UTC Library's Annual Halloween Costume Contest

Every year, the UTC Library hosts a Costume Contest featuring two categories: Student Costumes and Faculty/Staff Costumes. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners in each category receive a prize. Many of our contestants handcraft their costumes for a truly one-of-a-kind look! Click through the galleries below to see the creativity and ingenuity of our UTC community.

2026 Student Costumes

Vampire
Beetlejuice & Lydia Deetz
Sith Lord
Clark Kent
Sam Montgomery as Cinderella
Elissabat Monster High
Ladybug
Wizard
Strawberry Shortcake Girls
And Frog
Vampire (Wish I had an umbrella)
Spider Gwen
Cat boy maid
Retro Jason from Friday the 13th
Shark Boy and Lava Girl
Iron Man aka Tony Stark; genius billionaire playboy philanthropist
Blue Fairy Closet Cosplay
Pizza
Alucard from Hellsing
Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls
Zelda
Flower Girl

2026 Faculty/Staff Costumes

Mushroom
Piper from Orange is the New Black
Hot Box Ghost
German Girl
The Devil Wears Prada
John the Rainbow Caticorn
Festively Halloween
Madame Monopoly
Cotton-Eye Joe
Dragon
Teriyaki Chicken
Flapper
Minion (BOB)
Space Cadets
Pennywise & Georgie
Spiced Harvest Mr. Clean
Haymitch Abernathy in the 50th Hunger Games
Inside Out Emotions
Peter Pan; "I'm youth, I'm joy, I'm a litter bird that has broken out of the egg."
The Lorax
Viking
Career Connections
Jurassic Bark
Basic Witches
Bob Dylan
AHHH! We're infested with bugs and creepy things!

2025 Student Costumes

Wednesday Addams and Thing

First place winner: Wednesday Addams and Thing

Haunted Bride: "I do.."

Second place winner: Haunted Bride: "I do.."

Dipper and Mabel from Gravity Falls

Third place winner: Dipper and Mabel from Gravity Falls 

Slytherin student

Slytherin student 

Marv from Home Alone

Marv from Home Alone

I'm a very hideous fleshy thing possessing another person.

I'm a very hideous fleshy thing possessing another person. 

Mocsters ems

Mocsters ems

Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan

Anakin, Padme, and Obi-Wan

Jolyne Cujoh from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 6

Jolyne Cujoh from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure part 6

alpha delta pi sorority girls

alpha delta pi sorority girls

Little Red Riding Hood and the Deer

Little Red Riding Hood and the Deer

Maverick the Lobster Fursuit

Maverick the Lobster Fursuit

Glinda from Wicked

Glinda from Wicked

Springtrap from the Five Night's at Freddy's Movie

Springtrap from the Five Night's at Freddy's Movie 

Rumi and Zoey from K-pop Demon Hunters

Rumi and Zoey from K-pop Demon Hunters

Princess Leia from A New Hope

Princess Leia from A New Hope 

Billie Eilish

Billie Eilish

Eve from WALL-E

Eve from WALL-E

Charlie from Smiling Friends

Charlie from Smiling Friends 

Fred Flintstone

Fred Flintstone

Southern Lumberjack

Southern Lumberjack

Killer Clown

Killer Clown

Bob and Linda from Bob's Burgers

Bob and Linda from Bob's Burgers

2025 Faculty/Staff Costumes

A (Disney) Villainous Halloween

First place winner: A (Disney) Villainous Halloween

KPop Demon Hunters

Second place winner: KPop Demon Hunters

Beaker

Third place winner: Beaker 

Happy Hallowiener - Hot Dog

Happy Hallowiener - Hot Dog

Angel
Howdy Tex

Howdy Tex

Mr. Moctastic

Mr. Moctastic

Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

Halloween/Pumpkin Witch

Halloween/Pumpkin Witch

Queen Maria

Queen Maria

Magic 8 Ball

Magic 8 Ball

Cookies and Milk

Cookies and Milk

2024 Student Costumes

Disgust and a Core Memory Worker from Inside Out - First Place Winner!
Elphaba the Wicked Witch - Second Place Winner!
Emily the Corpse Bride - Third Place Winner!
Spider Gwen and Spiderman
Draculaura from Monster High
Luke Skywalker's Bespin Outfit from Empire Strikes Back
Plague Doctor
Pirate
Luigi
Spring Bonnie (Yellow Rabbit) - main villain of Five Nights at Freddy
Sophie and Howl from Howl’s Moving Castle
Draculaura - Monster High
Mr. Dinosaur
Gambit, from X-Men
Crowley from Good Omens
Paddington the Bear
Mothman
Mabel Pines
California Long Boarder
Cruella de Vil
Vampire
Fall Guy -- Halloween themed Fall Guy
Candleburn, and it's a character made by me: a gargoyle with candles!
LED MPC
Shrek
Ravenclaw student
Mr & Mrs Fox from the movie Fantastic Mr Fox
Finn and Jake (Adventure Time)
Goblin Slayer/Knight
Rapunzel
Howl from Howls Moving Castle
Sejanus Plinth from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Super awesome yellow minion duo
Sith Hunter from Star Wars: KOTOR
Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls
The Red Princess - Red Ballgown and Silver Shoes
Stanford Pines (Gravity Falls)
Snoopy, Joe Cool
Wolverine
Sy Yuresival, A Steampunk Plague Doctor OC from Ziropherium
Crowley from the Good Omens TV show
Butterfly
Qi Rong from Heaven Official's Blessing
Chestburster Victim

