Fun Halloween Costume Ideas For Women

 Fun Halloween Costume Ideas For Women

Halloween is a time of pumpkins, candy and dressing up in creative and fun costumes. While many often pick out their outfits from costume shops, some opt to come up with their own original costumes by using clothing and accessories already in their closets or finding something from a thrift shop, vintage clothing shop, department store or garage sale. Here are a few ideas of costumes you can create all on your own that will allow you to stand out and look amazing on Halloween.

Emma Swan

Emma Swan is the main protagonist from the popular television series, Once Upon A Time. One of the outfits she wears on the show that she is recognizable for is her red leather jacket, dark denim jeans, white top and knee-high lace-up boots. This is an outfit you can easily recreate and this would be a great costume to dress up as if you have friends or family that are dressing up as other characters from the show such as Regina Mills, Mr. Gold, Ruby Lucas, Granny Lucas, Mary Margaret Blanchard, Ashley Boyd, Archie Hopper, Sidney Glass, Kathryn Nolan, Zelena Mills, Belle French, Neal Cassidy, Killian Jones, Cora Mills, Henry Mills or Will Scarlet.

Modern Day Belle

Belle is one of Disney's most popular princesses. A fun way to dress up as her is to come up with a more modernized outfit of your own. To modernize Belle's village outfit, you will need a blue cardigan, white blouse, blue skirt, blue hair bow and brown ballet flats. You can even accessorize the outfit with a basket and books. This is also a fun costume idea if you have friends or family members planning to dress up as other characters from Beauty And The Beast such as Maurice, LeFou or Gaston. 

Modern Day Ariel

Ariel is another one of Disney's most popular princesses. To recreate a modernized mermaid look for Ariel, you will need a purple cardigan, purple tank top, green skirt and green shoes. You can even accessorize with starfish jewelry, mermaid jewelry, seashell jewelry, a seashell shaped purse or a fork (dinglehopper). This is a cute couples costume idea if your significant other dresses up as Prince Eric from The Little Mermaid.

Alice In Wonderland

Alice In Wonderland is another cute costume idea that can be modernized. This is also a cute group costume idea if you have friends or family dressing up as other Alice In Wonderland characters such as The Mad Hatter, The March Hare, The Cheshire Cat or The Queen Of Hearts. To create a modernized look for Alice In Wonderland, you will need white tights, black Mary Jane style shoes, a black headband, a light blue cardigan, light blue skirt and white blouse. You can also accessorize with a white rabbit plushie or a red heart purse. 

Kim Possible

Kim Possible is a popular cartoon that aired on the Disney Channel from 2002 to 2007. The main character, Kim Possible, is a high school cheerleader who also fights crime with her sidekick and best friend, Ron Stoppable. For this costume, you would need black gloves, black boots, green cargo pants and a black long sleeved turtleneck crop top. This is a costume that would be great to dress up as if you have friends that are dressing up as other characters from the show such as Ron Stoppable, Dr. Drakken, Shego, Wade Load or Bonnie Rockwaller.

Stepford Wife

If you are familiar with the film, The Stepford Wives starring Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Glenn Close and Faith Hill, you are aware that a Stepford Wife is essentially depicted as the classic 1950’s Housewife. For this costume, you would need pearl jewelry, a cute apron, high heels and a swing dress. To further accessorize this costume, you can use a mixing bowl and mixing spoon as props.

Frumpy Housewife

This can be both a fun and hilarious costume. You will need some hair curlers, a comfy robe and cozy slippers. You can even accessorize with a coffee mug, mop, vacuum cleaner, feather duster, teapot or a baby doll wrapped in a blanket.

Debbie Thornberry

Debbie Thornberry is one of the characters from the popular Nickelodeon cartoon, The Wild Thornberrys. She is the older sister of the show's main protagonist, Eliza Thornberry. This is a great costume idea if you have friends dressing up as other characters from the series including Eliza Thornberry, Nigel Thornberry, Donnie Thornberry or Marianne Thornberry. For this costume, you will need dark denim ripped jeans, black sneakers, a green plaid shirt and an orange short sleeved crop top.

Bumblebee

This is a simple costume that you can dress up as. You just need a black and yellow striped shirt, black costume bug antennas, a pair of bumblebee wings, black pants and black shoes. You can even make this a group costume with family or friends that are dressed up as fellow bumblebees or other insects such as ladybugs or butterflies.

Tigger

Tigger is a popular character from the Winnie The Pooh series. This is a cute costume if you have friends or family dressing up as other characters from the Winnie The Pooh series such as Piglet, Rabbit, Owl, Eeyore, Kanga or Christopher Robin. All you need for this costume is a tiger costume tail, tiger costume ears, orange pants, an orange sweater and black boots.

