Halloween is my all time favorite holiday and it has been my entire life. I don’t know why, but dressing up as my favorite characters fills me with joy. It’s a day (or in my case, week 😜) where I can be someone else. Honestly, I should of pursued a career in acting vs. writing –both are equally hard to make it in tbh.
Well…acting would most likely be harder…but damn it would be fun to be an actress. Anyway, I don’t just love dressing up on October 31st, for me, Halloween is the whole month of October. Every October, I watch my favorite Halloween movies (Hocus Pocus, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Casper…) as well as all of the Harry Potter movies. I have done this every year for as long as I can remember. I also love to indulge in hot apple cider and caramel apples; and don’t even get me started on carving pumpkins.
When it comes to my Halloween costumes, I like to make them myself. Not sewing or anything like that, but search around to make the costume instead of spending a ton of money on a cheap costume. With my costumes, I can usually wear some of the pieces in my normal day-to-day looks after Halloween is over.
I’m also a big fan of couple and group costumes. Below are some of my all-time favorite couple costumes I have done:
Pikachu and Ash
This is by far my all time favorite couples costume. I put my heart and soul into this costume and I went all out making the Ash costume. I got really crafty with it; I even made the Poké Ball and the hat!
Ash
To make the Ash costume, I found green garden gloves, a red trucker hat, tennis balls, a pack of sharpies, and duct tape in various colors at a dollar store. The total was less than $10. For the vest, I found a plain white polo shirt and a blue sweatshirt at an Ocean State Job Lot for about $6 each; however both of those would be an easy find on Amazon. The grand total for that costume was less than $30.
Ash’s Hat: I just used green duct tape to put the L symbol on the red trucker hat. Super easy.
Green Gloves: I just removed a good portion of the fingers so they would look more authentic. Also super easy.
Poké Ball: I wrapped a tennis ball with white duct tape and then used a black and red sharpie to make it look like a Poké Ball.
Ash’s Jacket: This was the most challenging, but the most fun. Despite it being challenging, this part only took me about 20 minutes. I took the white polo shirt and cut the front in half to make it go on like a vest. I then took the blue sweatshirt and cut off the sleeves; I then cut a line down the middle of it. From there, I had my friend put both items on–the white polo first, then the blue sweatshirt over it. I then got fancy with the duct tape. No sewing required!
I taped the blue sweatshirt around the white shirt in the front so it would be a vest. I then made sure the white color was over the sweatshirt. Once that was all done, I used yellow duct tape to add the “buttons” and to give the illusion of a pocket. I then lined the bottom edge with the yellow duct tape.
This was a few years back, and I really regret not taking more pictures of this.
Pikachu
For my costume, I purchased cardboard, a plain black headband, and construction paper in various colors at a dollar store to make my Pikachu ears. The grand total was less than $5. I ordered the bright yellow dress from Boohoo for only $20 and for my cheeks, I just used a red lipstick I already had. My costume was less than $30!
Kiki and Tombo
I’m a huge fan of Miyazaki films, so being Kiki and Tombo was a no-brainer for us.
Below is a step-by-step for each costume.
Kiki
Black Dress: I already had black swing dress from Old Navy.
Hair Bow, Red Flats, Orange Bag, and Witch Broom: Ordered from Amazon.
Gigi Plush: I received it as a gift way before this costume was even an idea. However you can find one on Amazon.
You can shop the items below:
Tombo
By far the easiest costume ever. Just order a red and white striped shirt from Amazon and then just have your partner wear blue jeans, and a sweater around their shoulders. Boom! Easy Tombo costume.
Mary Poppins and Burt
I really liked this costume, plus I already had most of the items already. Most people have a white button-up blouse, black tights, black boots, a black skirt, and an umbrella in their closet.
The only thing I needed to buy for my Mary Poppins Halloween costume was a red bowtie and the hat with flowers. I had to do a little DIY for the hat. I found the bowtie and hat at a Spirit Halloween store in NYC, and the flowers were found at a dollar store. I just glued the flowers on.
For the Burt costume…we could have done a better job…but it still came out okay. You can shop my Mary Poppins look below:
Princess Peach and Mario
Spend Halloween in the Mushroom Kingdom by going as Princess Peach and Mario.
This was more of a lazy costume year, we both just bought kits at a Halloween store. The pink dress I already had, and I just used the sticky adhesive that came with my Princess Peach kit to stick on the blue emblem. Shop our Mario and Princess Peach Halloween costume below:
Princess Leia and Han Solo
One year we decided to go as Princess Leia and Han Solo. It was such a fun year! So many people complemented us and my hair was 🔥.
For my Princess Leia costume, I could have done a bit more, but I really didn’t want to spend that much money on it. I already owned a white turtle neck and a white skirt. The only thing I needed to buy were those hair donuts so I could make those bad ass Princess Leia buns. I was able to find them at H&M.
I hope you liked seeing a glimpse of some of my budget-friendly couples Halloween costumes. Despite what society tells you, you don’t need to spend a ton of money on Halloween costumes. Be sure to share it on Pinterest so all of your friend’s can get ideas, too!
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