TL;DR
- Trends
- Paper bag head photoshoot trend
- Views
- 16M+ combined views from 5 videos listed.
- Format
- Before-after paper bag head photoshoot with a group of friends, family, or coworkers + trend-specific sound
- Why It Works
- Easy trend that uses familiar props; every paper bag has a different face expression drawn on it, which is why people stay to find out.
- Use It When
- You want to participate in Halloween hype with an easy, evergreen trend format.
What is this trend
If you’re one of those who scrolls down socials every day just to find a Halloween costume trend that’s easy to recreate and doesn’t charge you a single dime, rest assured.
There’s no one who cannot do this trend. And another good news is that it’s an evergreen trend!
This paper bag head trend became viral back in Halloween 2024.
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660.6K 6.1M 100.9K 551.8K 
1.5M 40.1K 133.9K Fun, easy, and you don’t need other costumes either. Those videos gather 12,1M+ combined views.
Then, in 2025, another creator recreated it. The video got 2.4M+ views.
jadelacruz31
Oh Klahoma - Jack Stauber
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watermelonavocados 0y ago
It’s giving pandemic nostalgia 🥺
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itsjess.irl 0y ago
*nakasmile sa loob ng paper bag* hahahaa
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fruitcakess8 0y ago
same samin hahaha😂
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hotjuju 0y ago
ok sana to kung nagkaksabay sabay kaming team sa rto days namen 🤣
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miszjinx 0y ago
San po nakakabili?
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jhohernandez83 0y ago
what size of the paper bag?
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leagracealudino 0y ago
san nabibili😂
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shrmnsrj 0y ago
kayo po nag drawing?
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2.5M 57.0K 114.2K This year, we got another entry as well with 875K+ views, and it keeps growing every day.
funeralcarebywomen
original sound - Tricia
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katie.nelson261 2w ago
I love this on it own. But I love it even more that this is a for a funeral home. But now you HAVE to do ghosts. 😬
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stay.weird_101 2w ago
Signs of a recession. We’ve moved away from pumpkin heads to bed sheets to paper bags 😂
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amanda.cerwinsky21 2w ago
Me and my Taco Bell coworkers did this last year!
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catlifesmatter 2w ago
the dog was all for it 🥰
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amandasbookishtakes 2w ago
Okay, but these are giving IG circa 2014 millennial optimism and I am HERE FOR IT! 👻🩷
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cassfransway 2w ago
oooh, love how the pics got the spooky haze!
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vickyy.irl 2w ago
did yall make the bags yourself or purchase them somewhere? 🤔
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jofaye33 2w ago
Thanks i needed one for my kids this year. We did the sheet ghosts last year.
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874.1K 31.0K 47.4K From this sequence, we can see that every year the hype for this trend format never ends.
There are two reasons why this trend is working so well for every Halloween season.
- The paper bags they used have various facial expressions drawn on them. This way, people are curious about the expression they’ll see.
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