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Easy Halloween Costumes: 5 DIY Looks Anyone Can Pull Off

Oct 24, 2023

So you got a DM from your bestie about the Halloween party she’s throwing at her place. Or maybe you need a quick and easy last-minute Halloween costume to wear to your kids’ school fall festival. Whatever the scenario, you don’t have to buy a cheap costume from the Halloween store that will end up in your attic for the rest of time. We have the components you need to nail your spooky (and not-so-spooky) season looks. Here are five of our fave easy Halloween costumes you’ll actually want to wear — with style staples to keep wearing long after October ends.

Sparkle with Immortality

Are you Team “Twilight”? You don’t even have to love vampires to create a low-effort vampire DIY adult Halloween costume. Embrace the gothic darkness by dressing in all-black attire. Then you’ll have to decide what kind of vampire you are — a medieval “I want to drink your blood,” cape-wearing vampire or a sexy YA novel, modern vampire? Either way, start with a simple base of black clothing. If you want to add vampire teeth, go for it. Be your best Bella Swan or Edward Cullen with the following:

Old Town Road

Old Town Road

Whether you want to ride your horse till you can’t no more or you want to look like you chop wood in a dense Northwestern forest, you can use a few items you may have in your closet to achieve a peak cowboy or lumberjack look. This is an easy Halloween costume for guys — and you may have everything you already need in your closet. Think thick boots, a flannel shirt, a faux beard if you’re really going for it, and any tools you may have lying around your garage, like an ax … or a rope. Lasso the perfect cowboy or lumberjack look with:

What Was I Made For?

Whatever type of DIY Halloween costume you’re going for, you have to know that you’re “Kenough.” Be the hero in your own movie with Barbie-themed outfits that’ll make a grand entrance into any dream house (or your friend’s apartment for that Halloween party). Think pink, pink, pink — and other soft pastels. Harness your own “Kenergy” by choosing:

  • Matching adidas Fade Tight pink and white leggings and a top
  • Pink men’s shorts and pastel-colored polo 
  • All the Mattel optimism you can muster

Greetings, Earthlings!

Greetings, Earthlings!

Go extraterrestrial in a green dress or shirt, silver shoes and black joggers. Buy or DIY a headband with silver-colored styrofoam balls, then hop in your UFO and head to the Halloween party. To create the otherworldly look you’ll need:

Space Oddity

NASA called, and they have a mission for you: Cobble together a last-minute Halloween costume for trick or treating. Houston, we don’t have a problem. Orange pants, an orange top and a helmet — or just your spacey personality — will score big points with everyone in your orbit. 

Blast off with a space-themed style: 

Whether you’re going as a vampire, a Super Mario character or a space alien, you can find all the style pieces for super-easy adult Halloween costumes — and kids’ costumes, too. Shop online or visit us in stores!

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