Batgirl

Batgirl is a wonderful costume you can modernize to your own liking if you’re wishing to dress up as a superheroine. This is also a nice group costume idea if you have family or friends dressing up as other superheroes or supervillains such as The Joker, Batman, Harley Quinn, The Riddler, Bane, Catwoman or Poison Ivy. All you need is a black eye mask, black pants, a black shirt with the Batgirl logo on it, black boots and black wristbands.

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe is one of the most famous actresses in history. She starred in many films including The Prince And The Showgirl, The Misfits, Some Like It Hot, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, River Of No Return, Bus Stop, All About Eve, Monkey Business, Clash By Night, Dangerous Years, Home Town Story and Love Happy. One of her most recognizable outfits that you can recreate easily as a Halloween costume was her white halter strap dress, white round earrings and white heels from the film, The Seven Year Itch.

Etta May

Etta May is a very talented stand-up comedian. Her clean comedy has been such a success, it has resulted in her winning the Female Comic Of The Year at the American Comedy Awards. For this costume, all you will need is a bandana, stretch pants, orthopedic shoes, a striped buttoned blouse, cat-eye style eyeglasses and a buttoned cardigan. If you can’t find a striped buttoned bloused, you can also use a buttoned blouse with a floral print.

Dorothy Gale

Dorothy Gale is the main protagonist from The Wizard Of Oz. In the 1939 film adaptation, the character of Dorothy Gale wears a blue and white gingham dress, a blue hairbow and ruby red slippers. This costume can be easily recreated and even a bit modernized if you want to make the look more unique. This would also be a fun costume to wear if you have friends and family dressing up as other characters from The Wizard Of Oz such as The Cowardly Lion, The Tin Man, The Scarecrow or The Wicked Witch Of The West.

Ballerina

A ballerina is a fun costume idea especially for those who love to dance. For this costume, you will need a tutu or tulle skirt, tights, a tank top and ballet slippers or the satin slippers from Isotoner. This costume idea could also work as a group costume if you have friends or family members that also dress up as ballerinas.

Fox

A fox is another adorable costume you can dress up as. This costume idea could even work with family or friends that are also dressed up as foxes or other woodland animals. For this animal costume, you will need costume fox ears, a costume fox tail, an orange sweater, orange pants and black boots.

Wolf

Another fabulous animal costume you can dress up as is a wolf. This costume idea could even work with friends or family that are also dressed up as wolves or other woodland animals. For this costume, all you will need is costume wolf ears, a costume wolf tail, grey boots, grey pants, a grey tank top and grey sweater. If you can get the grey boots or grey sweater to be fur-trimmed, it will help make the costume look even better.

Farm Girl

This is another simple and adorable costume you can dress up as. For this costume, you will need a pair of ripped denim jeans or ripped denim shorts, a plaid buttoned shirt and cowboy boots. If you want to, you can also add a straw hat or cowboy hat of some sort.

Kiki

Kiki is the main protagonist from the Japanese animated film, Kiki’s Delivery Service. For this magical costume, you will need a black cat plushie to represent Kiki’s cat, Jiji. If you can find an official Jiji plushie, that’s great too. You will also need a red headband with a red bow on top, a broomstick, orange ballet flats and a black elbow length dress.

Cat

This is another simple and cute animal costume. This costume will also work as a group costume with friends or family that are also dressed up as cats. For this costume, you will need black cat costume ears, a black cat costume tail, black ballet flats, black pants and a black sweater.

Josie & The Pussycats

Josie And The Pussycats is another fun group costume idea. You can dress up as either Josie McCoy, Valerie Brown or Melody Valentine. For this costume you will need, leopard print costume ears, leopard print pants, leopard print shoes and a leopard print top or rockstar/ music themed top. You can also pair this costume with rockstar/ music themed jewelry as accessories.

Fairy Godmother

This is a fun magical themed costume, especially for fans of the fairytale, Cinderella. For this costume, you will need silver heels, a wand, white or silver fairy wings and a white or silver ballgown or dress. This costume idea is also great to pair with a group of friends or family that are dressed up as Cinderella, Prince Charming, The Wicked Stepmother and the Wicked Stepsisters.

Selene

Selene is the Greek goddess of the Moon. This is a unique costume idea and you can come up with some beautiful outfits for this costume. Some things you can use to make this costume look magical and gorgeous include moonstone jewelry, crescent moon shaped jewelry, silver or white iridescent heels, a silver or white iridescent dress and a silver tiara. If you can find a silver tiara with moonstones or a moon shape in its design, it will make the costume look even prettier.

Hermione Granger

Hermione Granger is one of the main protagonists from the Harry Potter series. For this costume, you will need a light pink hoodie, a pair of dark denim jeans and black sneakers. Having accessories like Hermione's wand and time turner necklace is great too. This is a fun costume idea if you have other friends or family members also dressing up as characters from the Harry Potter series such as Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Sybil Trelawney, Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Albus Dumbledore or Minerva McGonagall.

