Original Halloween Costumes for Teenagers

by Nathalie Lussier, published Tuesday, October 18th, 2005 at 9:12 am

Halloween is fast approaching and are you or your kids about to be caught without a costume? Have no fear, because there are some quick and easy halloween costume fixes.



Yes, you could go to your local mall and spend a few hours looking for the perfect costume. But chances are that by this time, most of the good costumes will be sold out, your preferred size will be gone and the prices will be way up! Stores know that high demand allows them to increase the price of their halloween costumes. But don’t fret, I’ll tell you how you can make your own costume using less money, and with only a little bit of your time and energy.

The most simple and fast halloween costume you can get is an instant halloween t-shirt. You can find these Instant Halloween Costumes in a few places, but your best bet is online here. These halloween costumes are easy, inexpensive and fast because they are only a one time one item purchase. You just wear a t-shirt, a hoodie, or even a button pin on your shirt and you have your costume. This is great for teenagers, because it gives off a good amount of attitude. It’s also funny, since it takes the typical costumes and spins it around.

If this is not quite what you were looking for, you can make your own costume. First of all, you will need to decide on an idea for your costume. Something that gets you or your teenagers excited. Next, imagine the halloween costume in your mind.

Is it bright and colorful, dark and dank? Do you have make up and funky hair on? Or maybe a mask covering you face. What kind of accessories do you have along with you? A wand, what kind of shoes are you wearing, some heavy boots or some cute sneakers? What if your costume is completely original, and you’re dressed as a television or wearing a box, maybe you’re covered with compact disks or dressed in orange to look like a pumpkin.

Alright, now you should have an idea of what kind of materials you will need. Now where can you find the items you’re going to need to make yourself a quick and easy halloween costume? Well, depending on how much time you have before the big night, you could look on eBay for these items.

You could also scour your local garage sales. Pick up clothes that you might use, since these clothes will often cost less than 2 dollars. You can make any alterations to the clothes, like cutting holes, painting them, dying them and sewing them into different shapes. This is fine since you will not have paid a lot for the clothes. This keeps the cost of your costume to a minimum. If you can’t find everything you need, there’s always the Dollar store! Most cities and towns have a dollar store, and you can find lots of items there for around one dollar.

Dollar stores will often be filled other halloween items, so you can get more ideas here. They might have certain items that you wouldn’t want to purchase for the full price, for example: a witch’s broom. You should also consider looking in your own closet to see what you could use as props to enhance your halloween costume. You might have an old bug repellant net that you could use as a hat, or maybe you could wear a lamp cover as a skirt. It’s up to your imagination at this point. Once you have all of your items, it’s time to put them together.

You can ask your parents if you would sew different clothes together, or if you feel up to it you can do it yourself. Get original with your face painting and add some bright colors. If you couldn’t find a lot of items, just wear some black clothes and draw on a cute black cat face. Ears can be made out of cardboard and colored or painted black. Making a quick halloween costume has never been this easy!



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41 Responses to “Original Halloween Costumes for Teenagers”


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    Kool Mum says:

    Thanks to you all and this thread my son went as a bubble gum machine and looks so awesome the chics will be chasing him at school today!

    Cheers and Happy Halloween!!!

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    love says:

    Stop talking about Jesus. werent we talking abotu fucking halloween costumes? go get lives you faggs. Jesus is the savior. Stupid no good Ass holes

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    love says:

    Stop talking about Jesus. werent we talking about fucking halloween costumes? go get lives you faggs. Jesus is the savior. Stupid no good Ass holes

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    love says:

    Stop talking about Jesus. werent we talking about fucking halloween costumes? go get lives you faggs. Jesus is the savior. Stupid no good Ass holes

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    Sacha says:

    I’m going to be Rosie the riveter,… if you have REALLY fluffy hair you could be a lion if your blonde or a fluffy black cat if you have black hair pretty easily

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    Paige says:

    heyy, i have no idea what to wear! help! xoxo

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    Anna says:

    youre all actng ridiculous. someone should be witchhunter robin, bc its different and NONSLUTTY.

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    Katilyn Smith says:

    hey whats all new?

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    hannah a. says:

    jesus doesnt exist. im being a random person for halloweeen. i am puttiong a purple masterlock around a string as a necklace. i am wearing my old dance recital paants. a half shirt that is bright blue and netted. and i am going to wear a skirt over my dance pants, but possibly. and my hair is just going to be down a straightened. its gonna be sickk<3

    ahh i love halloween.

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    tasrei says:

    Losers!

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    shannon says:

    i think u should all shut up bc its not even a holiday its when u get friggin free candy and t.p peoples houses ! who cares if people r relgious it has nothing to do with you and same with worshipping the devil! well anyways i need help with a costume and if any1 would actually try and help me and not talk about friigin jesus then that would be great!

