For college girls across the county, Halloween is a fun-filled, weekend-long affair. Our goal is to have the hottest costume at the party, while standing out from the endless sea of black cats, witches and Playboy bunnies. This article lists 12 DIY costumes that are super cute and definitely different from most typical costume choices. All of these can be made with items out of your closet and inexpensive supplies from your local craft store or fabric shop.
#1. Kim Possible
“Call me, beep me, if you wanna reach me!” (Admit it, you sang that in your head while you read it). If you’re a millennial girl, you probably wanted to be Kim Possible at some point in your childhood and this costume is a great way to pay homage to the Disney Channel Heroine. Items needed: long sleeve black top, army green pants, black shoes, brown belt and black gloves.
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#2. Frat Boy
For all you sorority ladies out there, this costume is a fun tribute to the boys who help make our college days so much fun. Just ask one of your fraternity friends to borrow a button-down and a Polo hat. Pair with spandex shorts underneath and wear boat shoes. Simplest, and comfiest, costume ever.
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#3. Gumball Machine
Learning how to blow a bubble is much harder than making this adorable costume! Just get a red body con dress and use hot glue to attach colorful puffballs to the upper half. Then, draw the money slot onto a silver square of felt with a black marker and hot-glue the felt onto the lower half of the dress. Voila! Finished.
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#4. Beanie Baby
90s babies will remember these adorable, bean stuffed little critters (and the painstaking care it took not to rip that precious red tag, in the hopes of these someday becoming valuable). Put a spin on the typical cat or bunny costume and pair a black or patterned dress and animal ears with a giant version of the “ty” tag. To make the tag, just cut a giant heart out of red construction paper and paint the Beanie Baby logo on it. Attach it to your dress with tape, hot glue, or a safety pin.
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#5. Britney Spears
To recreate Britney’s iconic look from her ‘Baby One More Time’ music video, all you need are a couple of pieces that you most likely have in your closet. All you need is a black bra/bustier/bandeau, a white button down shirt, a grey cardigan, a black skater skirt, knee-high socks and black heels. Complete the costume by styling your hair in braided pig tails tied off with pink ribbons.
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#6. Scarecrow
This sweet and simple scarecrow costume can be made with staples from any girls’ fall wardrobe. Just wear a flannel shirt, jeans, brown boots, and a brown, floppy hat. Then, use face paint to apply a cute scarecrow smile. Click here to watch a tutorial for easy scarecrow makeup!
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#7. Mummy
This is a great costume for girls who want to look a little spooky, but still sexy, for Halloween. All you need is a white body con dress and strips of cheap, white fabric. Simply cut the fabric into long strips and hot glue long streams onto the bottom hem of the dress. Then wind other pieces around the torso and arms, hot gluing the edges to keep them secure. Finally, wrap a long piece around your head as a head band. Pair with white or silver heels.
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#8. Box of Wine.
This is an adorable costume for college ladies who love boxed wine. All you need is a body con dress in the color of your favorite flavor and some plastic wrap. Wrap the plastic around the bottom half of your dress, like a skirt, and secure with tape to look like the “bag” of wine. Then, just print a Franzia label off the internet and tape it to your chest (Or, if we’re being honest, you probably have an empty box lying around your apartment somewhere and can just cut the label off of the box).
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#9. Piñata
This costume is absolutely adorable and actually a lot easier to make than you think. All you need is a body con dress, lots of tissue paper, and a hot glue gun. Click here for step-by-step instructions!
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#10. Rosie the Riveter
Perfect costume for any passionately feminist, empowered young woman. Just pair a blue button down shirt with high wasted shorts or skinny jeans. Then, top it off with a red bandana and red heels. If you want to go all-out, follow this link for an awesome tutorial on the Rosie the Riveter hairstyle.
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#11. Starbucks Drink
For all of you “basic” girls out there, this Starbucks costume is a super fun, simple and adorable way to pay respect to your favorite coffee shop. Print off the Starbucks logo and attach it to the front of a cheap body con dress. Then, using a black marker, draw the Starbucks order boxes on the back of the dress and fill in the boxes with your favorite drink order. Just make sure to put pieces of cardboard or thick newspaper in between the dress so that the marker doesn’t bleed through!
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#12. Shooting Star
The key to pulling this costume off is the hair and makeup. First, construct a star headband by cutting stars out of cardstock and hot gluing them onto a plastic headband. Then, apply liberal amounts of glitter makeup and shimmery, metallic eyeshadow to the face and use spray glitter on the body. To finish, wear a flowing, gauzy dress in gold, silver or white. A metallic body con dress would look good as well.
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