DIY Halloween Costumes For Adults

ByPretty Providence September 22, 2022October 13, 2023 October 13, 2023

Check out all of these cute and easy DIY Halloween Costumes for adults! From TV and movie Halloween costumes to Disney costumes for adults and historical figures, there is sure to be an idea you'll love.

Don't even try and pretend you haven't been waiting all year for Halloween to finally come around. The candy, pumpkin flavored everything, haunted houses, watching Hocus Pocus for the millionth time, I can't not think of reasons why I love it.

DIY Halloween Costumes For Adults

The best way to enjoy all of it of course, is by sporting the coolest Halloween costume. We love a good DIY Halloween costume - just look at these fun Sailor Costumes and our Easy DIY Spider Costume!

DIY Halloween costumes for adults need to be clever, easy to put together, and have the potential for a sweet 'gram. We've collected some of our favorite DIY Halloween costume ideas for you to choose from.

TV & Movie Halloween Costumes

Carmen San Diego

Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? This nostalgic 90's inspired costume DIY from 'My Everyday Lifestyle' is awesome.

Lucy and Ricky from I Love Lucy

TV's most beloved couple! Your Homebased Mom has all the details for how to pull this costume off.

Family of four dressed in Bobs Burgers costumes - Bob, Linda, Tina and Louise.

Bob's Burgers Costume

If you like Bob's Burgers you'll love this funny group Halloween costume! It's so easy to throw together too.

Stranger Things Halloween coupes costumes Mike and Eleven with a bicycle.

Stranger Things Couples Costume

Grab some Eggos and dress up as Mike and Eleven from Stranger Things.

Elfeba from Wicked Halloween Costume

This Elfeba costume from Color Me Courtney is absolutely amazing. If you love Wicked, you should try this one!

The Princess Bride

A woman and a man couples costume. The woman is dressed as Mike Wazowski and the man is dressed as Sulley and is holding a little dog in a monster costume.

Monsters Inc. Costumes

Get some screams this Halloween with these fun Monsters Inc. costumes!

Three women dressed as Cher, Dionne and Ty from the movie clueless.

Clueless Costumes

As if! It would be super fun to dress up as Cher, Dionne, and Ty from Clueless.

A woman in a green skirt suit with black birds on her head, shoulders, and arms. The Birds costume.

'The Birds' Costume

Tippi Zeitgeist is an icon and this costume would be so easy and fun to put together!

Mean Girls Costume - Damien and The Burn Book

This funny couple's costume is amazing, I am just mad that I didn't think of it first! Image credit: instagram: @cynthiafuertesm

Disney Halloween Costumes for Adults

Woman dressed as Tiana in a yellow dress and white apron, a man dressed as Prince Naveen with a Ukulele. The Princess and the Frog couples costumes.

Tiana and Prince Naveen Couples Costume

Tiana and Naveen are such a cute pair and it's fun to see how Color Me Courtney went with this more casual style. We love this couples costume so much!

Easy Belle Costume

Belle is my favorite of the O.G. Disney princesses, and this costume from Merrick's Art is just perfect.

Zenon Girl of the 21st Century, Zenon and Miranda costumes for Halloween.

Zenon, Girl of the 21st Century Costumes

The hold this movie had on me as a tween... just, wow.. I love these Zenon and Miranda costumes so much!

A woman and man dressed as chefs and their baby in a Ratatouille costume.

Ratatouille Costumes

One person is a rat, the rest are chefs! We love this Ratatouille costume idea.

Esmerelda costume for women wearing a purple headband, purple dress and white puffy sleeved blouse.

Esmerelda from Hunchback of Notre Dame

This costume is fun and I love that it's a Disney costume that hasn't been done a million times.

Couples Halloween Costumes for Adults

Nothing brings a couple closer than dressing up together and pretending to be something or someone else. Get yourself a significant other or a bestie so you can try out a few of these gems.

Sushi Couples or Family Costume

This sushi costume idea by the creative 'Extra Petite' is so much fun!

Woman and man dressed as Sandy and Danny from Grease.

Grease Couples Costume

Danny and Sandy are an iconic couple indeed, and we all have black in our closets, right?

Studio DIY Pool drink and pool boy costume.

Tropical Drink and Pool Boy

A couple dressed as Chip and Joanna Gaines for Halloween.

Chip and Jo from Fixer Upper

Chip and Joanna Gaines are iconic couple and their look is relatively easy to get if you have the right clothing! I love this simple and fun couple costume.

A woman and a man dressed as Where's Waldo for a couples costume on Halloween.

Where's Waldo and Wenda Couple Costume

Waldo (or Wally) and Wenda are a truly iconic couple. Would love to dress up as them for Halloween.

Happy little tree and Bob Ross costume

Bob Ross and a Happy Little Tree

Cookies and Milk couples costume.

Cookies and Milk Man

The milkman and a chocolate chip cookie - this one is super fun!

Safari Couples Costume

This couples costume would be a cinch to put together, it's a perfect last-minute costume! from Everyday Reading

Woman and Man in Punk Rock t-shirts wearing heavy eyeliner and with spiked hair.

