An AI-Powered Halloween Skull Tells Costume-Specific Dad Jokes
Raspberry Pi Halloween Costume Detector
A Halloween skull uses a camera to spot people in costumes, then generates a dad joke tailored to what they are wearing. It sends the camera image to Claude and reads the generated joke aloud using text-to-speech.
Liz Clark of Adafruit published the build guide in 2025. The project is intended to entertain costumed guests at a Halloween party.
Approach a spooky skull and, instead of scaring you, it tells a dad joke. That's one unusually cheerful Halloween monster.