40 Halloween Face Masks for COVID-19 That Double as Spooky (and Safe!) Costumes

We’ve enjoyed a summer that looks almost normal, but it’s clear that the COVID-19 pandemic will still be with us for Halloween 2021. Although your blowout party is now a small gathering and trick-or-treating is even more complicated than before, we still have the chance make the most of All Hallows Eve.

One advantage this year—maybe the only one—is that cloth face masks make for excellent costumes while reducing the risk for COVID-19 transmission, combined with lots of hand-washing, social distancing, and receiving the vaccines, of course. Although it’s unclear when we’ll be able to stop masking up, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that all people in areas of high COVID-19 transmission, regardless of vaccination status, wear a mask in indoor public settings. So yes, it’s a good idea to incorporate a Halloween face mask into your final look!

Halloween costumes actually originated from the ancient Celtic tradition of dressing up to ward off wandering spirits on October 31—so this might be the only year when doctors and druids alike agree that your costume is necessary to keep you safe.

We’re still excited to celebrate in a new way, especially with so much potential in customized face masks. Whether you’re going for spooky, cutesy, funny, or somewhere in between, these affordable cloth masks (many of which also come in child sizes) will make this Halloween season fun and safe. Happy haunting!