Fleur Delacour

Fleur Delacour is another popular character from the Harry Potter series. To recreate her look from the final challenge of the TriWizard Tournament in the film adaptation of Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire, you will need black sneakers and a light blue tracksuit. You can also accessorize with Fleur Delacour's wand. This is a fun costume idea if you have family or friends dressing up as other characters from the Harry Potter series such as Hermione Granger, Cedric Diggory, Cho Chang, Viktor Krum, Gabrielle Delacour, Neville Longbottom, Bill Weasley, Rita Skeeter, Ginny Weasley, Fred Weasley or George Weasley.

Bella Swan

Bella Swan is one of the main protagonists from the Twilight series. This is a great costume idea if you have other friends or family members dressing up as other characters from the series such as Edward Cullen, Jacob Black, Esme Cullen, Carlisle Cullen, Rosalie Hale, Alice Cullen, Emmett Cullen, Jessica Stanley, Charlie Swan, Seth Clearwater, Leah Clearwater, Tyler Crowley, Angela Weber, Eric Yorkie, Mike Newton or Jasper Hale. To dress as Bella Swan, you will need a purple plaid shirt, black sneakers, a moonstone ring, white tank top and denim jeans.

School Of Rock Band Member

School Of Rock is a popular film starring Jack Black, Joan Cusack, Miranda Cosgrove and Sarah Silverman. The film centers around a musician named Dewey Finn who poses as a teacher after being kicked out of a band. Still desiring to perform at the Battle Of The Bands competition, Dewey decides to teach his class of students about rock music and form a band with them known as The School Of Rock. For this costume you will need a white dress blouse, red plaid tie, black blazer, red plaid skirt, fishnet stockings, black boots and rockstar themed jewelry or accessories. You can also pair a microphone or musical instrument such as an electric guitar or bass guitar to help complete the look. 

Mrs. George

This costume is great for fans of the film, Mean Girls. Mrs. George is a minor character from the film but she definitely is one that is remembered and cherished by those who love the movie because of how funny the character is. For this costume, you will need a light pink tracksuit, white sneakers and a wine glass. You are sure to be the “Cool Mom” even if you celebrate Halloween with friends and family who are dressed as other characters from the Mean Girls film such as Regina George, Gretchen Weiners, Karen Smith and Cady Heron.

Bunny

Dressing up as a bunny is another simple yet adorable animal costume. This costume idea could even work with friends or family that are also dressed up as bunnies or other woodland animals. For this costume, you will need a white bunny costume tail, white bunny costume ears, white heels and a white dress.

Amy Farrah Fowler

Amy Farrah Fowler is one of the main characters from the popular television sitcom, The Big Bang Theory. She is a neuroscientist and the love interest of Sheldon Lee Cooper. For this costume, you will need a floral buttoned blouse, black tights, a denim knee length skirt, glasses, a sweater vest and loafers. This is a fun costume to wear with friends who are dressed up as other characters from the show such as Sheldon Cooper, Emily Sweeney, Connie Tucker, Ramona Nowitzki, Bert Kibbler or Mary Cooper.

Bernadette Rostenkowski

Bernadette Rostenkowski is another main character from the sitcom, The Big Bang Theory. She is a microbiologist and the love interest of Howard Wolowitz. For this costume, you will need a star necklace, black tights, black Mary Jane style ballet flats, a cropped cardigan, glasses and a floral dress. This is a great costume to wear with friends who are dressed up as other characters from the show such as Howard Wolowitz, Raj Koothrappali, Priya Koothrappali, Leslie Winkle, Janine Davis or Barry Kripke.

Penny Hofstadter

Penny Hofstadter is another main character from the sitcom, The Big Bang Theory. She is a waitress at The Cheesecake Factory, an aspiring actress and the love interest of Leonard Hofstadter. For this costume, you will need a yellow sweater vest, white button up short sleeved blouse, a green waist apron, denim knee length skirt and loafers. This is a nice costume to wear with friends who are dressed up as other characters from the show such as Leonard Hofstadter, Missy Cooper, Stuart Bloom, Beverly Hofstadter, Stephanie Barnett or Zack Johnson.

Barbie

Finally, Barbie is always a fun and creative costume choice as there are so many different ways that you can dress up as the popular doll. This costume can also be a great group costume choice with friends or family dressed up as other versions of Barbie or Barbie’s boyfriend, Ken. Others in the group could even choose to dress up as Barbie’s friend, Midge or if there are any little girls dressing up with you, they could dress as Barbie’s little sister, Kelly.

For your Barbie costume, you are going to definitely want to incorporate the color pink into your outfit. You may even choose to dress up as a specific Barbie doll, trying to recreate the outfit the doll is wearing as best as possible. To recreate the outfit the Barbie doll is wearing in the picture above, you will need a pink fur coat, pink rhinestone or sequined heels and a pink sequined dress.