Fun Ideas for DIY Group Halloween Costumes
I’m going to show you some DIY group Halloween costumes. All of these costumes can either be worn individually or with a group of friends. Not only are these super easy to create, but they’re super cute too!
Tools and materials:
- Adhesive felt
- Cardstock
- Pipe cleaners
- T-shirts
- Fabric paint
- Masking tape
- Headbands
- Scissors
- Glue
- Cereal boxes
- Gold ribbon
- Box cutter
- Stapler
Honey Nut Cheerios cereal costume
The first of many creative group Halloween costumes is for you and all of your friends to dress up as cereal box characters! Let's start with the Honey Nut Cheerios bee character.
1. Mask a yellow t-shirt
Use masking tape to mask a yellow shirt into stripes.
2. Paint between the lines with black fabric paint
Use black fabric paint and paint the shirt black. Dab it on in a way where the brush is perpendicular to the way the tape is going.
3. Pull off the tape
Remove the tape, leaving you with clean black and yellow lines.
4. Attach pipe cleaners to a headband
Wrap yellow and black pipe cleaners around a simple black headband to attach them securely.
Twist them tightly around each other to give them a swirled look.
5. Cut off the excess
Cut off the excess once you twist to a good length.
6. Attach yellow pom-poms to the pipe cleaners
Place a small yellow pom-pom between the two pipe cleaners and wrap them around it to secure it in place.
Here’s the finished costume! I paired it with black leggings and carried around the Honey Nut Cheerios cereal box.
Trix bunny costume
This Trix cereal costume really only requires bunny ears, so let’s go ahead and make them!
1. Fold a sheet of felt
Fold a sheet of white felt in half hamburger style.
2. Mark out the bunny ears
Use a pen or marker to mark out the shape you want your bunny ears to be.
3. Cut
Cut out the bunny ears.
4. Attach the bunny ears to a headband
Unfold the bunny ears and place them underneath a white headband, with the fold in the center.
Fold and cut a pipe cleaner to length and place it on the top half of the bunny ears. Glue around it.
Fold the bunny ears so that the two halves meet.
Do this for both ears, and you’re done!
Here’s the finished costume! I wore some white clothes with my bunny ears and carried around the Trix cereal box.
Lucky Charms leprechaun costume
For the last cereal costume, we’re going to be doing the Lucky Charms leprechaun!
1. Trace a collar
Trace a Peter Pan collar shape on the back of a white sheet of adhesive felt.
2. Cut
Cut it out.
3. Adhere to the shirt
Peel off the back and stick it on your shirt around the collar area. If you only have regular felt, you can just apply some glue to the back.
4. Glue on a gold ribbon
Cut thick, gold ribbon to the length you want and cut off the top, so it fits in between the middle of the collar. Glue it down.
Here’s the finished costume! I paired it with a black belt and carried around the Lucky Charms cereal box.
High school yearbook superlatives
The next DIY group Halloween costumes idea is for you and your friends to dress up as high school yearbook superlatives.
All you have to do is carry out a cardboard cut-out with the bottom that says “Most likely to BLANK” while wearing basic, high school stereotype outfits like a cheerleader, a Prom queen, a nerd, or a goth. Let’s get into it.
1. Trace the polaroid shape
Grab a big, white piece of cardstock paper and trace around the borders so you have a polaroid shape that has a bigger space at the bottom than the top.
2. Cut it out
Cut along those same lines with a box cutter or an X-acto knife to cut out the middle.
3. Write your superlatives
I wrote, “Most likely to steal your man” to fill the popular girl stereotype, “Most likely to scare a freshman” for the gothic stereotype, and “Most likely to be your boss in 10 years” for the nerd stereotype.
Here are the finished looks! For the popular girl superlative, I wore a Prom Queen Halloween costume which consisted of a pretty dress, a Prom Queen sash, and a tiara.
For the nerd superlative, I wore a pleated skirt, a button-up shirt, a sweater tied around my waist, and some glasses.
Finally, for the goth superlative, I wore black lipstick, black clothes, and some combat boots.
Essie nail polish costume
The last group costume is Essie nail polishes. All of your friends can dress up as different colored nail polishes!
1. Trace the logo
Trace the Essie logo on a piece of adhesive white felt in a block-letter font.
2. Cut it out
Cut out the letters with scissors.
3. Apply the letters
Remove the backings of the letters and then place them on a plain-colored shirt so it’s being spelled upwards.
4. Create the headpiece
Roll a piece of cardstock into a cylinder shape and staple it shut.
5. Attach the headband
Punch holes on either side of the cylinder and push a white headband through the holes.
Here’s the finished costume.
DIY group Halloween costumes
That’s it for these creative group Halloween costumes! Let me know which one is your favorite down below.
Enjoyed the project?
Suggested materials:
- Adhesive felt
- Cardstock
- Pipe cleaners
- T-shirts
- Fabric paint
- Masking tape
- Headbands
- Scissors
- Glue
- Cereal boxes
- Gold ribbon
- Box cutter
- Stapler
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