Cute Halloween Costume Ideas For Women
Halloween is that time of year where people show off their
creativity and uniqueness with fun and fashionable costumes. Many times, people
will use their creativity to come up with their own original costumes by using
clothing and accessories already in their closets or finding something from a
thrift store, vintage clothing shop, department store or yard sale. Here are a
few costume ideas you can create all on your own if you’re looking for something
to wear this Halloween.
The Powerpuff
Girls (Blossom, Bubbles & Buttercup)
“The Powerpuff Girls” is a popular cartoon from the 90’s
about three sisters with superheroine powers. Whether you are dressing up as
Blossom, Bubbles or Buttercup, you will need white tights, black Mary Jane
style heels and a black belt to go over the dresses. For Blossom, you will need
a pink dress and a red bow headband. For Bubbles, you will need to style your
hair in pigtails and pair it with a light blue dress. Finally, for Buttercup,
you will need a green dress.
Sadness (Inside Out)
Sadness is a popular character from the Pixar films, "Inside Out" and "Inside Out 2". This is a great group costume idea if you have friends or family dressing up as other characters from the film series such as Riley Andersen, Disgust, Joy, Anger, Fear or Anxiety. For this costume, you will need a pair of round glasses, a blue short wig, dark blue ballet flats, cobalt blue pants and a light gray sweater.
Shopaholic
This can be a really fun costume that you can make unique to your own personal style. All you need is a trendy or cute outfit and multiple shopping bags. You can even accessorize this costume with a purse if you wish to do so.
Penny Proud
Sea Goddess
A Sea Goddess can be a very fun and unique costume idea. For this costume, you will need a teal evening gown, a seashell tiara and teal shoes. You may even accessorize this costume with starfish or seashell jewelry such as rings, earrings, bracelets or a necklace.
Asteria
Asteria is the Titan Goddess of the Stars. This is a very unique costume idea and you can come up with some beautiful outfits for this costume. For this costume, you will need a tiara with stars on it, midnight blue sparkly heels and a midnight blue sparkly evening gown. You may also accessorize this costume with star jewelry such as earrings, rings, bracelets and a necklace.
Cowgirl
A cowgirl is a simple costume to come up with for Halloween.
For this costume, you will need a plaid shirt, a cowboy hat, cowboy boots and
either a pair of denim shorts or denim pants. This can also be a great costume
idea for couples if your husband or boyfriend dresses up as a cowboy.
Trudy Proud
Trudy Proud is a popular character from the Disney cartoon, "The Proud Family". This is a great costume idea if you have friends or family dressing up as other characters from the cartoon such as Penny Proud, Sunset Boulevardez, Bobby Proud or LaCienega Boulevardez. For this costume, you will need a lime green blazer, dark green high heels, khaki skinny pants and a pale yellow shirt.
Gothic Queen/
Gothic Princess
If you’re wanting a costume that
will stand out, you could dress up as a Gothic Queen or Gothic Princess. For
this costume idea, you will need black heels, a black ballgown or evening gown,
black elbow length gloves and a black tiara. You can also accessorize this
costume with black jewelry such as a necklace or earrings.
Gothic Bride
Another Gothic costume you could dress up as is a Gothic Bride. For this costume, you will need a black wedding veil, a black ring, black ballgown or evening gown and black high heels. You can also accessorize this costume with a black necklace and black earrings. You can even use artificial flowers as a bouquet prop.
Vampire Bride
Another bridal costume you could dress up as is a Vampire
Bride. This is a great costume idea for couples if you have a boyfriend or
husband dressing up as Dracula or another vampire. For this Vampire Bride costume,
you will need a bouquet of artificial flowers, white high heels, a white ballgown or evening gown, a white
wedding veil and a ruby or garnet ring. You can accessorize this costume with
ruby or garnet jewelry such as a necklace or earrings. You can also add fake
blood to the wedding veil, high heels, evening gown or ballgown to make the
costume look more vampire-like.
Royal Bride
One other bridal costume you could dress up as is a Royal
Bride. This is a great costume idea for couples if you have a boyfriend or
husband dressing up as a King or Prince. For this Royal Bride costume, you will
need a ring that looks like an engagement ring, a white ballgown or evening
gown, white high heels, a tiara, a bouquet of artificial flowers and a white wedding veil. You can even
accessorize this costume with rhinestone jewelry such as a necklace or
earrings.
Ladybug
A ladybug is a fun and simple costume to dress up as. You
can even make this a group costume idea if you have family or friends also dress
up as ladybugs or as other insects such as butterflies or bumblebees. For this
ladybug costume, you will need black bug wings, black bug antennae, black
shoes, black pants and a red blouse with black polka dots.
