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Bentley | Style > Fashion

7 Quick and Easy Halloween Costumes

Reva Shandilya Student Contributor, Bentley University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Bentley chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

With Halloween weekend being 2-3 days long, there are so many costumes to plan. It takes a lot of time, effort and money to be able to plan all of it. This is why I have come up with quick and easy Halloween costumes that you can do that don’t involve a lot of preparation. 

Magic Mike

This one is very easy to pull off. You just need a hat, a tie, a tank top, jeans (maybe with athletic shorts underneath) and you’re set. This is one of those costumes that you probably also don’t have to buy stuff for which makes it so easy. 

Bed Bugs

All you need for this one is a cute pajama set and then you can make bug antennas out of pipe cleaners. The nice thing about this is that even if you have to go and buy a pajama set, that pajama set will continue to be reused so it won’t be a waste of money. 

M&Ms

This one is also extremely easy and can be done with many variations. All you need is some plain color t-shirt and then you just have to put an “m” on it. You can add things to do this like a tutu from the same color or a hat or something, but for the most part all you really need is the t-shirt. And if you don’t want to make the t-shirt you can easily just buy one. 

Cat

This is one’s pretty basic, but all you have to do is wear black and then get cat ears. You could also make the cat ears out of pipe cleaners as well if you don’t want to buy them. The nice thing is you can basically do this with any animal. 

Fairy

All you need for this one is fairy wings. You could be a fairy from the Tinker Bell movies and use clothes you already have and just put fairy wings on for a super easy costume. You could do this one as a group costume as well. 

Minions

For this one you’d wear any yellow top with any denim bottoms and then just buy the goggles that the minions wear. This could also be a fun group costume. And if you really want to get into it you could get some face paint and paint your face yellow.

Cowgirls

This one is nice because you can do as little as you want with it or go fully into it. All you really need is a cowboy hat, but if you want to get really into it you could add a plaid shirt, cowboy boots, or a bandana. You could even get props like a rope. 

Reva Shandilya

Bentley '29

Hey! I am at freshmen at Bentley University majoring in Finance and am very excited to be a part of Her Campus. I am from New Jersey and had written in my high school's newspaper all 4 years of high school. Except for writing I enjoy dancing, scrolling TikTok and listening in music!