Roundup: 14 Adult Halloween Costume Ideas That Are Totally Awesome and Easy to Recreate

When October rolls around, the internet becomes overloaded with a plethora of DIY costume ideas to try. A lot of them are for kids, of course, and quite a few of the adult costumes are either too involved or kind of lame. So this year, I’m rounding up some of the coolest adult costumes I could find, that also happen to be pretty easy to recreate. Here are 14 awesome Halloween costumes for adults that won’t take you a ton of time to make.   

 

 

Ok, here we go! Let’s start with an artistic throwback:

1. The Girl with the Pearl Earring Costume Idea.Alpha Smoot for The House That Lars Built  

 

2. A Clue Themed Costume Idea

Melanie Grizzel for Camille Styles

 

3. Juno Maternity Costume Project

Brit + Co

 

4. Roy Lichtenstein DIY Costume Idea

Anna Marie

 

5. Vincent Van Gogh Costume Idea for Halloween

Alpha Smoot for The House That Lars Built

 

6. Wicked Witch of the West DIY Costume Idea (or buy this one!)

Amelia Alpaugh for Refinery 29

 

7. Singing in the Rain Costume Idea 

Ashley Thalman for Say Yes

 

8. Mummy Halloween Costume Idea 

Martha Stewart

 

9. Where’s Waldo Halloween Costume (or buy this one!)

Ashley Thalman for Say Yes

 

10. DIY Strawberry Costume

Jeff Mindell for Studio DIY

 

11. DIY Medusa Costume (or buy it here!)

Martha Stewart

 

12. Archangel Pennsatucky from Orange Is The New Black

The most important part of this costume is the teeth. Luckily, they’re inexpensive! Get them on Amazon!

Amelia Alpaugh for Refinery 29

 

13. DIY Birthday Cake Costume (or buy this similar one!)

Studio DIY

 

14. DIY Sunny Side Up Egg Costume (or buy this one!) 

Brit + Co

What do you think you’ll be for Halloween this year? Do you have any DIY ideas that you want to try?

Also check out 10 Adorable DIY Dog Costumes to make your furry friend stand out this Halloween!

 

Need still more easy grown-up costume ideas? We rounded up 14 more of them!