15 Halloween Costume Ideas Inspired by Bay to Breakers

Halloween weekend is coming in hot! No, really. It’s 85 degrees and sunny in San Francisco today.

Halloween 2017 is just days away. Spooky! If you’re scrambling for costume inspiration, look no further than photos than this year’s Bay to Breakers race in San Francisco. Yes, it turns out that Bay to Breakers is a geyser of Halloween costume ideas, thanks to all the creative locals clad in clever costumes from Starbucks beverages to Vladimir Putin.

If you’re struggling with your Halloween costume ideas this year, then look no further than our smorgasbord of inspiration courtesy of San Francisco’s 2017 Bay to Breakers race and its costume-adorned runners:

Related: San Francisco’s Top 5 Neighborhoods for Trick-or-Treating

1. Be Ape Hashbury.

Photo: Facebook.

2. Be a unicorn. A Starbucks Frappuccino Unicorn, that is.

Photo: David Goehring, Flickr, Creative Commons

Related: 7 Best Thrift Stores to Shop for Halloween Costumes in San Francisco 

3. Be teddy bears that are gratefully dead.

Photo: David Goehring, Flickr, Creative Commons

4. Serve exotic fish…

Photo: Tom Hilton, Flickr, Creative Commons

5. …and other variations of aquatic life.

Photo: Tom Hilton, Flickr, Creative Commons

Related: No Tricks: 12 Halloween Events You Don’t Want to Miss

6. Feel buoyant and afloat as a rubber ducky.

Photo: Facebook

7. It’s good to be King…of Crabs.

Photo: Facebook

Related: The Best Halloween Candy for Grown Ups in San Francisco

8. Be bubbly. #RoséAllDay

Photo: Tom Hilton, Flickr, Creative Commons

9. Be Zach Galifianakis circa The Hangover and don’t forget Heather Graham’s baby.

Photo: David Goehring, Flickr, Creative Commons

Related: 7 Pumpkin Patches in Half Moon Bay to Visit Before Halloween

10. Don’t Miss the chance to be Pac-Man.

Photo: Facebook

11. Be hot, dog.

Photo: Facebook

Related: 9 Scary Movie Nights in Halloween You Need to Attend by Halloween

12. Be “roommates”.

Photo: Facebook

13. Be incredible.

Photo: Facebook

Related: The SF Must-List: What to Do in San Francisco This October

14. Be wonderful!

Photo: Facebook.

15. And last but not least, don’t be scared to think inside the box.

Photo: Facebook.

Share This

Copy Link to Clipboard

Copy