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    shannon says:

    i think u should all shut up bc its not even a holiday its when u get friggin free candy and t.p peoples houses ! who cares if people r relgious it has nothing to do with you and same with worshipping the devil! well anyways i need help with a costume and if any1 would actually try and help me and not talk about friigin jesus then that would be great!

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    victoria says:

    ok so i want to go as little red 4 halloween but my mom says mabye but you should look at easyer costumes so now i need and idea or 2 so if u have an idea plese comment thaks

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    Ass crack says:

    u should be a water bottle.

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    Tara says:

    Someone be a person from the Ipod commercials.

    Dress in all black and black face paint and black hair, then take your Ipod (or a fake one) and dance around wildly! LOL I would but I’m going trick-or-treating and I dont want to drop mine.

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    Lillie says:

    Yea I’d just like to say that halloween is a completely non-religious issue. It’s not pagan and it’s not devil-worshipping – just because i dress up as a witch or a mummy doesnt mean that I am going to worship one or think they’re real (though mummies are real, they just don’t walk around). So cut the Jesus talk. Sure, you can believe in him. I have no qualms with that. But it’s stupid to post them on a site recommending halloween costumes. Plus, also, just because the Bible tells you to believe in Jesus doesn’t make it true. The Bible, New Testament added, is the Christian work. They believe in Jesus, so duhhhh, their holy book says so. A Jewish person or Hindu or Buddhist or Muslim could read that same thing and say “wow, that’s just an attempt to bribe or scare me into being Christian.” all religions are guilty of it in some way. so just don’t post your religious beliefs on a halloween site. save it for christmas.

    (or hannukah or kwanzaa or ramadan. sorry hindus and buddhists, i don’t know of any holidays you celebrate in the fall/winter.)

    either way. now that my rant is over.

    i’m being a gangster or the opposite sex. but i know someone who’s going as FLAVA FLAV and its like the best idea in the world. you get a big hat and a clock and gold teeth plus like a purple velvet suit. it could be so awesome, i wish i had thought of it.

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    Giuliana says:

    idk what to be.yeah help

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    max says:

    you sound really hot.

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    Marie says:

    You are totally right. Jesus does exist. Proverbs 16:20 states that whosoever trusteth in the Lord, happy is he. So…HA!!

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    Cat says:

    this one girl was a gumball machine one year,

    all you do is get a big clear trash bag cut holes for your head and arms

    then you fill it up with multi colored water balloons, put a sign on front that says 25 cents, and just wear all one color

    =]]

    have fun!

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    Brooke and Peyton says:

    Bro, that settles it. Im being Jesus….

    GOODTIMES.

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    Emma says:

    JESUS IS THE BEST THING THAT HAPPENED TO THIS WORLD! HE DIED FOR YOUR SINS. IF HE DOESN’T EXIST YOU WOULDN’T EXIST!

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    biggity says:

    ya, you should be a devil, a slutty devil. and then tape a sign to your face that says i’m a boring slut!

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    hannah says:

    i’m really stuck on what to wear for halloween. i was thinkin of a devil but is that boring? and i want something that isn’t hard to make. help!

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    iluvhalloween says:

    I am going to be the oppiste gender.

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    felsefe says:

    thanks for article.

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    Julis says:

    for halloween u could be… baby.or u could take my idea and be a gangster.all u need is a hoodie baggy pants some fake bling bling a swimming hat and a cap!also next year im being an ipod…thats good 2.oh ya and 4 the gangster u take aluminum and put it on ur teeth:D!hope u like my ideas

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    Lilly says:

    you could be hooker…Attach hooks to your clothes witha barbie doll attached to one and you would HOOK her get i?

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    Michelle says:

    Jesus dying on the cross is a storybook meant to scare people into being good.

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    eliza says:

    Jesus died on the cross for your sins

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    Your mama says:

    hi

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    tina says:

    U SHOULD BE A PIRATE OR SHUT UP N GO BACK DOING WHAT U ALLWAYS DO N BLOW YOUR SELF

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    jen says:

    some one cood be the arbys oven mit..I was one year..i was also the arbys oven mit =]

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    Lacey Turner says:

    Nothing.

    You should me nothiong.

    You should be a gay man.

    Nice site.

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    Nicole says:

    Why don’t you be a piece of bubble gum that got stepped on by dressing in pink and gluing and shoe on a pink hat that you put on your head.

    Another interesting costume is a person taking a bubble bath. Dress in white and buy a whole bunch of white ballouns and safety clips. blow up all of the ballouns a little then put them of the shirt by attaching the safety pins to below the knots and then attach the safety pins to the shirt. People realize what you are faster if you carry a bottle of bubble bath.

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    emily says:

    WHAT SHOULD I BE FOR HALLOWEEN????

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    lele says:

    what should i be 4 HALLOWEEN

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    kimberly says:

    what should i be for haloween


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