By: Bernadette Mooney
Show off your love for Hogwarts as Harry, Ron, and Hermione. All you need is some wands, uniforms, and a little makeup for the iconic lightning bolt. Or, if there are four of you, perhaps consider going as the Marauders. Just don’t get up to any mischief.
Show off your girl power with the Powerpuff Girls. You only need a blue, pink, and green dress to pull of this lovable trio.
Pull out your Moon Boots and “Vote for Pedro” shirt, and don’t forget a little dose of awkward. This costume is bound to be hilarious to anyone who has seen this movie
Always a classic, the Wizard of Oz cast is a great costume for groups of different numbers. Have one person? Go as Dorothy. Two? Dorothy and toto. Three? Dorothy, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda. Four? Dorothy, The Tin Man, The Cowardly Lion, and The Scarecrow. The possibilities are great, you can mix and match almost anyone from this universe.
This costume is great because it can be dressed up or down and customized to those in your group. If you want the classic princess look with the ball gowns, that’s great. But, if you want something a little simpler all you have to do is get a dress in the princesses’ color (perhaps add a tiara) for a casual princess look.
While you may not want to transition to full turtle, with this costume matching green shirts and different color masks will more than suffice.
What with the great female Ghostbusters movie that just came out in recent years, it would be a shame not to utilize the opportunity to dress as these powerful women, empowering women.
I’m sure that most of us have seen Means Girls at least once in our lives, let’s reminisce and become the Plastics (and possibly Cady). All that is needed to dress as the plastics are 3 pink dresses. Sounds easy, right?
Let’s get up to some wacky hijinks as “The Gang”. Get out your ascots and late 60’s groovy vibes. Scooby Doo and the Gang could be perfect for any group of 5 who still love their favorite shows from childhood.
This costume is super simple. All you need is a red and white striped shirt, a pair of jeans, and a hat. Be prepared to blend in with everyone on Halloween
Marilyn Monroe has had many beautiful, iconic dresses, but perhaps the most iconic is her “7 Year Itch“ dress. While not everyone may know what movie it’s from, everyone has seen the picture of Marilyn with her flowing white dress blowing up over the subway grate.
I think that many of us have a little bit of cat lady in us. All you need is your ugliest sweater, and some weird old people shoes (and preferably 5-7 cats).
With a yellow dress, a black or white umbrella, and a tin of Morton’s Salt, you instantly are transformed into the little logo girl whom we all know and love.
If you’re ambitious and like to craft, Maleficent could be a viable option for you. Her outfit is pretty simple, just wear black, but her horns are a bit trickier. But, they can be manufactured at home pretty simply, there are tons of ways to DIY them. If you can make these, your ensemble could be incredible.
With a long black dress, some black gloves, and pearls Holly Golightly from “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” is born. Sleek, stylish, elegant. She is a truly classic costume.
Everyone loves Russell; he’s cute, he’s sweet, and he always means well. You can be this cute with just a yellow shirt and an old girl scouts sash.
If you have shirts in the primary colors and purple, you can pull off The Wiggles. Now all you have to do is learn some of their hits songs like “Fruit Salad”.
For those who love ”The Office”, this is a perfect costume. All you need is 3 black dots and some safety pins.
With this costume all that’s needed is “a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal”
This costume can be done many different ways, but my favorite requires some black dresses and sunglasses. It’s simple, it’s cute, it’s stylish.
For anyone who’s closet consist of mostly black, The Addams Family is an obvious choice. With Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, and Pugsley Addams, you can bring a little of the spooky into Halloween
Empowered women, empowering women. Is there anyone who fits that better than Rosie the Riveter? The answer is no.
With a striped shirt and some clever face paint you can look like you stepped straight off of the streets of France and into Hallahan.
With an umbrella with some stuffed animals on it, you can have the most pun-tastic costume in school.
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