Mother Nature
If you want a fun and unique costume idea, you could dress
up as Mother Nature. For this costume, you will need a green dress or gown,
green high heels, a floral or leaf headband and a floral corsage or bracelet.
You can even accessorize this costume with floral jewelry such as earrings,
rings or a necklace.
Fairy
A fairy is a fun costume for Halloween that you can get really
creative with. With popular fairy book series such as “The Folk Of The Air” by
Holly Black, “The Iron Fey” by Julie Kagawa, “Wings” by Aprilynne Pike, “Wicked
Lovely” by Melissa Marr and “A Court Of Thorns And Roses” by Sarah J. Maas,
this costume idea may be very trendy and popular this Halloween. For this
costume, you will need fairy wings, a dress, high heels, a floral headband and
a floral corsage. This can also be a wonderful group costume if your friends decide
to dress up as fairies too.
Dark Fairy
If you don’t want to dress up as a water fairy, fire fairy
or forest fairy, you could dress up as a Dark Fairy. For this costume, you will
need black fairy wings, a black dress, a black floral headband and black high
heels or boots. You can even accessorize this costume with black floral
jewelry. This can also be a fun group costume if your friends also decide to
dress up as dark fairies.
The Blue Fairy
The Blue Fairy is a character from the children’s story, “Pinocchio.”
This is a great group costume idea if you have friends or family members
dressing up as other characters from the story such as Pinocchio or Geppetto. To
dress up as The Blue Fairy, you will need a fairy wand, blue fairy wings, a
blue dress or gown, blue high heels and a blue floral headband. You can also
accessorize this costume with aquamarine or sapphire jewelry such as a
necklace, earrings, rings or bracelets.
Bree Tanner
Bree Tanner is a character from "The Twilight Saga". She is a newborn vampire that appears in the second film, "New Moon". This is a great group costume idea if you have family or friends dressing up as other characters from "New Moon" such as Riley Biers, Bella Swan, Esme Cullen, Carlisle Cullen, Edward Cullen, Jasper Hale, Rosalie Hale or Emmett Cullen. To dress as Bree Tanner, you will need a dark green jacket, a green plaid shirt, dark denim jeans and black Converse sneakers.
Alice Cullen
Alice Cullen is another popular character from "The Twilight Saga". She is a vampire with the power to see visions from the future. This is a great group costume if you have family or friends dressing up as other characters from "The Twilight Saga" such as Jacob Black, Leah Clearwater, Seth Clearwater, Jessica Stanley, Angela Weber, Charlie Swan, Eric Yorkie, Renee Dwyer, Mike Newton, Sam Uley, Quil Ateara, Embry Call, Emily Young, Billy Black, Sue Clearwater or Renesmee Cullen. To dress up as Alice Cullen, you will need a brown leather jacket, a purple blouse, black skinny pants and brown leather ankle boots.
Twilight-Style Vampire
If you don't wish to be a specific character from "The Twilight Saga", you could just dress up as a generic Twilight-Style Vampire. For this costume, you will need dark clothing, dark shoes, dark jewelry and body glitter in order to achieve the sparkly vampire look. This is also a great group costume idea if you have family or friends dressing up as Twilight-Style Vampires also.
Sophie Kachinsky
Sophie Kachinsky is a popular character from the television sitcom, "2 Broke Girls". She is the upstairs neighbor of Max Black and Caroline Channing. She also has a house-cleaning business called Sophie's Choice. This is a great group costume idea if you have family or friends dressing up as other characters from the sitcom such as Max Black, Caroline Channing, Han Lee, Candy Andy, Earl Washington, Oleg Golishevksy, Barbara Golishevsky, Nicolas Saintcroix, Deke Bromberg, Randy Walsh, Charity Channing, J. Petto, Su-Min Lee, Claire Guinness, Peach Landis, June Kim and Blarney Bill. To dress as Sophie Kachinsky, you will need a faux fur capelet, a bodycon bandage dress, high heel stilettos, a leather purse and flashy, extravagant jewelry.
Sunset Boulevardez
Sunset Boulevardez is a character from the popular Disney cartoon, "The Proud Family". This is a great group costume idea if you have family or friends dressing up as other characters from the animated series such as Trudy Proud, Zoey Howzer, Sticky Webb or Felix Boulevardez. For this costume, you will need red open-toed high heels or sandals, dark brown skinny pants, two gold bangle bracelets, gold triangle earrings and a red v-neck sweater.
