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Sporty Spooky Kitty

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The Clown-ing Cat

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The Meowing Menace

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If you think that at this point you can't handle this much cuteness anymore, I'm sorry to tell you that you're going to have to survive it one way or another. Take a pause if you need it; go hug your cat, get a glass of water, take a deep breath, and come back. This isn't over. Buckle up tight, because you're still in for a ride of fluffy, spooky purrfection that's waiting just for you. Besides, if you still don't know what you'll be doing for Halloween this year, this is the perfect opportunity to plan a couples' costume with your furbaby.
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Kitten Candy Cane

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Cat-ceratops

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Just Meowrried

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Pumpking Purrfect

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The Cat in the Hat

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Yee-haw Catboy!

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Mousy Meows

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Orange Spooky

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Pawdorable Phantom

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Clowning Cuties

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Mr. McAdorable Paw

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Wonder-Feline

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