Because most babies are tiny and round, it’s easy to slap them in a pumpkin costume, and call it a day. But what’s the fun — or more importantly, the future blackmail potential — in that? Wouldn’t it be so much better to dress your child up in a costume that channels your cultural obsessions? From a pint-sized Gene Simmons to an ax-wielding (and we believe, cross-dressing) Gallagher, we’ve rounded up 20 of the greatest pop-cultured inspired Halloween costumes for babies after the jump.
Alien chestburster costume [via Great White Snark]
Alvin the Chimpmunk [via 4 Nuts in a Nutshell]
Care Bear [via Craftzine]
Colonel Sanders [via Craftzine]
Darth Vader [via Geekologie]
Elvis [via Craftster]
Frida Kahlo [via Babble]
Gallagher [via BuzzFeed]
H. P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu [via Mental Floss]
KISS [via Trendhunter]
Lady Gaga [via PopCrunch]
Link from Zelda [via Technabob]
Max from Where the Wild Things Are [via Etsy]
Mr. T [via Apartment Therapy]
Phylis Diller [via Brandi Milne]
Prince [via Apartment Therapy]
Stay Puft Marshmallow Man [via HuffPo]
Thing 1 and Thing 2 [via About]
Tom Cruise in Risky Business [via Parents]
Vincent Van Gogh’s ear [via BuzzFeed]