Picking Halloween costumes can be quite difficult, especially if you have no idea what to go as and are overwhelmed by the options. Costumes can also be expensive so here’s a list of costumes that you could easily make at home or in a pinch.

“Mean Girls”

The iconic trio of Regina, Gretchen and Karen from the 2000s can easily be brought into the modern day. The easiest option would be low-rise jeans with a pink shirt, a deep side part and maybe a cute handbag. If you don’t want to dress up as a “Plastic,” you could even dress up as Janis Ian and her best friend Damian Leigh.

“The Addams Family”

This gothic-era family has a slew of iconic characters for anyone to dress up as. Wednesday and Pugsley or Morticia and Gomez could be cute duo costumes, or the whole family for a large group. Wednesday is clad in a black dress with a white collar which could be created with a white dress shirt and Morticia only requires a long black dress and gothic makeup. Gomez wears a black pinstripe suit and Pugsley (arguably the easiest one of the bunch) wears a black and white striped shirt with black shorts.

“Scooby-Doo”

Scooby-Doo encapsulates all of the best parts of Halloween for me with its spooky aesthetic (specifically the 1969 version). All Shaggy needs is a green shirt with brown pants and for Scooby, you can just wear his iconic collar with a brown shirt. For Velma, an orange sweater and red skirt with calf-length socks will do. For a preppy duo like Freddy and Daphne, you might need a white sweater over a jean jacket with an orange scarf and a purple dress with pink tights and a green scarf.

Miscellaneous

If you don’t want to dress up as a specific character, going with a generic costume can be just as fun. Any one of the classic Halloween monsters like Frankenstein or a mummy is easy to find costumes of anywhere. You can also dress up as a pirate, which is super easy, especially in Tampa because if you’ve ever dressed up for Gasparilla, you probably already have everything in your house you need to emulate the swashbuckler aesthetic.