- Cowboy/Cowgirl
For an easy cowgirl or cowboy costume, you can pair anything with a cowboy hat and a pair of cowboy boots. It’s most common to see this costume with a plaid shirt and denim pants or shorts. An added accessory can be a bandana tied around your neck or hanging from your pocket. To dress up this look, you can use fun western-themed jewelry.
- Minion
Minions are known for their classic blue overalls and goggles. To mimic their yellow skin, you can wear a yellow long-sleeve shirt with overalls on top. If you don’t have overalls, you can wear denim or blue pants with overalls to achieve a similar look. For the goggles, you can use gray goggles or glue googly eyes to a headband for the classic minion look. A way to make the costume more accurate is wearing black gloves or having a fun prop like a banana.
- Fairy
To create a fairy costume, you need to have fairy wings. An easy DIY craft is cutting the shape of wings from cardboard and painting them any color you want. You can attach strings to put the wings on your back. You can pair the wings with a simple dress or a shirt and a skirt. A fun touch would be adding body glitter and enhancing the look with fun shoes that match the wings.
- Ghost
One of the easiest DIY costumes for teens is a ghost. Using a white sheet, cut out holes for your eyes, and drape it over yourself. You can also draw black detailing on the sheet to look like a ghost face or add fake blood for a more haunted look. Without the sheet, you can use Halloween face makeup to create a scary look for this costume.
- Animal
Animal costumes can be made easily with clothes that you already own. Using animal ears of your choice, you can pair it with any striped or polka-dotted print shirt. You can create ears from black felt attached to a headband and drawn whiskers with makeup. If you don’t have felt don’t worry, you can also use cardboard.
- Farmer
For a farmer look, you can use a plaid shirt and denim overalls or jeans. You can accessorize with a straw hat and Boots. You can also carry a prop like a toy pitchfork or a basket filled with vegetables. You can also add a bandana around your neck or out of your pockets. Using face paint can also help enhance the costume and make it look more rustic.
- Scientist Starting with a white lab coat, or an oversized button-up shirt, you can pair this with safety goggles and gloves to create the look of a scientist. You can also use fun props like beakers or “magic potions” filled with water you died with food coloring. For a mad scientist effect you can create a messy hair look and add face paint to replicate Radioactive substances.
- Superhero
To create your own superhero costume you can just about any outfit with a cape. You can also get a face mask to imitate a superhero undercover. You can create this cape using an old t-shirt or fabric. If you want to enhance the costume, you can design a logo out of felt or paper and attach it to your cape. Using themed accessories, like a belt and gloves, you can create your own personalized superhero.
- Pirate
A DIY pirate costume can be created with a striped shirt and black pants. You can create a pirate hat from black felt or cardboard, and paint it in black. Using felt you can cut out School designs to put on the hat. You can accessorize with an eye patch or use a toy sword as an accessory. An added touch would be to create a fake treasure map and use dark makeup.
- Social Media Influencer
To dress up as a social media influencer, you can wear trending clothing of your choice. You can also add accessories like a selfie stick or a ring light. You can use your own phone or a fake cardboard cutout of a phone showing off a fake Instagram filled with images of your choice.
