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Home » DIY Costumes » 19 Easy DIY Costumes

19 Easy DIY Costumes

October 27, 2022 By Jamie Dorobek 5 Comments

Halloween is 4 days away! I’ve rounded up 19 easy DIY costumes that can be thrown together in an afternoon. The best part? Most of these easy costume ideas can be made with simple supplies you have on hand or can be bought at the grocery store. Think: poster board, glow sticks, junk mail, clear packing tape, glows sticks, and red bandanas.

19 Easy DIY adult costumes

19 Easy DIY Costumes Ideas for Adults

1. Filter/ No Filter Costume

You definitely need 2 people for this costume, but the costume itself could not be easier. Likely one person will need a wig, and some version of the same outfit. Check out C.R.A.F.T. for 5 versions of the filter/ no filter snapchat costume.

Snapchat filter Halloween costume

2. Village People Group Costume

I know you know the song “YMCA”, right? That’s the Village People. This is an easy DIY group costume idea with 6 choices of characters. Best part? You likely have most of the pieces needed for these costumes on hand. Your quick costume choices are: Construction worker, Police man, Cowboy, Army, Indian or Leather man.

Side note: Mila substituted Army for Navy.

Village people family Halloween costume

3. Tourist

The essentials for this costume include a location t-shirt, camera, hat, fanny pack, white socks, sneakers and a peace sign for picture taking. I love the idea of a whole pack of tourists!

DIY Halloween costumes

4. Where’s Waldo

Grab a red and white striped t-shirt from a second hand store, black rimmed glasses, jeans, and a red and white beanie. If you’re pregnant, add a tiny felted Waldo head to your belly with a safety pin. Oh and if you can’t find a striped t-shirt last minute, consider using a solid red t-shirt and adding stripes with white Duct tape or vice versa.

Group Halloween costume ideas

5. Tired Mom

Top knot, baby on your back, Target bags, sneakers and a Starbucks cup are the perfect accessories for the tired mom costume!

Tired mom costume

6. Bob Ross

If you have a beard, this Bob Ross costume is perfect! (If you don’t have a beard, check out this wig/ beard combo!) All you need is a button down short, jeans, a wig, and a DIY cardboard paint palette.

DIY Bob Ross adult Halloween costume

7. Grandpa

Plaid pants, belt, large jacket, funky hat, pipe, and a pillow to make the belly extra round. This grandpa costume could not be easier! Add Grandma for extra points.

DIY adult Halloween costumes

8. Captain Recycle

Green pants and t-shirt plus anything from the recycle bin! Use tape and safety pins to attach the goods and you’re Captain Recycle!

Last minute DY adult Halloween costumes

9. Bank robbers

Black and white striped t-shirts, black pants, black masks, pillow case, black marker to make money signs on the pillow cases. Bam! If you have a navy jacket on hand, the police plus bank robber costume combo is another fun idea!

DIY Bank robber and police man

10. Dancing emoji girl

Red dress, red shoes, and you must strike the post as often as possible! The scarecrow is an easy costume idea too!

DIY Halloween costumes

11. 80’s prom queens

You can find 80’s dresses at any thrift store. Add crowns and sashes for next level Prom Queens!

DIY Halloween costumes for adults

12. Glow stick person costume

This is the ultimate quick costume assuming you have all of the supplies on hand. You need: Black pants, black shirt, glow sticks, and clear packing tape. Assembly takes 10 minutes or less! It is fair to note that this costume does not look good in the light, but it’s awesome for the dark!

DIY Stick figure costume

13. Chia pet costume

It’s fun to note that Ch, ch, cha chia pets were created in 1977! This adorable, super easy costume is as simple as buying a black shower cap and hot gluing fake greenery to the top of the hat. For more details check out C.R.A.F.T.

DIY Halloween costumes

Easy Punny Halloween Costumes

14. French Press

Black and white t-shirt, easy button from Staples, red paint, and red neck tie, blonde wig and long cigarette a plus.

DIY Halloween costumes

15. Mail Stripper

All you need for this quick costume is scissors and junk mail. Best part? This punny costume is sure to get a good laugh.

DIY Halloween costumes

16. Chocolate chip cookie

Turn a cardboard box and black construction paper into a chocolate chip cookie costume in a couple of hours!

How to make a chocolate chip cookie costume

Cardboard costumes

The following easy Halloween costumes are made from cardboard. Grab a box cutter and get ready to craft up a costume. Poster board can be substituted for cardboard. It’s easier to cut, comes in lots of colors to avoid painting, and can be purchased at most grocery stores! Here are 13 more cardboard costumes ideas!

17. Cassette tape

Turn a cardboard box, box cutter and paint into a cassette tape costume!

80's costumes- DIY cassette tape

18. Deviled Egg

Poster board, fishing line, hole punch, yellow t-shirt, and devil horns makes the perfect deviled egg costume!

pregnant costume ideas

19. Flower costume

I used cardboard and spray paint to make this easy flower costume. With dry time, the costume took me about 3 hours to make. Feel free to add a seed packet costume for a coordinated DIY costume.

DIY adult flower costume

What’s your favorite handmade adult costume from the list? And did you decide who/what you are going to dress up as for Halloween?

Want more easy DIY costumes? Check out these posts:

      • 39 DIY adult Halloween costumes
      • 29 handmade kid costumes
      • 37 animal costumes for kids and adults

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Comments

  1. Patricia says

    August 12, 2017 at 2:19 am

    Where are the directions for the Operation Costume?!?!

    Reply
  2. jerry rawat says

    February 26, 2016 at 10:59 pm

    nice article with awesome images

    Reply
  3. Chelsea Keesler says

    October 26, 2015 at 10:38 pm

    Thanks so much for including my mermaid costume on your list! You can read more about it here: https://buymelovestore.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/make-it-monday-look-at-this-stuff-isnt-it-neat-how-to-be-a-mermaid/

    Reply
  4. Nicole says

    September 27, 2015 at 1:01 am

    hi Jamie,
    I really like your Ideas related to this Halloween ideas for Adults, i am college student, and some of my friends have asked for the Halloween Ideas for their Home Party, so i think these ideas will be really fit for them.
    Thanks

    Reply
  5. hawaiian leis says

    October 22, 2014 at 3:59 pm

    Awesome post.

    Reply

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