In this season of scares one must keep up with the rest who are coming up with ingenious ideas for costumes. Here are some ideas that can easily be replicated in just a few simple steps.

Juno Couple

A couples costume can always help make the characters you are trying to be stand out just a little bit more. Paulie Bleeker and Juno MacGuff are characters from the 2007 comedy “Juno”. Although the characters appear as normal teenagers they still have a specific look that can easily be recognized.

-Bleeker

1. Assemble a yellow sweatband across your head hippie style.
2. Put on a red hoodie and yellow running shorts.
3. Then put on long socks and tennis shoes, and now you have nailed it.

-Juno

Pregnant Belly: Visit this website to get an idea for how to make your stomach look pregnant.

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1. Wear a worn out dark colored band t-shirt that can fit a pregnant belly with a dark colored jacket over it.
2. Then wear jeans and a darkish skirt over the jeans.
3. Put your hair into a ponytail and pull down two strands of hair on each side of your head to make some juno bangs.

Morton Salt Girl

The girl on the Morton’s salt can is a quick and simple look to recreate. Follow these steps to get her iconic look, which dates back to 1914.

1. Grab that yellow dress that sits in the back of your closet.
2. Also get an umbrella.
3. Then bring one of the salt cans and hold it in your arm like the gal in the picture is doing.

Tina Belcher

Tina Belcher is a cartoon character from Bob’s Burgers with a distinct personality. This nostalgic costume will be recognizable to fans in a flash.

1. Get a plain tight fitting blue shirt.
2. Get a denim or darker blue skirt that reaches knee level.
3. Grab some glasses with a plain black frames.
4. Put a yellow hair clip into your hair holding back your bangs.
5. Wear long socks and black Converse shoes.

Weeping Angel  

Weeping Angels are iconic characters from the popular British sci-fi show “Doctor Who” and first appeared on the show in 2007. This look can be easily executed in just a few simple steps.

1. Find a gray skirt and shirt. Tuck the shirt into the skirt. Then pull out the shirt just a bit (this will make it look loose around the waist so it will appear to look similar to the dresses they wear).
2. Get some cardboard and cut it in a wing like shape. Then paint it all the same gray you are going to paint your arms in. Then take a darker tint of paint and paint the feathers of the wings on them to give it more definition.
3. Then visit a store that sells gray paint and hair spray and be ready to cover yourself in it
4. Get a headband and put it in your hair in a hippish way almost just don’t put it across your forehead. Style your hair how you want it before you put the gray hair paint into it because you won’t be able to move it very much after applying the spray.
5. Once you get your hair paint in, paint your arms neck and face in gray paint. Use the darker tint of gray and add creases to your face by drawing little lines around your eyes, and on your smile lines.

Scooby Doo

While most people tend to dress as the human characters from the Mystery Crew, this classic cartoon idea is a nice change. With a simple brown shirt you’ll be transformed into the top dog.

1. Find a brown long sleeve shirt or sweater.
2. Get a blue dog collar, or make your own out of blue cloth fitting to your neck size.
3. Search through your crafts dwar for blue and yellow construction paper and make them into diamond shapes with the yellow diamond being about 3 ½ inches on each side, and the blue paper diamond being about 3 inches on each side.
4. Glew the two diamonds together with the yellow on the bottom, then either draw, or cut and paste a groovy yellow looking ‘SD’ on the tag.
5. Then visit the dollar store for some brown dog ears to wear

-Sara Wallace