Punk Rockers is a fun and really easy last-minute costume! Get the biggest safety pins you have and layer that eyeliner on.

DIY Cactus Costume

Turn cacti into cact-US! This costume from Brit & Co. is so adorable! And incredibly easy. If you've got a green sweater you're already halfway there.

All you need is to be dressed to the 9's, and an animal mask or even just ears!

Sailor Costume on two women, one wearing a white and navy striped shirt with a navy skirt, red scarf and white sailor hat, another wearing a navy and white striped dress, white sailor hat and red scarf.

Easy Sailor Costume

This sailor costume is super easy to put together using a striped shirt, white hat and red scarf. A perfect last-minute Halloween costume!

Punny and Cute Halloween Costumes

We all know some of the best costumes are the clever punny ones. We might not have the money to get Heidi Klum-level halloween costumes every year, but it doesn't cost a thing to have a clever idea that gets everyone we see smiling.

Jail Bird Costume

Man wearing a white doctor coat, stethoscope, and holding a baby in a pepper costume.

Dr. Pepper Costume

This idea from The Thinking Closet is silly and fun, plus I LOVE Dr. Pepper.

Holy Guacamole Costume

Angel wings, a halo, and a green t-shirt get you where you need to be for this clever DIY costume

When Life Gives You Lemons...

This is a pun-tastic costume and SO easy! If you need something very last-minute, try this.

Food Halloween Costumes

Am I the only one who thinks about food like, all the time? Besides all the wonderful things you can eat on Halloween, you also get to DRESS UP as some of your favorite foods! Here are some of our favorite food halloween costumes.

A woman dressed up as a burrito with a label that says Chipotle for a Halloween costume.

Chipotle Costume

Woman wearing a yellow dress and holding an umbrella with a Morton salt container.

Morton Salt Girl

The Morton salt girl is a clever costume! Grab a yellow dress and an umbrella for this costume!

DIY Sriracha Costume

Sarah Hearts came up with this simple Sriracha costume - how clever!

Bubblegum Costume

But this one is so simple! Get a pink dress or skirt, add some pink balloons and you are the cutest piece of bubble gum anyone has ever seen.

Pineapple Costume made from a yellow dress and faux plant headband on a woman.

Easy Pineapple Costume

This simple pineapple costume from All for the Memories using a thrifted yellow dress is genius!

DIY LaCroix Costume

Kara from KailoChic has a tutorial for this awesome LaCroix costume. This would for sure be a winner when you wear it out and about.

This Kids La Croix costume by Taylor Made Creates is amazing too! So creative!

Women in DIY Frosted Animal Cookies Halloween costumes.

Circus Animal Cookies

This is one of my favorite ideas ever! Circus Animal cookies costumes are simple with to make with lots of colorful pom poms!

Animal Halloween Costumes for Adults

Some of the cutest and simplest costumes come in animal form. We love the fun colors and makeup possibilities, and it usually only takes one or two well-placed accessories to get your point across.

Woman wearing a DIY Flamingo costume, wearing pink and white tie-dye pants, pink feather boas and a black felt nose.

Flamingo Costume

We've all got blush pink in our closets somewhere by now. This flamingo costume is so simple and costs just a few pennies.

DIY Peacock Costume

This colorful Peacock costume is made from an Amazon box. A girl and a glue gun has an easy tutorial so you can make it too.

an adult woman in a spider costume against the side of a house

If you need a cheap and easy Spider Costume DIY you will love this post. Whether you need a toddler spider costume or an adult sized one, this will work for anyone!

You're going to go baaahhzerk for this cute DIY Sheep Costume! The Joy of Fashion lays out every step for you (it involves a LOT of cotton balls) so you can DIY to your heart's content.

This last one isn't technically an animal, but stay with me, it does involve them. You can't really get much more Halloween than an Alfred Hitchcock Movie, and "The Birds" is one of his best!

Historical Figures Halloween Costumes

Marie Antoinette and an Executioner

A little macabre, a little bit elegant. This couples costume idea from Your Homebased Mom is awesome.

Two people dressed as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo for a Halloween costume.

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Costumes

This iconic couple make a great costume!

This suffragette costume is so creative and fun! I would love to re-create this myself.

A woman and man dressed as Bonnie & Clyde costume as a couples Halloween costume sitting on suitcases with bags of money by their feet.

Bonnie & Clyde Couples Costume

Bonnie and Clyde, a most wanted couples costume! Love this idea from Your Homebased Mom.

A woman in the forest wearing a forest fairy costume. She is wearing a medieval-style dress and a crown made from leaves, feathers and flora.

DIY Forest Fairy Costume

This forest fairy costume is gorgeous and would be super fun to put together! Go see the tutorial at Practical and Pretty!

It's really a shame Halloween only lasts for one night. I always try and book as many events as I can around Halloween so I have excuses to wear as many costumes as possible. What are you going to be this year?

xo,

This post was originally published September 13, 2017 and has been updated.

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