2024 Faculty/Staff Costumes

Ms. Frizzle, the University High teacher! - First Place Winner!
Harry Potter characters - Second Place Winner!
Black Knight "It's just a flesh wound" - Third Place Winner!
Lydia Deetz and Deliah Deetz from Beetlejuice
Manon Blackbeak
Patrick Bateman from American Psycho
Flo from Progressive
Diseases
Puss in boots
Mad Scientist in Residence
Mushroom
Care Bears
UTC Mystery Machine
Shrek
Scarecrow
I’m here to save you a bundle
Business Barbie
Official-ish
Chicken carrying woman
Elvis
Prince
Velma
Dorthy Ann
80s soul train
Red Beard the Pirate
1692 Witches

2023 Student Costumes

Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street 1st Place winners

1st Place Winners

Scarecrow Lauren - 2nd Place Winner

2nd Place Winner

Carrie from the 1976 movie Carrie - 3rd Place Winner

3rd Place Winner

Demonic Jester
Hermione Granger, witch in Gryffindor House
Walter White and Jesse Pinkman from Breaking Bad
Modern clown and Vintage Clown couple
Gray hoodie
Belle from "Beauty and the Beast"
Napoleon Dynamite
Maleficent
Jordan Baker from the Great Gatsby
Western Barbie
Witch and her service frog
Spider Man
Jack Twist from Brokeback Mountain
Steve Harvey
Knight
Eren Jaeger from Attack On Titan
Ducky Momo from Phineas and Ferb
Marshmello
Luffy from One Piece
Snow Princess
Robin the Boy Wonder
Mothman
Loki Variant
Hufflepuff
The Weirdest Barbie Around
Goblin Slayer
Darth Vader from Star Wars
Spring Bonnie from Five Nights at Freddy’s
Walter White from Breaking Bad
The Star child of KISS
Forest Fae
Mizuki Akiyama from Project Sekai: Colorful Stage
Crowley from Good Omens
X-Wing fighter pilot from Star Wars
Tanjiro Kamado (Demon Slayer)
Dracalaura
Scarlet Witch
Mabel and Dipper from Gravity Falls

2023 Faculty/Staff Costumes

Cruello DeVille and Dalmatian - 1st Place Winners
Ghostbusters - 2nd Place Winner
Moira Rose - Schitt's Creek - 3rd Place Winner
Evil fairy
Bloody skeleton and how she died
Spongebob Squarepants
Vampire
Ursula the Sea Witch
Cocaine Bear
Half devil half angel
Princess Mononoke
Claw Machine
Weird Barbie
Wednesday Addams
Renaissance Maiden from the 1500s
Ms. Frizzle (+ Liz)
Charlie Brown
Trash Panda
Maleficent, mistress of evil
Balloon Animal
The Mad Hatter
Vintage Chinese Dress

2022 Student Costumes

The Once-ler (from The Lorax) - First Place Winner

First Place Winner

Alexis from Schitt's Creek - Second Place Winner

Second Place Winner

Jelly Fish! - Third Place Winner

Third Place Winner

Elmo
King Bowser
Pirate
Belle from Beauty and the Beast
Chainsaw Man
Minnie Mouse
Color Bandit
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Alas Poor Yorick!
Wirt from Over the Garden Wall
Gandalf the Gray
Edgar Allen Poe with his raven named Eleanor
Morticia Addams
Galinda and Elphaba
Casual Teen Titans
Old timey Vampire Guy
Bananas in bananas
Among us Impostor
Karma is a cat
Red Guy (from Don't Hug Me I'm Scared)
Spons
Godzilla
Spider woman
President Loki and alligator Loki
Sir Pogsalot, a medieval crusader waging a holy war against cringey memes!
Ash Ketchum - Pokémon trainer
Pretty Plague Doctor
He Xuan, the Ghost King, from Heaven's Official Blessing.

2022 Faculty/Staff Costumes

Beetlejuice - First Place Winners
Alf - Second Place Winner
Witches of Oz - Third Place Winners
UTC UHS zoo keeper and some of her zoo friends
Attack on Titan, Mikasa Ackerman
Ada from Lamb
Elizabeth Bathory, the Countess of Blood
I'm not a shopping list... I'M A GHOST!!!!
Stede Bonnett, the Pirate
Medusa
Renaissance Woman
Dia de Los Muertos
Spooky scary skeleton
Madame Baloney, Fortune Teller
Patch Doll
Princess
Greedo; Han Shot First
Where’s Waldo
Robin from Stranger Things
Victorian pirate
Frida Kahlo

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