Modern Day Snow
White
Snow White is one of Disney’s most popular princesses. Not only is Snow White the first Disney Princess but Disney will also be releasing a live action “Snow White” film on March 21, 2025, making this costume idea potentially even more popular this Halloween. This can also be a fun group costume idea if you have friends or family members that dress up as other characters from the film such as The Evil Queen, The Huntsman or The Prince. This can also be a cute group costume idea if you have friends or family members dressing up as other Disney Princesses such as Aurora, Ariel, Cinderella, Belle, Jasmine, Merida, Rapunzel or Tiana.
A fun way to dress up as Snow White would be to come up with
a more modernized look for the popular Disney character. For this costume, you
will need a red bow headband, a red cardigan, a yellow skirt, a blue blouse and
red high heels. You can pair this costume with an apple as a prop. You can also
accessorize this costume with apple jewelry such as rings, earrings and a
necklace.
The Evil Queen is one of Disney's most popular villains. This is a great costume idea if you have friends or family members dressing up as other characters from "Snow White" such as The Huntsman, Snow White or The Prince. It's also a great costume idea if you have other friends or family members dressing up as other Disney Villains such as The Queen Of Hearts, Maleficent, Jafar, Dr. Facilier, Gaston, Cruella De Vil, Captain Hook, Mother Gothel, Lady Tremaine, Bowler Hat Guy, Claude Frollo, Chef Skinner, Clayton, Madame Medusa, Stinky Pete, King Candy, Mr. Smee, Yzma, Winifred Sanderson, Sarah Sanderson, Mary Sanderson, Sid Phillips, Prince Hans or Shan Yu.
To dress up in a more modernized look as The Evil Queen, you will need a black and red tiara, a black dress or gown and black high heels. You may also use a hand mirror and apple as props. You can also accessorize this costume with an apple shaped purse or apple jewelry such as rings, bracelets, earrings and a necklace.
The Queen Of
Hearts
The Queen Of Hearts is a character from the children’s novel, “Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland”, written by Lewis Carroll. The story became more popular when Disney produced film adaptations both animated and live action. This is a great group costume idea if you have family or friends dressing up as other characters from the story such as The Mad Hatter, The Cheshire Cat, The King Of Hearts, The Knave Of Hearts, The March Hare or The White Rabbit. This is also a great group costume idea if you have friends or family dressing up as other Disney Villains such as The Evil Queen, Maleficent, Dr. Facilier, Gaston, Ursula, Clayton, Stinky Pete, Captain Hook, Madame Medusa, Drizella Tremaine, Mother Gothel, Prince Hans, Mr. Smee, King Candy, King Magnifico or Bowler Hat Guy.
The Queen Of Hearts is a character that you can also do a
modernized look for. For this costume, you will need a red heart tiara, black
heart print tights and red high heels. You will also need a dress or skirt and
blouse with a red heart print. You may also accessorize this costume with a red
heart shaped purse or red heart jewelry such as earrings, rings, bracelets and
a necklace.
LaCienega Boulevardez
LaCienega Boulevardez is a character from the popular Disney animated series, "The Proud Family". This is a great group costume idea if you have family or friends dressing up as other characters from the cartoon such as Wizard Kelly, The Gross Sisters, BeBe Proud and CeCe Proud. For this costume, you will need light denim or light blue capri pants, light denim or light blue sneakers, a red floral hair clip, a red cardigan, light pink socks and a light pink shirt.
Homecoming
Queen
A Homecoming Queen is a fun costume idea you can get very
creative with. This is also a great idea for couples if your husband or
boyfriend dresses up as a Homecoming King. For this Homecoming Queen costume,
you will need a sash that says “Homecoming Queen”, an evening gown or ballgown,
high heels, a tiara and rhinestone jewelry such as a necklace, earrings,
bracelet and rings.
Prom Queen
You can also opt to do a Prom Queen costume. This will also
work as a good costume for couples if your boyfriend or husband dresses up as a
Prom King. For the Prom Queen costume, you will also need an evening gown or
ballgown, high heels, a tiara, a sash that says “Prom Queen” and rhinestone jewelry
such as a necklace, bracelet, earrings and rings.
Beauty Queen
Finally, you could choose to dress up as a Beauty Queen. This is a fun costume idea that you can make creative and unique. You can even make this a group costume if you have friends or family members also dress up as beauty queens or pageant contestants. For this beauty queen costume, you will need a tiara, high heels, an evening gown or ballgown and rhinestone jewelry such as a necklace, earrings or bracelets. You will also need a sash that says something like “Miss Universe”, “Miss USA”, “Miss America”, “Miss Photogenic”, “Miss Congeniality” or “Miss World”.